Canadian artist profile
SourcedWinnipeg Jazz Orchestra
· Winnipeg, MB
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is Canada's first community-based non-profit professional jazz orchestra, developing big-band music through concerts, Canadian commissions, recordings, education, and collaboration.
- Active since
- 1997
- Catalog
- 10 releases
- Last checked
- August 9, 2026
About
The artist
Founded in 1997 by artistic director Richard Gillis and saxophonist Sasha Boychouk, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra is a professional big band rooted in Winnipeg. Its mandate combines performance, composition, recording, education, inclusion, and community building. The orchestra presents a regular concert series, commissions Canadian and Manitoban composers, collaborates with guest artists, and supports school and honour-band programs. Its catalog includes Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, Suite Messiah, Suite 150, Twisting Ways, Voices: A Musical Heritage, East Meets West: Connections, and the 2026 release Forgotten Stories Suite. East Meets West: Connections won the 2025 JUNO Award for Jazz Album of the Year (Group) and the Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year.
Catalog
Selected releases
Sources & provenance
- Official website ↗checked August 9, 2026
- Official website ↗checked August 9, 2026
- Official website ↗checked August 9, 2026
- Official platform profile ↗checked August 9, 2026
- Public registry ↗checked August 9, 2026
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