The Flying Horse Big Band is a premiere ensemble at UCF. The band has featured guests such as Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, Michael Mossman, James Moody, Nick Brignola, Harry Allen, Steve Turre, Rodney Holmes, Terry Gibbs, Marvin Stamm, Mulgrew Miller, John Swana, Kevin Mahogany, Lou Donaldson and Eric Alexander.
Former members of the band include musicians now performing on television shows in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville, while several others are professors at universities around the country.
The Flying Horse Big Band is a standard instrumentation big band featuring the finest jazz performers at UCF. This ensemble performs more than any other ensemble on campus, incorporating repertory works and new music of the highest caliber.
The ensemble performs locally, regionally, and nationally for conferences, concerts, and festivals. Additionally, this ensemble produces recordings for Flying Horse Records and performs with jazz legends as diverse and relevant as Sam Rivers and Lenny Pickett.
The Flying Horse Big Band recordings can be found at flyinghorserecords.com.
The UCF Flying Horse Big Band will be performing at Blue Bamboo Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 3 PM
The Blue Bamboo Music Center For The Arts is an independent performance venue and art gallery at 1905 Kentucky Ave. Winter Park FL 32789.
Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable corporation. Registration #: CH46010. We have 3 primary purposes –
1. Provide affordable, family-friendly music, spoken word, and visual arts.
2. Provide an income to artists.
3. Serve our community through the arts.