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A Duke Ellington best-of program In recent years, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra has specialized in the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and performed the original arrangements of the albums “Far East Suite”, “Such Sweet Thunder”, “The Nutcracker” and “And His Mother Called Him Bill”. Now the time has come and we present a […]

«Female Composers»-Series Some time ago, the ZJO launched the “Female Composers” series. This October, composer and pianist Nikki Iles will be visiting the Zurich Jazz Orchestra. “Iles is one of the most refreshing personalities to emerge on the British jazz scene in recent times, with a fluid sound and a supple, quirky phrasing as an […]

30 years Jazzclub Thalwil The Thalwil Jazz Club is 30 years old. It is therefore fitting that the Zurich Jazz Orchestra has been planning a no less impressive anniversary for some time: Sarah Vaughan, who was born in 1924, would have turned 100 this year. 1924 was a good year for jazz: Sammy Nestico was […]

Dave Taylor has been the world’s most influential bass trombonist since he emerged on the New York music scene in the late 1960s. If you’re not a brass player, you may never have heard his name, but you’ve certainly heard his playing. Dave Taylor’s distinctive bass trombone sound can be heard on hundreds of albums, […]

Klaus Henner Russius reads E. T. A. Hoffmanns «Das Märchen vom Nussknacker» With his ballet “The Nutcracker”, Tchaikovsky did not compose pure Christmas music, but a particularly fitting soundtrack to a danced story full of Christmas magic. An army of mice can be put to flight with an exterminator. Or with an army of tin […]

Zurich Jazz Orchestra featuring Sandy Patton (voc) In 2024, we will be celebrating the centenary of the birth of Sarah Vaughan, one of the greatest jazz singers in history. Her career spanned almost five decades and she performed with a variety of top jazz musicians and big bands. She won two Grammy Awards and was […]