West Valley Jazz

SJJO Holiday Concert with Opera San Jose Dec. 15

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 7:30 pm

Fairmont Hotel Club Regent, 170 South Market St., downtown San Jose (map)

FREE

The San Jose Jazz Orchestra (formerly the West Valley Jazz Orchestra) will be joined by Opera San Jose artists in a free concert with jazzy versions of favorite carols. For all ages - enjoy great music, wonderful food and drink at the Fairmont and other downtown restaurants, and all the attractions of Christmas in the Park and Downtown Ice. No need to RSVP or get tickets - just show up and have a great time!

Allow some extra time for parking since there's so much happening downtown. Many downtown parking lots are only $3 after 6 pm; see www.sjdowntownparking.com for maps.For more information visit the San Jose Jazz website (www.sanjosejazz.org) and the San Jose Jazz Orchestra home page.

Jazz festival

Jazz Concert featuring the WVC Jazz Band,

Gus Kambeitz, director

Howard Cespedes, special Guest

Friday, Nov. 6th, 2009
8pm - WVC theater
$10

WVC Jazz Band Concert, Friday October 16

A fun concert of up-and-coming student musicians: the first concert this year of the West Valley College Jazz Band, with special guests the Santa Teresa High School Jazz Band.

Friday, October 16
8 pm
West Valley College Theater ( Directions and Map )
Admission $10 at the door

Vocalist Kim Nalley with the San Jose Jazz Orchestra, Oct. 17

Kim Nalley Sat. Oct. 17 at 7:30pm and at 10pm
Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N San Pedro, San Jose (directions)
Tickets: $20 ($15 SJ Jazz members); buy online or by phone at 1-800-838-3006

Join SJJO for the first concert in the 8th Annual Guest Artist Jazz Series:
Kim Nalley is an award-winning vocalist, bandleader and producer residing in San Franciso and featured worldwide at prestigious jazz festivals and jazz clubs This concert features classics from the Ella Fitzgerald songbook; two shows in an intimate setting in downtown San Jose.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the new San Jose Jazz Orchestra web page.

News: WVJO becomes San Jose Jazz Orchestra

wvjologo_w_144 New Updates 5/29/09

At the Ernie Watts and WVJO performance on May 15, West Valley Jazz and San Jose Jazz announced a collaboration that will join the resources of the two organizations to provide enhanced performance and education programs to music fans in Silicon Valley. As part of the collaboration, the West Valley Jazz Orchestra will be renamed the San Jose Jazz Orchestra. The orchestra will continue under the leadership of Artistic Director Gus Kambeitz and will operate as one of the programs of San Jose Jazz.

San Jose Jazz is the educational and performance organization behind the large and very successful jazz festival, one of the finest in the country. Joining forces with them greatly expands the audiences and reach of the Orchestra, and helps San Jose Jazz better fulfill its mission to bring the finest performance and education programs to the region.

The San Jose Jazz Orchestra’s next performance will be at the 20th AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival on August 9. That appearance will feature the group performing with jazz saxophone legend, Don Menza.

A press release was issued on May 28, with details and commentary by SJ Jazz Executive Director Geoff Roach and WVJO/SJJO Artistic Director Gus Kambeitz.