Subgenre

Orchestral Jazz

64 profiles tagged Orchestral Jazz, A-Z.

Orchestral jazz is a broad descriptive category, rather than a single historical movement, for jazz composed and arranged for expanded large ensembles that go beyond the standard big band's sax-brass-rhythm sections to incorporate strings, woodwinds, and other orchestral colors. It emphasizes through-composed arrangement and orchestration as much as improvisation, drawing on classical orchestral technique. Duke Ellington's extended suites, arranger Gil Evans's collaborations with Miles Davis (such as Miles Ahead), and Stan Kenton's large progressive-jazz orchestra are frequently cited touchstones.

Antonino Pedone Baritone Saxophone Bob Brookmeyer Valve trombone ✦ 1929–2011 Bob Stewart Tuba (early credits also on trumpet and flugelhorn) Cettina Donato Piano Clarence Penn Drums Dante Casu Alto Saxophone Dave Grusin Piano David Bowie Vocals ✦ 1947–2016 Devin Roth Piano Dino Betti van der Noot Composer Domenico Riina Trumpet Duke Ellington Piano ✦ 1899–1974 Earl Gardner Trumpet Eddie Sauter Composition ✦ 1914–1981 Elad Levi Kamanja (Moroccan violin) Francesco Marchese Tenor Saxophone Gary McFarland Vibraphone ✦ 1933–1971 Gary Versace Piano Gavino Mele French Horn Gianni Savelli Tenor Saxophone Gianpiero Carta Alto Saxophone Gil Evans Piano ✦ 1912–1988 Giorgio Gaslini Piano ✦ 1929–2014 Giovanni Tommaso Double bass Giuliana Soscia Piano Glauco Venier Piano Hiroaki Mizutani Double Bass James P. Johnson Piano ✦ 1894–1955 Jim McNeely Piano; composition ✦ 1949–2025 Jim Pugh Tenor trombone Luca Piana Drums Luca Uras Trumpet Maria Schneider Composer Mariano Tedde Piano Mario Corvini Trombone Masahiko Satoh Piano Massimo Carboni Tenor Saxophone Massimo Morganti Trombone Massimo Nunzi Trumpet Michel Legrand Piano ✦ 1932–2019 Miho Hazama Composition Minoru Mukaiya Keyboards Nadje Noordhuis Trumpet Norio Maeda Piano ✦ 1934–2018 Oded Lev-Ari Piano Pino Iodice Piano Rita Marcotulli Piano Roberto Gatto Drums Rosario Giuliani Alto saxophone Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano ✦ 1952–2023 Salvatore Moraccini Trombone Salvatore Pizzo Trombone Salvatore Pizzurro Trombone Sebastiano Alioto Drums Stan Kenton Piano ✦ 1911–1979 Stefano Di Battista Alto saxophone The Anzic Orchestra Orchestra Toru Takemitsu Composer ✦ 1930–1996 Valentina Cappello Trumpet Vito Giordano Trumpet Yonatan Albalak Guitar Yoshihito Eto Drums Yoshinori Imai Drums Yutaka Sado Conductor

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