Jazz Program
The performance aspect of the Duke Jazz Program, directed by John Brown, includes the Duke Jazz Ensemble and the Duke Jazz Combos. Evan Roberson is Associate Director of the Duke Jazz Ensemble.
The Duke Jazz Ensemble is comprised of some twenty musicians presenting a full schedule of concerts each year, in which they are joined by guest artists who have included jazz greats Louie Bellson, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ellis Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, T.S. Monk, and Branford Marsalis.
Duke Jazz Combos give musicians the opportunity to work in smaller groups and perform in more informal settings.
Students may participate in either the Jazz Ensemble or Jazz Combos, or both.
Videos
Duke Jazz Ensemble with Ulysses Owens, Jr., percussion
Duke Jazz Ensemble with Fred Wesley, trombone
Grammy award winner Jeremy Jones (T'02) demonstrates how to do a drum roll
Frank Foster Recording Sessions
Duke University Jazz Ensemble
John Brown teaching at Duke
Louis Armstrong - Master of Modernism
Duke University's Big Band and Jazz Tradition
Photos
John Brown's K-12 school visits in western NC
Jazz Program News
While Professor Brown will continue to chart the direction of the Jazz Program and will be involved in its activities, Evan Roberson (photo left) will work with the Jazz Ensemble as the...
John Brown, Director of the Duke Jazz Program, takes musicians into North Carolina's public schools, introducing some of the students to their first live concert experience. This small school...
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John Brown, Director of the Duke Jazz Program, was performing with students and colleagues at a Duke Alumni event at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in late...
The Duke University Department of Music honored the life and music of Paul Jeffrey (1933-2015) by presenting a concert of his compositions and arrangements.
Saxophonist and composer Paul...