The Jeff Hamilton Trio, widely considered to be one of the finest small groups in jazz, will join the accomplished musicians of the Spokane Jazz Orchestra for a wonderful evening of music celebrating the best of live big band jazz. SJO is a 17-piece ensemble made up of some of the best jazz musicians in the Northwest. Their concerts draw from the full range of jazz music – standards from icons like Count Basie and Duke Ellington – along with innovate arrangements of a wide range of music from pop to rock to bluegrass and more. More than half of SJO members are college music professors, while several others are high school music teachers.The Jeff Hamilton Trio featuresJeff Hamilton on drumset, Tamir Hendelman on piano, and Jon Hamar (originally from Tri Cities and an EWU graduate) on bass.