Statesmen of Jazz explained

Statesmen of Jazz was a swing jazz group started in 1994 by the American Federation of Jazz Societies.

The group performs as a sextet, but it has a rotating, all-star membership comprising about thirty musicians. The group released its first album in 1994 for Arbors Records, performed at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in 1995, and toured Japan in 1997.^[1]

When the group started, all of its members were over the age of sixty-five.^[2]

Members

• Louie Bellson
• Bill Berry (trumpeter)
• Keter Betts
• Bob Cranshaw
• Kenny Davern
• Buddy DeFranco
• Panama Francis
• Johnny Frigo
• Wycliffe Gordon
• Al Grey
• Milt Hinton
• Red Holloway
• Jane Jarvis
• Jay Leonhart
• Eddie Locke
• Dennis Mackrel
• George Masso
• Earl May
• Ken Peplowski
• Houston Person
• Bucky Pizzarelli
• Ed Polcer
• Benny Powell
• Don Sickler
• Norman Simmons
• Carrie Smith
• Derek Smith
• Irvin Stokes
• Buddy Tate
• Clark Terry
• Warren Vache
• Johnny Varro
• Frank Wess
• Benny Waters
• Joe Wilder
• Spiegle Willcox
• Claude Williams^{[3] [4]}

Discography

• Statesmen of Jazz (Arbors, 1994)
• A Multitude of Stars (Arbors, 2004)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kernfeld. Barry. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2002. Grove's Dictionaries Inc.. New York. 1-56159-284-6. 652. 3. 2nd.
2. Web site: Yanow. Scott. Statesmen of Jazz. AllMusic. 11 October 2017.
3. Web site: Statesmen of Jazz - Statesmen of Jazz Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 11 October 2017.
4. Web site: A Multitude of Stars - Statesmen of Jazz Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 11 October 2017.