The Jazz Orchestra of the Delta is a 17 piece concert jazz orchestra based primarily out of

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. The group was founded in 1998 and had their first commercial CD release in 2003, "

Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter ''Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter'' is the first studio album by the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta and features trumpeter Marvin Stamm and vocalisSandra Dudley this was released in June 2003 on the Summit Records jazz label. The CD has been ...

" on Summit Records featuring vocalist Sandra Dudley and jazz trumpeter

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which received numerous reviews and four out of five stars in

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. Their recording is also included as the third CD in the three disc box set, the Memphis Jazz Box. The group features studio musicians in the Mid-South region (

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and Nashville) of the United States and has performed numerous concerts to include artistic collaborations with the

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, Ballet Memphis, and Mahogany jazz artist Kathy Kosins. The group primarily features the music of composer/arranger Jack Cooper, who is the musical director and co-founder of the JOD. More recent performances were on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the

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Amphitheatre Concert series in Memphis, Tennessee and Saturday March 7, 2015 at the Michael D. Rose Theatre to premiere the

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release of the CD ''

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, March 2, 2015

Discography

*2000 ''Live at Harris Concert Hall'' (JOD 001)Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Discography on Discogs
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'' ( Summit Records) *2004 ''

Memphis Jazz Box "The Memphis Jazz Box" is a 3-CD box set by Memphis jazz artists, first released by Ice House Records in March 2004 and then re-released to the public in 2008. Volume one and two have a combined 24 tracks from a wide variety of artists who were ...

'' ( Select-O-Hits Records) *2004 ''Summit Jazz Sampler'' ( Summit Records)#2 Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Discography on Discog
s] *2011 ''Live at the Levitt Shell Concert Series'' (JOD 002)

References

External links

Jazz Orchestra of the Delta's ''Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter'' at Summit Records
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