The History of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
CJO Guest Artists Over the Years
1985 – 1990
Louie Bellson
Tony Bennett
Paquito D’Rivera
Carl Fontana
Milt Hinton
Ken Peplowski
Dianne Schuur
Dr. Billy Taylor
Clark Terry
Sarah Vaughan
1990 – 1995
Alex Acuna
Louie Bellson
Tex Beneke
Ace Carter
Jon Faddis
Bill Finegan
Tommy Flanagan
1990 – 1995 (cont)
The Four Freshmen
Terry Gibbs
Tom Harrell
Milt Hinton
Joe Lovano
Dolores Parker Morgan
Ken Peplowski
Clark Terry
Jiggs Whigham
1995 – 2000
Jon Faddis
Clare Fischer
Bob Florence
Frank Foster
The Four Freshmen
Bill Holman (guest conductor)
Rob McConnell (guest conductor)
Sammy Nestico
Ken Peplowski
Joze Privsek (guest conductor)
Arturo Sandoval
Gerald Wilson
2000 – 2005
Bob Brookmeyer
Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater
Jamie Davis
Linda Eden
John Fedchock
2000 – 2005 (cont)
Benny Golson
Buddy Greco
Slide Hampton
John Hollenbeck
Barbara Knight
Dan McMillion
Sammy Nestico
Ed Partyka
Pied Pipers
Maria Schneider
Willie Smith
2005 – 2010
Anne Hampton Calloway
Ricardo Flores
Jerome Jennings
Joe Lovano
Kevin Mahogany
Wade Marcus
John Pizzarelli
Helen Welch
Jiggs Whigham
2010 – 2015
John & Gerald Clayton
Dominic Farinacci
Jimmy Heath
Monica Mancini
The Musical Theater Project
2010 – 2015 (cont)
Sandy Simon (Jazz Vespers)
Helen Welch
2016 – 2020
Jay Ashby
Wayne Bergeron
Reggie Bowens
Bernie Dresel
Reggie Kelly
Ernie Krivda
Joe Lovano
Christian McBride
Michael Philip Mossman
The Musical Theater Project
Vanessa Rubin
Bobby Sanabria
Mike Tomaro
Jiggs Whigham
2021 – 2025
Richard Bona
Reggie Bowens
Velvet Brown
Terri Lyne Carrington
Regina Carter
2021 – 2025 (cont)
The Cleveland Composers Guild
Dre & Leah
Sammy De Leon
Holly Hofmann
Sean Jones
Joe Lovano
Adrianna Miller
2021 – 2025 (cont)
The Musical Theater Project
Ken Peplowski
Ava Preston
Kate Reid
Ellen Rowe
Vanessa Rubin
Maria Schneider
Bria Skonberg
Helen Welch