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The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra has established a solid
reputation as one of the nation's leading repertory jazz orchestras.
Performing a vast repertoire which includes Ellington, Basie, Kenton,
Goodman, Lunceford, James, Dorsey, Strayhorn, and many others, the NCJRO
has energized jazz communities across the state of North Carolina. In
1995, the NCJRO performed a Concert of Sacred Music by Duke Ellington at
Duke University Chapel. The program was taped and later rebroadcast
statewide by University of North Carolina Television.In
conjunction with the Jazz Foundation of North Carolina, the NCJRO has
commissioned new works by William Fritz, Gregg Gelb, Ira Wiggins, and
James Hile, presented jazz educational programs to over 5000 school
children, and collaborated with the 15-501 Ballet for performances of
Ellington's The Nutcracker Suite. The NCJRO, in partnership with the
people of North Carolina, is both preserving and creating the jazz
tradition for generations to come.
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 NCJRO performs Duke Ellington's and Irving Mills' Ring Dem Bells
Gregg Gelb of the NCJRO solos in Duke Ellington's Clarinet Lament transcribed by David Berger
Mark Tucker featured on piano in the NCJRO performance of Duke Ellington's The Clothed Woman
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