Events
2024 - 2025
Holiday Swing Dance
Friday, 20 December 2024 @ 7:30pm
The Ballroom at Best Western Plus Hotel – Keene, NH
The Keene Jazz Orchestra invites you to brighten your holiday season spirits with the classic sounds of an authentic big-band dance. Celebrate and enjoy the brilliance of an 18-piece band fronted by returning favorite regional vocalist Leila Teitleman, sharing the music of Count Basie, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman, as well as a variety of seasonal swingers and holiday classics.
Music fans of all ages are welcome to dance and be joyful in the company of a live swing orchestra. Bar and food service will be available through Tempesta’s restaurant at the Best Western.
Tickets are on sale at Toadstool Bookstore & Prime Roast in Keene NH as well as online at keenejazzorchestra.org beginning on November 26, 2024.
KJO is a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit organization whose programming supports live music and jazz education in the Monadnock Region. We thank you for your support!
Keene Jazz Orchestra is generously supported by the Barbara M. and Robert C. Cummings Fund for the Arts of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
2023 - 2024
Vocal Jazz Workshop
Friday, 7 June 2024 @ 4:00pm
Keene Middle School Band Room – Keene, NH
Free Jazz Vocal Workshop! KJO's good friend, Bella Holtz,
Annual Spring Concert
Saturday, 8 June 2024 @ 7:30pm
Keene Middle School Auditorium – Keene, NH
Featuring renowned trumpeter, arranger, composer and educator Greg Hopkins.
Valentine Swing Dance
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 7:30pm
Ballroom at the Best Western – Keene, NH
KHS Jazz Invitational
Friday, 26 January 2024 @ 7:00pm
Keene High School Auditorium – Keene, NH
Holiday Swing Dance
Saturday, 16 December 2023 @ 7:30pm
The Ballroom at Best Western Plus Hotel – Keene, NH
2022 - 2023
Spring Concert
Saturday, 3 June 2023
Special performances by NEA Jazz Master, living jazz legend, and bebop vocal pioneer Sheila Jordan. Sheila will be singing small group and big band numbers with arrangements by Amherst Jazz Professor Jeff Holmes. Joining Sheila and the KJO with be acclaimed pianist and Berklee College of Music Professor Russell Hoffman, who has performed with Billy Hart, James Moody, Joe Zawinul, and Scott Mullett. The program also includes a mix of classic and contemporary works by Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, and Les Hooper.
KHS Jazz Invitational
Friday, 27 January 2023 @ 7:00pm
Keene High School Auditorium – Keene, NH
Holiday Swing Dance
Saturday, 17 December 2022 @ 7:30pm
The Ballroom at Best Western Plus Hotel – Keene, NH
Sheila Jordan
Please consider making a donation in Scott’s honor to the
Scott Mullett Fund for
Jazz Education
You can also donate via mail
by sending a check payable to:
Keene Jazz Orchestra
39 Ridgewood Ave
Keene NH 03431
memo Scott Mullett Fund