WESTERN MIIGAN UNIVERSITY’s JAZZ ORCHESTRA continues to be praised for its innovative approach to big-band jazz and high performance standards. Three-time Down Beat magazine student music award winners in college big band, a performance at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, 25 consecutive Outstanding bands recognitions at Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival and performances for the International Association for Jazz Education Conferences, Los Angeles and Atlanta. The group’s CDs include Spritely Overdue and Disposable Income, Blue Miles. Sweet Tango, Cosmosis, Boogaloo Land, and Disposable Income. They have been praised in Down Beat magazine and Jazz Times Magazine, Cadence Magazine, IAJE Journal, Cadence Magazine, and many other publications. The band has performed with Joe Lovano and Tim Hagans, New York Voices. CDBaby
