Dillsboro Jazz 2024 brings Live Jazz to Dillsboro with Mandy Gaines and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
Dillsboro Arts is proud to present Dillsboro Jazz 2024, featuring a return engagement of internationally-known Jazz vocalist Mandy Gaines with the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.
The CCJO Big Band is dedicated to performing and preserving Jazz as a living art form by exploring the works of contemporary composers as well as those of the masters of the Jazz heritage. Its members are some of the preeminent Jazz artists and educators in the nation.
The music will begin at 5:30 as Mandy Gaines will take the stage with guitarist and UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor Brad Myers in a guitar-vocalist duo set of traditional Jazz favorites.
Phil Degreg and Brasilia will then perform a classic popular Brazilian repertoire of samba, bossa-nova, and other styles, along with original works and plenty of room for improvisation.
For the finale, Mandy will join the CCJO Big Band performing classic Jazz favorites and contemporary compositions.