Keene Jazz Orchestra

06/08/2025

We had so much fun sharing our music with you tonight. Thanks to all of you for your support of live music in general and Keene Jazz Orchestra in particular. It's such a thrill to be able to present such a repertoire of jazz standards. We thoroughly enjoyed our soloists, Mike Turk and Bella Holtz, and we're glad you got to hear their music.
We'll be having a dance in December so watch for announcements.
Peace to all of you!

06/07/2025

Tickets are available at the door!!! Free admission for all students under 21. The rest of you are encouraged to purchase a very affordable ticket to spend your evening listening to the best of our local musicians play some ridiculously awesome charts.
TONIGHT at 7:30pm at Keene Middle School. The band sounds fantastic and we can't wait to see all of you in the audience.

06/05/2025

This is the place to be on Saturday

06/02/2025

Don't miss this concert!
This Saturday night, 6/7, is the annual KJO concert featuring fantastic local musicians and guest musicians Mike Turk, Jazz Harmonica, and Bella Holtz, vocals. Come see us at 7:30pm at Keene Middle School.
You will hear music from Thad Jones, Pat Metheny, Maynard Ferguson, Theloniuos Monk and much more. Free admission for all students under 21!

05/29/2025

Mike Turk on Jazz Harmonica and Bella Holtz on vocals and the KEENE JAZZ ORCHESTRA will take you to a beautiful musical place. Join us next Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 at Keene Middle School. Tickets on sale NOW! All students are free!
Check out the sweet sounds of Mike Turk on harmonica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36SNWIaAknE

05/17/2025

KJO Concert Sat. June 7 at 7:30 at Keene Middle School will feature Mike Turk, Jazz Harmonica, and our very own KJO vocalist Bella Holtz. Bella grew up in the Monadnock region and graduated from Fall Mountain High School. Bella's vocals cover a wide range of styles and you're going to love the tunes selected for our concert. Here's a recording of Bella singing the beautiful tune You Don't Know What Love Is.

Rebecca Holtz featuring the Andrew Tyson Trio from their performance at the Metropolitan Room in New York City on October 10th, 2015. Featuring:Rebecca Holt...

05/13/2025

Ever heard a jazz harmonica player? Mike Turk, this year's KJO guest soloist, will show you the way it's done. Here he is in the Press Room in Portsmouth.

Mike Turk (jazz harmonica) at The Press Room with Sharon Jones (vocals), John Hyde (piano), Marty Ballou (bass), Les Harris Jr. (drums).

05/12/2025

Drum roll...get your tickets...Our annual concert is happening on Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 at the Keene Middle School Auditorium. The amazing Mike Turk will be our guest soloist and our very own Bella Holtz will be our vocalist. Tickets are available now at Keenejazzorchestra.org or this Friday, May 16 at Toadstool Keene and Prime Roast.
Don't miss this one!

02/25/2025

A huge thank you to all of our friends that came out on Friday night to listen and dance to the Big Band sounds of the Keene Jazz Orchestra. Your support of live music and jazz in particular is greatly appreciated and each and every one of us in the band thanks you.
Mark your calendars for our annual concert on Saturday, June 7 at Keene Middle School. Fabulous sounding venue right here in Keene. See you there! www.keenejazzprchestra.org

02/21/2025

We can't wait to play the great music of the Big Band Era for our friends tonight at the KJO dance! Doors open at 7pm tonight for those with tickets. We are sold out but if you missed this one mark your calendars that we will be playing our annual concert on Saturday, June 7 at Keene Middle School. For more information about KJO see our website at www.keenejazzorchestra.com or email [email protected] and ask to be on our mailing list.

The Keene Jazz Orchestra was formed in April, 2002 under the direction of Scott Mullett. The intent of the Orchestra is to offer a challenging setting in which local musicians of advanced abilities may study repertoire of big bands past and present. The band hopes to share with our community the

02/19/2025

Almost sold out for Friday night's dance. A few tickets left at Toadstool Keene...first come, first serve!

02/18/2025

We still have a few tickets left for Friday night's dance and the weather looks great for some swing dancing! We just opened us a few more tickets on our online ticket portal and there are still some left at Toadstool Keene and Prime Roast but hard to say how long they will last. Get 'em now!