A jazz band stops by New Trier to play for their alma mater before heading to Jazz Fest this weekend.
Nearing the end of a month long tour that will culminate this weekend at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra played for a smaller yet no less significant audience: students from New Trier High School (NTHS). Watch the Video: New Trier Alumi Swing by School Before Chicago Jazz Fest The big band, which entails saxophones, brass and a rhythm section, traveled across the country to take the Gaffney Auditorium stage on Thursday afternoon, where they played original music and favorites by jazz forefather Duke Ellington. "How did you do that?" one student, microphone in hand, asked the orchestra from his seat in the stands. "A lot of these tunes were played on the road for three weeks," said John Fatum, a drummer and …
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Though still in college, the Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra can play alongside the pros at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Saturday.
Man, those cats can play! They're the Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra, founded in 2008 by John and Michael Fatum, both graduates of New Trier High School. The big band, which entails saxophones, brass and a rhythm section, traveled across the country to take the Gaffney Auditorium stage on Thursday afternoon, where they played original music and favorites by jazz forefather Duke Ellington. Read more: New Trier's Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival Celebrates 28th Year Orchestra members are enrolled at conservatory programs around the U.S., including the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, New York University, the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard School of Music, University of Illinois and New England Conservatory. You can catch …
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