The CJO, now nationally recognized, is a leader in the repertory big band jazz orchestra field. Currently, the CJO maintains a core of nineteen leading professional musicians from Northeast Ohio. For some performances, the band may be expanded to 25 or more musicians. Most CJO members are full-time musicians, working their own small jazz groups and as regulars in major theartrical showrroms in the area. Also, many are jazz educators, including the leaders of jazz studies at many area colleges such as the University of Akron, Ashland College, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Oberlin and Youngstown State.
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