Annual Festive Jazz

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra brings the swinging soul of jazz to the holiday season once again, in this year's edition of A Swingin' Christmas! Joined by a very special, Grammy-nominated guest in saxophonist Patrick Bartley they'll usher in the holidays with a smorgasbord of jazzed-up holiday favorites. Playing classic festive fancies and carols rearranged into the style of the greatest bandleaders in jazz history, this extravaganza will bring a smile to everyone - even the biggest Scrooge you know!

While the exact set list is yet to be announced, expect a joyous performance reminiscent of Count Basie's classic Christmas album A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas!, or fellow jazz great Duke Ellington's Christmas offerings, such as his rework of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.