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Randy Karon retired in 2023 after 31 years as the Director of Bands at Barrington High School, Barrington, IL. Randy attended the University of Iowa, achieving both his Bachelors and […]

It is with much sadness that Larry Boisen has passed away on January 17, 2023. Larry was our sax player from 2004 to 2017 when he retired to a Del […]

The Underground Jazz Ensemble, an outstanding 15 piece big band from Delevan, WI, contacted Jazz Spectrum. They discussed performing together and individually on the same bill, thus being able to […]

After being used to weekly vocal rehearsals since 1995, six weeks of isolation is like an eternity! With the weather getting nicer, the vocal group decided to try to rehearse […]

While on The 2019 Jazz Cruise, Bob enjoyed visiting with Kelly Peterson, Oscar’s wife. She told of how she and Oscar met and how she produced the album “Oscar, with […]

It was ten years ago that Jazz Spectrum began providing entertainment for the town of Mundelein, Illinois’s Tree Lighting Ceremony

For the past 24 years, JS operated its own sound system. As sound systems became more sophisticated, it became clear a professional technician was needed. We met Dani von Helms […]

In 1948, four singers from Butler University changed the landscape for vocal groups. They fashioned their harmonies after Stan Kenton’s trombone section. The melody is the top voice of the […]

Kim Nazarian sings soprano with the internationally-renowed vocal quartet, New York Voices. She is not only a wonderful jazz vocalist but an outstanding vocal coach and clinician. On the evening […]

On September 18, 2016, Bob Zaun was inducted into William Howard Taft High School’s Hall of Fame (’58). This is the “second class” of this newly formed distinction. Voting was […]