The Olympia Jazz Senators Big Band
includes the finest jazz musicians in the South Puget Sound area.
Members hail from Florida to Alaska, and graduated from top music
schools like Eastman on the east coast, to Pacific Lutheran on this
coast, and seemingly everywhere in between. Several Senators played
worldwide with US armed forces bands including the Air Force Airmen of
Note, and the Navy, Army, and Marine bands.
Most Senators front
professional bands of their own, play in other working bands, and teach
numerous private students. The Jazz Senators donate their Monday “night
off” to playing hot big-band jazz in Olympia. Seven Senators are
current or former public school music teachers, who lead their students
through professional example.
Drawn from a vast custom
library, the Olympia Jazz Senators perform the full range of big band
jazz. One minute you might hear an authentic Glen Miller dance tune
straight from World War II. Next could be Count Basie, Stan Kenton,
Buddy Rich, one of the other current bands, or a cutting-edge new
composition by one of the Senators. No matter what the genre, the Jazz
Senators present every tune with a twist you will hear from no other
band anywhere.
