The Metropolitan Jazz Octet (MJO) was a group created in the 1950s by Chicago saxophonist and arranger Tom Hilliard that was revived in 2014 under the direction of Hilliard's student Jim Gailloreto. From the late 1950s to the 1980s Hilliard wrote many of the group's 150-plus charts. He also worked with Chicago’s top arrangers to expand the library. In 1959, the group recorded a single album on the Argo label called The Legend of Bix, a tribute to 1920s cornetist and composer Bix Beiderbecke. On the recording was Tom Hilliard - tenor sax, Ed Haley - trumpet, Ed Avis - valve trombone, Dave Edwards (musician) - alto sax, Ben Baileys - baritone sax, Angelo Principali - piano, Gerry Lofstrum - bass, Jim Gianas - drums. More information...
According to PR-model, metropolitanjazzoctet.com is ranked 2,824,801st in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 1,536,162nd in English Wikipedia.
The website is placed before wrightplacetv.com and after woollamconstructions.com.au in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
