UW Jazz Standards Ensemble & Blue Note Ensemble

UW JAZZ STANDARDS ENSEMBLE & BLUE NOTE ENSEMBLE. Directed by John Schaffer, the Jazz Standards Ensemble is a small jazz group performing music from the standard jazz repertoire.  The Blue Note Ensemble is a small jazz group performing music from the post-bop jazz period of the 1950’s and 1960’s (such as the music of Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson or Art Blakey).  Each semester focuses primarily on the music of a single jazz artist.