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Trombone
Connor Gentry
Tenor
Joseph Giordano
Tenor Trombone
Bruno Nicola Tzinas
Bass Trombone
Will Morley Trombone
Trumpet
Žan Cesar
Trumpet
Juan Manuel Lagunes Vásquez
Trumpet
Alex Hong
Trumpet
Ŕlex Fernández Ponce
Piano
Martin Lajtman
Double Bass
Hüseyin Eren Kutlu
Guitar
Hanif Abdurrahman Aziz
Drum kit
William Harry Garcia Rodriguez
Saxophone
Adam Zilberman
Alto Saxophone
Anna Illiushyna
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone; Flute; Clarinet; Soprano Saxophone
Benjy Sandler
Tenor Saxophone
Daniel Cohne
Soprano
Angelina Kolobukhova
Vocals
Elisabeth Kornhuber
French Horn
Bram Vanoverberghe
The JM Jazz World Orchestra is the world’s premier international jazz orchestra, comprised of around 20 young professionals from 15+ different countries selected through a global annual audition.
The band works with some of the planet’s finest conductors and soloists, touring annually, and performing at prestigious venues and jazz festivals across Europe and the world.
The JM Jazz World Orchestra is an international program of JM International, the world’s oldest and largest youth-music nonprofit making a difference through music since 1945. The orchestra has performed with renowned musicians such as Renne Manning, Jim Rotondy, KarlHeinz MIklin, John Rilley, Hector Martignon, Gonzalo Rublacaba, Andy Mc Kee, Alex Sipiagin, Dick Oatts, Famoadou don Moye, Boris Kozlow and others.
In 2019, the orchestra recorded its first album, Jazz Pops / Pop Swings, which was released this year due to the pandemic.
The album perfectly showcases the live energy and talent of the young musicians of the JM Jazz World Orchestra (all under the age of 26), who come from different parts of the world. Featuring 10 stunning tracks, a unique collection that reinvents popular music from the last century, alongside beautiful original compositions by Bonilla. Along the way, you'll meet Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Carole King, George Michael, Patsy Cline and Ariana Grande. JM Jazz World skillfully combines the infectious rhythms and melodies of these timeless classics with the ultimate sophistication that only a big band can provide.
Every year the orchestra tours, appearing at major European jazz festivals and events. The orchestra has performed at numerous venues and had notable concerts in Croatia, Netherland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, Belgium and Slovenia. There was also a significant collaboration with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and Maria Scnheider, as well as a performance at the UniCredit Festival in Milan with Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
Recent festival appearances include:
Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, CH) North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, NL) Brosella Festival (Brussels, BE), Jazz is Back Festival (Groznjan, HR) Kongsberg Jazz Festival (Kongsberg, NO) Jazz Middelheim (Antwerp, BE), Gaume Jazz Festival (Rosingol, BE) Liburnia Jazz Festival (Lovran, HR) More than Jazz Festival ( Udine IT) , Solin Summer Festival (Solin HR), ZG KOOL Festival ( Zagreb, HR)
Novi Sad Music Summer ( Novi Sad, RS), Tvrđava Barone ( Šibenik, HR), ATO Jazz Festival ( Sofia, BG), Jazz in der Aula / Musikzauber Franken (Lauda-Königshofen, DE) and Splitsko ljeto (Split, HR) Dubrovnik Summer Festival (HR)
Luis Bonilla: Artistic Director The JM Jazz World Orchestra continues to thrive under the mentorship of Luis Bonilla, who returns for his eight season as Artistic Director.
The US trombonist, composer and educator is an internationally recognised force in several musical worlds. He was mentored by the great Lester Bowie during his time as trombonist in Bowie’s Brass Fantasy. He has played as a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Afro- Latin Jazz Orchestra under Arturo O’Farrill, the Mingus Big Band and in Dave Douglas’s Brass Ecstasy. As a sideman Bonilla has worked with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Astrud Gilberto, Willie Colon and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
As a composer, bandleader and recording artist, Bonilla’s records have been praised by major jazz publications, with 2010’s Twilight (Planet Arts) described by All About Jazz as “a well-balanced feast for the aural senses”. In the pop world, Bonilla has recorded and toured with such icons as Tony Bennett, Alejandro Sanz, Diana Ross, Marc Anthony, La India, Mary J. Blige and, most recently, Phil Collins on his European and Latin American tours.
On top of this Luis Bonilla has worked in music education at such institutions as Temple University, the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory. His dedication to the JM Jazz World Orchestra again demonstrates that, as well as having worked alongside some of jazz’s historic greats, he is committed to nurturing its future. Since 2019 he is a regular professor at the Kunst University in Graz - jazz department.
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