The Jazz Orchestra of The Delta is a 17 piece concert jazz orchestra based primarily out of Memphis, Tennessee. The group was founded in 1998 and had their first commercial CD release in 2003, "Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter" on Summit Records featuring vocalist Sandra Dudley and jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm which received numerous reviews and four out of five stars in Allmusic Guide.[1][2][3] Their recording is also included as the third CD in the three disc box set, the Memphis Jazz Box.

The group features studio musicians in the Mid-South region (Memphis and Nashville) of the United States and has performed numerous concerts to include artistic collaborations with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Memphis, and Mahogany jazz artist Kathy Kosins. The group primarily features the music of composer/arranger Jack Cooper, who is the musical director and co-founder of the JOD.[4] More recent performances were on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Levitt Shell Amphitheatre Concert series in Memphis, Tennessee[5] and Saturday March 7, 2015 at the Michael D. Rose Theatre to premiere the Origin Records release of the CD Time Within Itself.[6]

Discography

• 2000 Live at Harris Concert Hall (JOD 001)[7]
• 2003 Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter (Summit Records)
• 2004 Memphis Jazz Box (Select-O-Hits Records)
• 2004 Summit Jazz Sampler (Summit Records)[8]
• 2011 Live at the Levitt Shell Concert Series (JOD 002)[7]

See also

• Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter
• Memphis Jazz Box
• Jack Cooper

References

External links

• Jazz Orchestra of the Delta's Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter at Summit Records
• Jazz Orchestra of the Delta at AllMusic
• Jazz Orchestra Of The Delta discography at Discogs
• Jazz Orchestra of the Delta discography at MusicBrainz
• OCLC 53972961, 714083941, 474330134
• Sound carrier of Jazz Orchestra of the Delta in the German National Library catalogue
• BNF 443244946 French National Library, Notice bibliographique