Little Jazz Orchestra
The Jazz Heritage Orchestra was formed in 1998 in residence with the Cleveland State University Black Studies department. Under the artistic direction of Dennis Bradley Reynolds, the mission of the JHO was to preserve and perpetuate the heritage of the great African American jazz masters through educational programming coupled with elite performance. This mission carries on today through a new partnership with OpenTone Music. From our new home base in Akron, The JHO visits public and private schools to hold open rehearsals, master classes as well as jazz history lectures and performs throughout the Northeast Ohio community. The JHO has performed with many local, national and international artists such as Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Nancy Wilson, John Morton, Evelyn Wright and Vanessa Rubin.
"In a thoroughly contemporary twist on the classic jazz lore tradition of the territory band, the Jazz Heritage Orchestra reflects the contributions of an impressive range of musicians from several points on the midwestern map."
Willard Jenkins, Journalist (Jazz Times, Downbeat, BET on Jazz, WPFW)
Website & Social Media
Website: https://jazzheritageorchestra.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJazzHeritageOrchestra
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejazzheritageorchestra
Band Roster
Saxophones:
Damani Phillips - Lead Alto Sax
Eddie Bayard - Lead Tenor Sax
Max Schlenk - Tenor Sax
David Kay - Bari Sax
Trumpets:
Dennis Reynolds - Lead Trumpet
Derrick Gardner - Trumpet
Garrett Folger - Trumpet
Trombones:
Zach Warren - Lead Trombone
Aaron Thornberry - Bass Trombone
Rhythm Section:
Paul Johnston - Piano
Jordan McBride - Bass
Sunny Tabler - Drums
Maria Jacobs
Maria Jacobs is an American born national recording artist and author of Syrian Lebanese and Armenian descent. Both a jazz vocalist and singer/songwriter, Maria has written and recorded with Platinum selling and Grammy Award winning producers Tommy Coster and Pete Tokar. She has soloed with the Cleveland Orchestra, nationally acclaimed Jazz Heritage Orchestra, and Music Director Damien Sneed, for Wynton Marsalis’ Abyssinian Mass. She is a royalty earning member of ASCAP, having self-produced and released eight studio albums, and she has written over 100 songs. Maria’s music can be heard on all digital platforms and on her personal website www.mariajacobs.com.
She can also be found on IMDB as an actress and a theme song composer for the film and television show So This Is Love.
Get to the show early for dinner and drinks from Paninoteca - open in The Rialto Living Room at 5pm!
Doors: 7:00PM / Showtime: 7:30PM