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Welcome
to Jubilation Jazz
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Jubilation Jazz Mission
Statement
The Big Band sound has been enjoyed by listeners and performers for
decades and seemingly is experiencing a revival as the younger generation
is exposed to an interesting sound that is not common to their ears.
Jubilation Jazz is in it’s tenth year of
providing a Christian witness in a non-traditional format. The purpose
statement reads: To use the idiom of the big band sound as a
means of presenting the gospel message to those who might never hear it
otherwise.
Since the bands inception in 1997 they have
been privileged to perform in a wide variety of settings
including outdoor festivals, concert halls, and church
auditoriums. Performances include: Annual
Springtime On The Mall, Blytheville; Daze Of Praise, Conway,
in conjunction with Toad Suck Days; Sunday Concert, Humboldt, TN; The
Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, Nashville, TN; Pink
Tomato Festival, Warren; Freedom Celebration, Cabot &
White Hall; White Hall Fall Festival; Lakewood Village Christmas Lighting;
Arkansas State Capital Christmas Festivities; Two years at Silver Dollar
City, Branson, MO; Church Outreach in Benton, NLR, Eureka Springs; Springfest,
Heber Springs Arkansas; Church outreach Fort Smith,
Arkansas; Mid-Continent Bi-vocational Ministers Conference,
Paducah, KY; Arkansas Bandmasters Convention; River Market
Outreach, Camp Aldersgate Ministries, LR; Church
Concert and Outreach, Jacksonville, Texas
In June of 2002 & 2004, Jubilation Jazz
participated in the Arkansas/Brazil Linkup through the Arkansas Baptist
State Convention. Each time the ten day trip centered around the
city of Aracatuba,
in the state of Sao Paulo,
where the band traveled out each day presenting concerts in churches,
city parks activity centers and public and private schools, passing out
hundreds of tracts and bibles.
The band has a tentative mission trip planned
to Amman,
Jordan
for June 2007 to do musical outreach to the Muslim community in cooperation
with Global Missions Projects
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Arkansas Communties
represented in the band include:
Warren, Jonesboro,Cabot,Little Rock, Benton, Manila, North Little Rock,
Mabelvale, Hot Springs, Sherwood, Jacksonville, Rogers, Searcy, Bryant,
and now two from Jacksonville, Texas. When the band performs they will
travel over 2500 miles for each event.
Current Band Members:
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First Name
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Last Name
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Instrument
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Hometown
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Greg
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Bennett
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Trumpet
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Crossett, AR
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Doug
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Blevins
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Trombone
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Rogers, AR
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Charlie
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Bowen
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Guitar
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Bryant, AR
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Paul
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Bowen
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Sax, Drums
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Bryant, AR
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Joel
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Clark
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Trombone
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Little Rock, AR
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Chuck
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Cole
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Tenor Sax
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Little Rock, AR
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Darren
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Collins
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Keyboard
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Cabot, AR
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Ed
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Cooley
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Trumpet
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Rogers, AR
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Bill
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Crook
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Trumpet
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Hot Springs, AR
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Spencer
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Davis
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Sax
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Pine Bluff, AR
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Randall
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Herring
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Sax
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Warren, AR
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Benny
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Higgs
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Drums
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Bryant, AR
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Steve
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Kesner
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Trombone
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Fort Smith, AR
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Vic
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Loftus
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Trumpet
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Jonesboro, AR
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Sarah Beth
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Loftus
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Vocal
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Jonesboro, AR
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Tom
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Mason
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Bass, Trombone
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Manila, AR
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Gordy
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Meyer
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Sax
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North Little
Rock, AR
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Doug
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Nielson
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Guitar
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Benton, AR
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Mark
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Powers
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Trumpet
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Cabot, AR
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Mike
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Ridgeway
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Trombone
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Cabot, AR
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Suzy
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Robertson
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Sax
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Alexander, AR
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Jerry
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Rogers
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Sax
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North Little
Rock, AR
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Bob
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Shaw
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Trombone
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Rogers, AR
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Deborah
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Shaw
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Sax
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Rogers, AR
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Brian
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Skinkle
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Trombone
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Amenta, AR
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Sabrina
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Shivley
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Keyboard
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Bryant, AR
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Paul
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Taylor
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Trombone
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Little Rock, AR
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Mark
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Tenney
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Trumpet
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Cabot, AR
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Joe
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Trusty
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Trumpet
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Cabot, AR
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Mary
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Vardaman
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Vocal
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Jacksonville, TX
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Ray
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Vardaman
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Director
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Jacksonville, TX
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Jonathan
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West
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Trombone
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Benton, AR
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Allene
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Wilson
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Vocal
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Florence, AL
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Mickey
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Yeager
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Trombone
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Cabot, AR
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