NORWICH – The Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, will bring the flavor of New Orleans to central New York on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m., when Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra All Stars perform “Home for the Holidays.”
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc., was incorporated in December 2002 by founder and artistic director, Irvin Mayfield, the Grammy nominated, Billboard Award winning trumpeter and composer and the officially appointed Cultural Ambassador for the City of New Orleans. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) is a spirited, swinging, band steeped in the tradition of New Orleans jazz, blues, swing and spirituals. NOJO performs and presents educational programs that draw upon the rich musical and cultural traditions of New Orleans and is the premier major performing and presenting jazz institution based in post-Katrina New Orleans.