BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:US Navy Band Commodores BEGIN:VEVENT UID:195762024-07-04 DTSTART:20240705T000000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240705T013000Z SUMMARY:US Navy Band Commodores CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Jazz is America’s music and the U.S. Navy Band Commodores\, t he\nNavy’s premier jazz ensemble\, have been performing the very best of \nbig band jazz for the Navy and the nation for 50 years. Formed in\n1969\ , this 18-member group continues the jazz big band legacy with\nsome of th e finest musicians in the world. The Commodores’ mission\nincludes publi c concerts\, national concert tours\, ceremonial support\nin honoring our veterans\, jazz education classes and clinics\, and\nprotocol performances for high-level military and civilian government\nofficials.\n\nThe Commod ores are held in high regard nationwide by concert patrons\nand critics al ike. The list of guest artists that have appeared with\nthe Commodores rea ds like a who’s who of jazz and popular music: Ray\nCharles\, Branford M arsalis\, Clark Terry\, Grover Washington Jr.\, Chris\nPotter\, Jerry Berg onzi\, Eddie Daniels\, James Moody and many more. They\nhave appeared on t elevision shows\, played nearly all major jazz\nfestivals and toured acros s the United States and abroad. In\nconjunction with the Airmen of Note (A ir Force) and the Army Blues\n(Army)\, the Commodores even host their own annual jazz festival\, the\nJoint Service Jazz Festival in Washington\, D. C.\n\nAs a versatile and relevant musical organization in the 21st century \,\nthe Commodores write and arrange much of their vast library of music.\ nTheir concerts are an eclectic mix of traditional big band music\,\nexcit ing jazz vocal arrangements and fresh new instrumental music\nwritten spec ifically for the Commodores of today. This vibrant\,\ndynamic musical grou p is constantly striving for musical excellence\nand the pursuit of new an d exciting ways to communicate with their\naudiences.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Jazz is America&rsquo\;s music and the U.S. Navy Band Commodores\, the Navy&rsquo\;s premier jazz ensemble\, have bee n performing the very best of big band jazz for the Navy and the nation fo r 50 years. Formed in 1969\, this 18-member group continues the jazz big b and legacy with some of the finest musicians in the world. The Commodores& rsquo\; mission includes public concerts\, national concert tours\, ceremo nial support in honoring our veterans\, jazz education classes and clinics \, and protocol performances for high-level military and civilian governme nt officials.
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\nThe Commodores are held in high regard nation wide by concert patrons and critics alike. The list of guest artists that have appeared with the Commodores reads like a who&rsquo\;s who of jazz an d popular music: Ray Charles\, Branford Marsalis\, Clark Terry\, Grover Wa shington Jr.\, Chris Potter\, Jerry Bergonzi\, Eddie Daniels\, James Moody and many more. They have appeared on television shows\, played nearly all major jazz festivals and toured across the United States and abroad. In c onjunction with the Airmen of Note (Air Force) and the Army Blues (Army)\, the Commodores even host their own annual jazz festival\, the Joint Servi ce Jazz Festival in Washington\, D.C.
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\nAs a versatile and re levant musical organization in the 21st century\, the Commodores write and arrange much of their vast library of music. Their concerts are an eclect ic mix of traditional big band music\, exciting jazz vocal arrangements an d fresh new instrumental music written specifically for the Commodores of today. This vibrant\, dynamic musical group is constantly striving for mus ical excellence and the pursuit of new and exciting ways to communicate wi th their audiences.

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