Deer Valley Performance Jazz Ensemble is based in Glendale, Arizona
USA. There are normally 20 - 24 members
of the band performing on stage at any one time. A typical configuration
is as follows:
7 Saxophones (3 altos, 3 tenors, and 1 baritone)
5 Trombones
5 Trumpets / Fluglehorns
2 drummer / percussionists
1 bassist
1 pianist
1 guitar
DV Performance Jazz Ensemble has won a number of national competitions
including the "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy"
National Jazz Competition in 2002 & 2006 (Second place in 2003 &
2004). The band also played the prestigious
Monterey Jazz Festival in 2006.
