Award-winning keyboard player Wayne Horvitz will work his magic on the iconic Hammond Organ in a wonderful evening of big band jazz with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra. Horvitz is an acclaimed musician and composer who owns and entertains at his own jazz club in Seattle, the Royal Room. Wayne Horvitz is an award-winning organist, was an important part of "the downtown scene" that developed in NY back in the early 90's, and now lives in Seattle where he performs at, owns, and operates his own jazz club called the Royal Room. The Spokane Jazz Orchestra 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.
Many SJO members are college music professors, while several others are high school music teachers.