Next Wave Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Musician in New York

About Next Wave Jazz Orchestra

Next Wave Jazz Orchestra is a jazz collective heard in New York City at Dizzy’s Club, where it works in the large-ensemble tradition while testing the edges of the idiom. The group has shared bills with the Future of Jazz Orchestra and has appeared with vocalist Kate Kortum, whose work sits comfortably inside contemporary jazz language. Their sets foreground arrangement and ensemble blend, with room left for individual voices to surface. The playing favors structure over spectacle, letting orchestration do much of the storytelling.