US University jazz bands take on Medellin

Two jazz bands from American universities arrived in Medellin to perform a series of concerts at the city’s Metropolitan Theater.

The University Jazz Festival, organized by the local language / culture institute Colombo Americano and supported by the U.S. embassy, will feature combos from New York City and Amherst, MA that will play a repertoire of New Orleans-style jazz.

The Juilliard Jazz Ensemble (New York) and the

The members of the jazz combos will be giving masterclasses to Medellin music students as part of a cultural exchange.

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