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"The KJO’s earlier album, The Music of Donald Brown, was quite impressive, and so is this one. “As with anything of value,” Thompson writes, ”the music on this disc represents considerable sacrifice. Nothing worth having is ever free, and nothing worth achieving is ever easy.” A Year in the Life of the Band... is well worth whatever sacrifices in time and money it took to produce, and it’s worth everyone else’s time and effort to acquire a copy and listen."
-Jack Bowers
All About Jazz

Experience France's Largest Jazz Festival In Your Own Living Room

A Year in the Life of the Band, the highly acclaimed Knoxville Jazz Orchestra's newest CD, gives you front row seats.

The disc features live performances from Jazz à Vienne in France, the Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland, plus performances with Chicago organist Dan Trudell and internationally acclaimed composer / pianist Donald Brown.

90% of the music here is unique to the KJO - never recorded by any other group. The selections cover a broad stylistic spectrum, with each piece showcasing a different aspect of this versatile group.

Influences include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thad Jones, Woody Herman, Bob Brookmeyer, and Maria Schneider.

As Good As Being There

The recordings on this CD represent some of the group's most inspired and passionate performances. They were recorded using state of the art digital technology, achieving highly realistic sound quality.

You'll be able to feel the late afternoon sun in Vienne, smell the lakeside air at Montreux and taste the great food at Fairbanks. The seats at the historic Bijou theatre were never so comfortable!

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Live recordings from European festivals plus incredible guest artists.
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"The band was wonderful. A lot of bands don't have that kind of depth and maturity. Those are players who work as one and they sound like the greatest Benny Goodman band. I can't say enough good about them."
-pianist
Hank Jones

"The performance with the KJO took place in the concert hall at the University of Tennessee. The band was excellent, and the rhythm section, comprised of pianist Bill Swann, bassist Rusty Holloway and drummer Keith Brown, was exceptional. All the section work was tight and swinging, and the brass was “happening,” especially the trombones. The band’s performance was exciting, and their library, mostly written by Vance, was a pleasure to listen to – very musical and swingin’ hard!"
-Marvin Stamm
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