Welcome to Jubilation Jazz 

 

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

 

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:

First Name

Last Name

Instrument

Hometown

Greg

Bennett

Trumpet

Crossett, AR

Doug

Blevins

Trombone

Rogers, AR

Charlie

Bowen

Guitar

Bryant, AR

Paul

Bowen

Sax, Drums

Bryant, AR

Joel

Clark

Trombone

Little Rock, AR

Chuck

Cole

Tenor Sax

Little Rock, AR

Darren

Collins

Keyboard

Cabot, AR

Ed

Cooley

Trumpet

Rogers, AR

Bill

Crook

Trumpet

Hot Springs, AR

Spencer

Davis

Sax

Pine Bluff, AR

Randall

Herring

Sax

Warren, AR

Benny

Higgs

Drums

Bryant, AR

Steve

Kesner

Trombone

Fort Smith, AR

Vic

Loftus

Trumpet

Jonesboro, AR

Sarah Beth

Loftus

Vocal

Jonesboro, AR

Tom

Mason

Bass, Trombone

Manila, AR

Gordy

Meyer

Sax

North Little Rock, AR

Doug

Nielson

Guitar

Benton, AR

Mark

Powers

Trumpet

Cabot, AR

Mike

Ridgeway

Trombone

Cabot, AR

Suzy

Robertson

Sax

Alexander, AR

Jerry

Rogers

Sax

North Little Rock, AR

Bob

Shaw

Trombone

Rogers, AR

Deborah

Shaw

Sax

Rogers, AR

Brian

Skinkle

Trombone

Amenta, AR

Sabrina

Shivley

Keyboard

Bryant, AR

Paul

Taylor

Trombone

Little Rock, AR

Mark

Tenney

Trumpet

Cabot, AR

Joe

Trusty

Trumpet

Cabot, AR

Mary

Vardaman

Vocal

Jacksonville, TX

Ray

Vardaman

Director

Jacksonville, TX

Jonathan

West

Trombone

Benton, AR

Allene

Wilson

Vocal

Florence, AL

Mickey

Yeager

Trombone

Cabot, AR

 

 

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