Grande Prairie Music Society’s Jazz Ensemble
The GP Jazz Ensemble is a big band (18-piece jazz band) featuring some of the best local musicians and rehearses on Monday nights. Our mandate is musician development and performing the most exciting arrangements in the repertoire. This concert features Silver Bells and Here Comes Santa Claus Medley (vocal tunes with big band), and Feels So Good and Land of Make Believe (tribute to Chuck Mangione). Other selections include Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Mr. Magic, and tunes performed by Henry Mancini, Count Basie, Blood, Sweat, and Tears; Charles Mingus, Gordon Goodwin, and many more.