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Jazz 'n the Hall
Presented by Seton Hall Arts Council

Free
To reserve tickets, call 973.313.ARTS (2787)

For over thirty years the Jazz Knights have treated audiences to the best of big band jazz and popular music. Members of the Jazz Knights are graduates of America’s finest music schools. They are recruited and selected through a competitive audition process specifically for service in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. Band members have played with such jazz icons as Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Ahmad Jamal and the Glenn Miller Band.

The Jazz Knights appeared with Benny Goodman at Lincoln Center in 1982, and with the Duke Ellington Orchestra for the 200th Anniversary of the New York Legislature. They regularly perform at festivals and conventions such as the University of Northern Colorado Jazz festival, and International Society of Bassists’ convention.

Throughout the year the Jazz Knights provide music for many functions at West Point. In conjunction with the Concert Band and field music unit, the Hellcats, the Knights help fulfill official musical requirements of the Military Academy and Army. These requirements involve military and patriotic ceremonies across the country and at West Point. By recreating the sounds of the greatest big bands, as well as performing the innovative styles of today, they enjoy resounding approval from all who have the opportunity to hear them.