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Throughout the years, the university jazz
ensemble program has sought to educate and expose the Princeton
University community to the artistic and historical significance
of jazz by presenting artists and repertoire that are representative
of the wide spectrum of styles and conceptual approaches
found throughout the music’s evolution. Presently,
the ensemble program features one 17-piece big band and an ever changing
variety of small groups, which have included the Jazz Composers Collective, Crossing Borders Improvisational Music Ensemble, Pat Metheny Ensemble, Miles Davis Ensemble, New Voices Collective, Afro-Latin Ensemble, Wayne Shorter Ensemble, Jazz Messengers Ensemble, Ornette Coleman Ensemble, Swingtet, Fusion
Ensemble, Ellington/Strayhorn Ensemble, Afro-Groove Ensemble, John Coltrane
Ensemble, Horace Silver Ensemble, Ensemble X, New Orleans
Ensemble, Jazz Saxophone Quartet, Art Blakey Ensemble, Avant
Garde Ensemble, Monk/Mingus Ensemble, Hard Bop Ensemble, Jazztet, Jazz Workshop
Ensemble, and the Jazz Vespers Ensemble. Qualified students have the opportunity to pursue
further studies in jazz performance through the Music
Department’s Certificate Program in Musical
Performance.
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