Statesmen of Jazz

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Statesmen of Jazz was a swing jazz group started in 1994 by the American Federation of Jazz Societies.

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The group performs as a sextet, but it has a rotating, all-star membership comprising about thirty musicians. The group released its first album in 1994 for Arbors Records, performed at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in 1995, and toured Japan in 1997. [1]

When the group started, all of its members were over the age of 65. [2]

Members

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (2002). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 652. ISBN   1-56159-284-6.
  2. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Statesmen of Jazz". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statesmen of Jazz - Statesmen of Jazz | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "A Multitude of Stars - Statesmen of Jazz | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2017.


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