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ABOUT THE CJO Founded in 1978 by Jeff Lindberg and the late Steve Jensen, the Jazz Members Big
Band (now the Chicago Jazz Orchestra) was selected to be the opening band for the First Annual
Chicago Jazz Festival in 1979.
After hearing the Orchestra on NPR broadcast of the 1981 Chicago Jazz Festival, Joe Williams
began a performance collaboration with the ensemble that flourished, including ten straight
appearances at The Kennedy Center Honors festivities in Washington, DC.
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra performed at The Kennedy Center Honors for the 22 straight year on
December 2010.
The group has toured Europe twice, including performances in Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden.
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra is the Chicago band of choice for the greatest jazz musicians, and thus
the ensemble has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Nancy Wilson, Louie
Bellson, Herbie Hancock, Jon Faddis, Kurt Elling, Jack McDuff, Kenny Burrell, and many more.
MORE INFO: WWW.CHICAGOJAZZORCHESTRA.COM
Band (now the Chicago Jazz Orchestra) was selected to be the opening band for the First Annual
Chicago Jazz Festival in 1979.
After hearing the Orchestra on NPR broadcast of the 1981 Chicago Jazz Festival, Joe Williams
began a performance collaboration with the ensemble that flourished, including ten straight
appearances at The Kennedy Center Honors festivities in Washington, DC.
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra performed at The Kennedy Center Honors for the 22 straight year on
December 2010.
The group has toured Europe twice, including performances in Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden.
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra is the Chicago band of choice for the greatest jazz musicians, and thus
the ensemble has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Nancy Wilson, Louie
Bellson, Herbie Hancock, Jon Faddis, Kurt Elling, Jack McDuff, Kenny Burrell, and many more.
MORE INFO: WWW.CHICAGOJAZZORCHESTRA.COM
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INFO AND BOOKING
COCO PRODUCTIONS, Inc.
P. O. BOX 114
LANSING, IL 60438
Phone: 708-474-3741
Cell. 708-527-5985
E-Mail: coco@cocoprojazz.com
COCO PRODUCTIONS, Inc.
P. O. BOX 114
LANSING, IL 60438
Phone: 708-474-3741
Cell. 708-527-5985
E-Mail: coco@cocoprojazz.com
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AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE
Maurizio Rolli is a graduate in double bass and jazz music studies. He is currently teaching electric
bass and double bass as well as jazz harmony studies at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese in
Pescara, Scuola Civica di Musica di San Giovanni Teatino and at Conservatorio "U.Giordano" in
Foggia and Conservatorio “L.D’Annunzio” in Pescara, Italy.
He has recorded with: Peter Erskine, Mike Stern, Paolo Fresu, Danny Gottlieb, Otmaro Ruiz,Michael
Manring, Hiram Bullock, Alex Acuña, Bob Mintzer, Scott Kinsey, Bill Evans, Matt Bissonnette, Alfredo
Impullitti, Pierre Favre, Fabrizio Bosso, Massimo Manzi ecc… Javier Girotto, Roberto Ottaviano, Tino
Tracanna, Paolo Damiani, Gianluigi Trovesi, and played with: Vince Mendoza, Chaka Khan,
Metropole Orchestra, Chicago Jazz University Big Band, Jim Hall, David Liebman, Scott Colley,
Diane Shuur, Enrico Pieranunzi,Stephane Guillaume, Claude Barthelemy Bruno Tommaso, Pino
Minafra, Adam Makovicz, Russel Gloyd, Michael Riessler Bill Russo, Cameron Brown, Frank
Marocco Rosario Giuliani, Ettore Fioravanti Marco Tamburini, Pietro Condorelli Mauro Negri
Gianpaolo Casati Marco Fumo Giorgio Gaslini etc...
He's bass player with R.A.R.E. a new quartet featuring Alex Acuña on percussions, Otmaro Ruiz on
piano and Gianluca Esposito on saxes. He used to play with "X-perience" a trio featuring Hiram
Bullock and Israel Varela. Since September 2000 he's director of the "Rolli's tones" Big Band, which
recorded with Michael Manring and Mike Stern the cd "Moodswings, a tribute to the music of Jaco
Pastorius", released in October 2001, the year of the 50th anniversary of Jaco’s birth. This cd was
reviewed as Cd of the month on "Bass Player" Magazine and on "Jazzit" Magazine.
MORE INFO: WWW.MAURIZIOROLLI.COM
bass and double bass as well as jazz harmony studies at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese in
Pescara, Scuola Civica di Musica di San Giovanni Teatino and at Conservatorio "U.Giordano" in
Foggia and Conservatorio “L.D’Annunzio” in Pescara, Italy.
He has recorded with: Peter Erskine, Mike Stern, Paolo Fresu, Danny Gottlieb, Otmaro Ruiz,Michael
Manring, Hiram Bullock, Alex Acuña, Bob Mintzer, Scott Kinsey, Bill Evans, Matt Bissonnette, Alfredo
Impullitti, Pierre Favre, Fabrizio Bosso, Massimo Manzi ecc… Javier Girotto, Roberto Ottaviano, Tino
Tracanna, Paolo Damiani, Gianluigi Trovesi, and played with: Vince Mendoza, Chaka Khan,
Metropole Orchestra, Chicago Jazz University Big Band, Jim Hall, David Liebman, Scott Colley,
Diane Shuur, Enrico Pieranunzi,Stephane Guillaume, Claude Barthelemy Bruno Tommaso, Pino
Minafra, Adam Makovicz, Russel Gloyd, Michael Riessler Bill Russo, Cameron Brown, Frank
Marocco Rosario Giuliani, Ettore Fioravanti Marco Tamburini, Pietro Condorelli Mauro Negri
Gianpaolo Casati Marco Fumo Giorgio Gaslini etc...
He's bass player with R.A.R.E. a new quartet featuring Alex Acuña on percussions, Otmaro Ruiz on
piano and Gianluca Esposito on saxes. He used to play with "X-perience" a trio featuring Hiram
Bullock and Israel Varela. Since September 2000 he's director of the "Rolli's tones" Big Band, which
recorded with Michael Manring and Mike Stern the cd "Moodswings, a tribute to the music of Jaco
Pastorius", released in October 2001, the year of the 50th anniversary of Jaco’s birth. This cd was
reviewed as Cd of the month on "Bass Player" Magazine and on "Jazzit" Magazine.
MORE INFO: WWW.MAURIZIOROLLI.COM