World Music from New Orleans

 

Panorama Jazz Band is a fabulous party band from the Big Easy, whose repertoire draws on the most exciting music from around the world:  the Caribbean rhythms of Martinique in the French West Indies; the exotic Klezmer and Balkan melodies of Eastern Europe, and the non-stop syncopation of New Orleans second-line.  By turns a funky jazz band, a dance band, and a swing orchestra, Panorama Jazz Band is a seven-piece acoustic group featuring the instruments that have been used to get crowds dancing for centuries--clarinet, alto saxophone, trombone, accordion, tenor banjo, drums and tuba.  

"This is New Orleans--meaning America--at its most panoramic. A land where a waltz fades into brass band jazz, where a Gypsy chochek bumps up against a Creole Mazurka"  Michael Tisserand, author of The Kingdom of Zydeco and Sugarcane Academy.

Panorama Jazz Band, under the direction of clarinetist Ben Schenck, has been working steadily in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) since 1995.  As well as jazz (in the tradition of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet), this group has brought a New Orleans approach to various genres of folkloric music from around the world.  Despite the recent appearance of electrified and synthetic music, these young musicians still prefer the natural, handmade sounds of all acoustic instruments.

Their love of their home town and it's sonic environment brought them back to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and inspires every note they play.  Their fascination with music from other cultures has given them a vast and varied repertoire and made them a favorite of New Orleans' music fans.

 
"Live and acoustic, the Panorama Jazz Band is a rare sonic pleasure in the street or at a club. They always Come Out Swinging ."  Nick Spitzer Host American Routes from PRI

"There is a delightful unity in the Panorama's unique sound which finds and successfully blends elements common to all the musics they perform."  Dr. Michael White Clarinetist / Band Leader / Educator /Jazz Historian New Orleans, LA

"(The) most eclectic and least stodgy of the so-called "trad" jazz groups currently active in town. (Their) approach vividly illustrates that fun and intelligence are not mutually exclusive states of mind."  Rob Cambre Where Y'at Magazine

 

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2012

July 14 Arts In The Park, Manhattan KS

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Panorama Jazz Band has released 3 CD's.  The latest is entitled "Come Out Swingin'."  They will be making their debut on the Fine Arts circuit in 2011-2012.  Panorama Jazz Band is based in New Orleans LA.

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For more information on Panorama Jazz Band, please visit panoramajazzband.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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