Orange Then Blue is an experimental big band

Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...

 from Boston

Boston

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 led by drummer

Drummer

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 George Schuller

George Schuller

George Schuller is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of composer Gunther Schuller.He was born in New York City and raised in Boston, graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music with a BA in jazz performance in 1982. He then played locally with Herb Pomeroy, Ran Blake, George...

. Several well known jazz

Jazz

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 musicians have performed with the group as either members or guests, including trumpeters Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas (trumpeter)

Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...

 and Cuong Vu

Cuong Vu

is a jazz trumpeter and vocalist.Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam with his family at the age of five in 1975, settling in Bellevue, Washington...

, as well as saxophonist Chris Speed

Chris Speed

Chris Speed is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He studied classical piano from the age of five, and began clarinet at eleven. In high school he took up the tenor saxophone and began studying jazz...

. Bandleader

Bandleader

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 Schuller is the son of Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...

. This medium-sized orchestra has recorded a number of album

Album

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s, and can fall under a variety of musical categories due to its rather free approach toward performance and composition.

Discography

• Music For Jazz Orchestra (1986, GM Recordings)
• Where Were You? (1987, GM)
• Jumpin' in the Future (1988, GM)
• Funkallero (1991, GM)
• While You Were Out (1992, GM)
• Hold the Elevator (1999, EM)