The CCU Jazz Big Band will perform with the Carl Payne Big Band to showcase the authentic, polished jazz sound of the Big Band Swing Era. The Carl Payne Big Band, headed by Carlton Payne Jr., was founded with the intent of educating the listening public and young, aspiring musicians in the genre of Big Band Swing. The band members include band directors, teachers, engineers, lawyers, law enforcement officers and students from college as well as high school.
International Jazz day is an annual worldwide celebration of jazz music sponsored by the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization. Dedicated volunteers across the world have created thousands of activities, programs and community service initiatives that celebrate “the virtues of jazz music” as an educational tool, force for peace, instrument for intercultural dialogue and global cooperation. This will be the seventh year International Jazz Day has been observed around the globe and the second year at CCU.