Artist

One of Chicago’s “most admired jazz artists” (Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune), Orbert Davis was named by Chicago Magazine as “Y2k Best Trumpeter in Chicago” and “Chicagoan of the Year for 2002.” In September 2011, Davis was named Artist-In-Residence for the Chicago Jazz Festival, an honor held by only one other Chicagoan in its history. 

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What’s New

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s highly anticipated online learning program for anyone with a creative musical appetite is finally here! CJP University (CJPU) is a new program presented by Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, comprised of online video courses on unique topics in music. We invite you to learn music from anywhere you access the internet, on your time, from expert music educators.

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Composer

Davis won an Emmy Award for the composition and production of an original score for the national PBS documentary, “DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis.” He is also co-founder, conductor and Artistic Director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, a 55+ piece jazz-symphonic orchestra dedicated to multi-genre projects.

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