HISTORY On Two Galen Jeter
Orchestras (compiled by Byron Parks)
The Dallas Jazz Orchestra / Dallas’
Original Jazz Orchestra
Below is the listing of all 14 CD's recorded by the DJO and Dallas' Original
Jazz Orchestra,
plus the players on each recording with other info as well.
This
nearly 3 1/2 decades crusade has taken 154 musicians or 7.70 bands. That alone is
not
much turnover and says a lot about how dedicated the musicians are in this
orchestra to play
each week. Further testaments to our cause are the
countless subs in the DFW metroplex
who have taken up the slack. These
musicians come from several strong local University
jazz programs in the area,
such as UNT, UTA and TCU. The subs come in like some of our
regular members
driving up to 100 miles round trip and sight reading the book.
On
average the orchestra performs 44 weeks out of the year, taking a month off in
August and
a month off in mid December.
Most of all, however, has been Galen
Jeter's longtime commitment.