The Cornell University Jazz Ensembles provide those who are sincerely interested in the art of improvisation the opportunity to explore history, composition, arranging, and craft through performance and scholarship.
Welcome to the official university website for Cornell's two jazz big-bands and four small jazz combos. Please find linked above some information about ourselves, what guest artists we've performed with, and some sound clips of our performances. Current students can find information about auditions, semester events, and current course listings. Prospective students, we invite you to browse, and, of course, to review our admissions information section. Alumni, welcome back-- we kindly direct you to the contacts page in the navigation bar above.
Students in the Cornell Jazz Ensembles have ample opportunities to perform, study privately, play casually with other musicians, and attend guest artists' master classes. For those who seek to enhance their jazz knowledge and skill but not necessarily via ensemble performance, the music department offers a number of jazz-related courses; CU Jazz, the student jazz group, also has its own jam sessions, events, and clinics.
News
- August 27, 2008: Fall 2008 Auditions
- Welcome back. Auditions for the Fall 2008 semester will be held on the evening of April 27th, in Lincoln B21. Please see the "For Students" page for more details.
- April 19, 2007: 17th CU Jazz Festival Begins
- The Cornell University Jazz Ensembles invite you to join us in our seventeenth annual Cornell Jazz Festival. This year's festival features Grammy Award winner Wallace Roney as our guest artist. The lineup (schedule on right) includes a symposium on Miles Davis and Gil Evans, and combo performances at an intimate jazz club setting-- the Carriage House Hayloft. Finally, our two big bands will perform at Bailey, with CUJE I's interpretation of "Sketches of Spain."
Events
2008-2009
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[9/19 8PM Barnes Hall] CUJEI and Gussman combo Monk Concert with special guest John Stetch
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[9/20 8PM Bailey Hall] Jason Moran Ensemble, "In My Mind: Thelonious Monk at Town Hall 1959" (open rehearsal at 4:30PM, Bailey)
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[9/21 11AM B20 Lincoln Hall] Panel Discussion with Jason Moran (enter at loading dock)
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[9/23 12-2PM B20 Lincoln Hall] Symposium: SoHo As a Creative Magnet in the 1970s - f/ Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, and Charlie Haden
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[9/23 9PM B20 West Campus Green] Informal performance/jam session with Sam Rivers and Charlie Haden (rain location: Barnes Hall)
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[9/24 12-2PM AR&SC] Symposium: SoHo as Approach
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[10/18] John Funkhauser Concert
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[10/30 8PM Bailey Hall] Philharmonia Brasileria with Branford Marsalis
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[12/3 8PM The Carriage House] Gussman, Appel, Trommer and Bissett Jazz Combos at The Carriage House
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[12/6 8PM Bailey Hall] CUJE1 and CUJEII Concert with special guest Steve Wilson
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[4/17 All day at Lincoln Hall] Bass day at Cornell
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[4/18 8PM Bailey Hall] CU Jazz Ensembles with special guest Chuck Israels
CU Jazz
Cornell University Jazz
CU Jazz is a Cornell student organization devoted enjoyment and awareness of jazz music and its rich cultural legacy. As an ensemble member, one is automatically part of CU Jazz-- and students not in ensembles are, of course, welcome too. From jam sessions to lectures from visiting artists, and more, CU Jazz brings together jazz lovers and promotes the art's accessibility in the Cornell and greater Ithaca area.
The CU Jazz website is scheduled to be updated in the Fall 2007 semester. The (severely) outdated site is available above.