Fullerton Jazz Orchestra & Chamber Jazz Ensemble

“Jazz: East meets West”

Fullerton Jazz Orchestra:

Thad Jones: To You
Bill Holman: Plain Brown Wrapper
Cedar Walton, arr. Dave Eshelman: Firm Roots
Pat Metheny arr Bob Curnow: Minuano 6/8
Coots and Lewis, arr. John Clayton: For All We Know   

Chamber Jazz Ensemble:
Gerry Mulligan: Jeru
Chick Corea: Spain
Duke Ellington: In A Mellotone
Gerry Mulligan: Bernie’s Tune
Dizzy Gillespie: Bebop

Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, directed by Bill Cunliffe, consistently receives high scores and acclaim at major west coast jazz festivals. They have been featured on a live radio broadcast across North America as part of the Playboy Jazz Festival, and in 1991 and 1992 won the Pacific Coast Collegiate Jazz Festival competing against groups from 50 colleges and universities in seven western states. Jazz combos receive high marks as well, with CSUF’s top combo winning the 2004 and 2006 Reno College Jazz Festival. Fullerton Jazz Orchestra has performed, by invitation, at many leading Southern California festivals and events. They have produced five recordings including their latest, “Sabor!” which features vocalist Freda Payne. To purchase “Sabor!” email the School of Music.