Drake University’s Jazz Ensemble One, under the direction of the Fred and Patty Turner Professor of Jazz Studies Andrew Classen, is the University’s premier jazz ensemble.

The band has recorded several albums and toured throughout the United States and abroad, performing at the internationally renowned Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. Read more about the ensemble’s summer 2010 European tour online.

Named an Outstanding College Jazz Ensemble at the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire Jazz Festival, Drake Jazz Ensemble One has also performed at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, Elmhurst Jazz Festival, University of Kansas Jazz Festival and Iowa Jazz Championships.

 

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