Author: Andrea Canter

  “I just feel like there’s something really special about big bands. There’s something unique, and even for people who are not jazz aficionados or don’t even like jazz, I think people hear a big band or hear about a big band, or they hear a Frank Sinatra tune or something like that – and […]

Since the first Dakota Combo was launched in 2006 as an audition-only ensemble of high school jazz students, I’ve had the pleasure to meet and observe some very talented young musicians. Originally a collaboration of the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education and MacPhail Center for Music, the Dakota Combo, each year, brought together students from […]