{"id":9538,"date":"2023-05-17T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/?page_id=9538"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:34:02","slug":"jazz-bands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/ensembles\/jazz-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero has-none-background minheight-700\">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__content\">\n                \n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-diagonal-hero__header\">Jazz band<\/h1>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-diagonal-hero__subtext\">\n\n                        \n<p>With seven big bands including the award-winning Purdue Jazz Band, jazz vocalists, and a thriving combo scene, the Purdue Jazz program prides itself on musical excellence, offering an incredible variety of performance and masterclass opportunities for 250+ student musicians during the fall and spring semester. Each band rehearses 2-3 days a week and performs two concerts &#8211; the perfect time commitment for any college musician &#8211; no matter their major.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                    <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                <li class=\"\"><a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"\/bands\/jazz-fest\" target=\"_self\">Purdue Jazz Festival Information<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PJB2025-1-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n                    <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">Our Jazz Bands<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container purdue-home-featured-story__container--reversed\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            \n                                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal purdue-home-cta-card--video\">\n                                <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jazz_Fest_Community-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n                                                                    <\/figure>\n                                <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                    <span class=\"cta-link purdue-home-cta-card__link\">Watch Video<\/span>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cta-icon cta-icon--play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/themes\/purdue-home-theme\/imgs\/play_icon_gold.svg\" alt=\"\">                                       \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"iframe-container is-sr-only\">\n                                    <div class=\"youtube-video\" id=\"lSaiTZJWj2A\" data-title=\"Jazz_Fest_Community\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSaiTZJWj2A?rel=0&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;mute=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\"><\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                    \n                    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Purdue Jazz Band<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Music Repertory Ensemble<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purdue Tower of Power Band<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jazz Lab Band I and II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concert Jazz Band I and II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various combos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/bands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PJF_3.jpeg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h2 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Purdue Jazz Band<\/h2>\n                        \n                    \n\n<p>The premier ensemble, Purdue Jazz Band, competes each year at Elmhurst Jazz Festival in Illinois and headlines the annual Purdue Jazz Festival since 1988. They have traveled the world performing at the prestigious Montreux, Alpine, and North Sea jazz festivals, throughout Eastern Europe, Spain, and Colombia. The Purdue Jazz Combo served as guest clinicians for the Colombo Americana Jazz Camp in Manizales, Colombia (2023). 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