2023|2024 Season


The Great American Songbook Pt. 2
Feb
10

The Great American Songbook Pt. 2

Performing in Toledo for more than 54 years, singer-songwriter and Toledo favorite, Ramona Collins brings more tunes from the Great American Songbook to life with the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. The Great American Songbook consists of enduring standards, the songs that are played and sung over and over by multiple generations. These songs have a timeless meaning and resonance, whether they are days or decades old.

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Sessions @ Lucilles - Birthday Celebration for John Blaufuss
Jan
23

Sessions @ Lucilles - Birthday Celebration for John Blaufuss

Join us at Lucille’s inside of TolHouse for the weekly “sessions” with Gene Parker and Damon Cook to honor the birthday of John Blaufuss. Special Guest this week will be Johnny Johnson on Guitar.

$5 music fee will be added to tabs, per person. 2 drink minimum applies (soda and bottled water included). Make it a Taco Tuesday with our chef-selected, made-from-scratch tacos!

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A Swingin' Christmas Returns!
Dec
16

A Swingin' Christmas Returns!

Introducing Toledo native and jazz vocalist April Varner. Born and raised in Toledo, April began taking voice lessons at the University of Toledo at age 8. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Indiana University's Jacob School of Music and Master's degree in Jazz Voice from the Manhattan School of Music. She currently lives in New York City where she is actively arranging, composing, and performing in jazz clubs all around Manhattan. She recently released her debut EP entitled "Hummingbird" available on all streaming services. April joins Andrew Bishop and the Toledo Jazz Orchestra for A Swingin' Christmas Returns!

Andrew Bishop is a versatile saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, composer, improviser, educator, and scholar comfortable in many musical idioms. Dave Lynch of All Media Guide wrote, “A composer of contemporary orchestral and chamber music, Bishop combines a jazzman’s fire and flow with a rigorous compositional sensibility, resulting in a potent and highly satisfying blend.”

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Season Opener: TJO with Branford Marsalis
Sep
14

Season Opener: TJO with Branford Marsalis

Saxophonist and three-time Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis makes a special appearance with the Toledo Jazz Orchestra on their Hartmann Bogan Jazz series opener. [Cited as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, Marsalis crosses stylistic boundaries while maintaining an unwavering creative integrity.]

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Jazz In The Garden
Sep
12

Jazz In The Garden

EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.

Warm summer nights and cool jazz in the garden. This season, once again, features some of the best regional artists. We’ll have food trucks on site. Bring your friends/family and enjoy music in nature. Bring a chair/blanket.

Sponsored by Greater Toledo Community Foundation.

Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Dr.

No Reservations Required.

Concert is free to the public!

Parking at the Bancroft Street entrance; disabled parking at Elmer Drive entrance. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

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Art of Art – Tribute to Art Tatum
May
6

Art of Art – Tribute to Art Tatum

Larry Fuller, piano

In addition to being acclaimed for his virtuoso technique, Toledo native Art Tatum extended the vocabulary and boundaries of jazz piano far beyond his initial stride influences and established new ground in jazz through innovative use of reharmonization, voicing, and bitonality. Toledo native Larry Fuller (piano) joins the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. 

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Matt Catingub
Apr
8

Matt Catingub

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Award-winning jazz performer, saxophonist, vocalist, pianist, arranger, composer, and world-renowned orchestra Pops conductor Matt Catingub headlines the Toledo Jazz Orchestra.

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Take the A Train
Mar
23

Take the A Train

Toledo Jazz Orchestra with Alain Trudel

Toledo Jazz Orchestra with Alain Trudel pays tribute to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with charts made famous by Jazz at Lincoln Center. This concert features Take the A Train, Caravan, Mood Indigo, and more. 

This performance is made possible through a generous gift from Jon Orser.

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Great American Songbook
Nov
17

Great American Songbook

For its inaugural concert with Alain Trudel as Artistic Director, Toledo Jazz Orchestra shares the essence of its art form with selections from the Great American Songbook featuring vocalists Ramona Collins and Kim Buehler and Alain Trudel on trombone. 

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