Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra - The Best of the Keller Area Youth Jazz (2019)

The Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra (KAYJO) is an All Star jazz orchestra comprising 5 saxes, 10 brass and a rhythm section. Students from Keller and the surrounding area convene when school is out, and rehearse under direction of a college jazz professor. Every member of the band is active in his or her school program so we only meet when school is out (June-July, Spring Break, Christmas holidays).

Everyone in the band is an All Region qualifier, and many are All State band alumni. They are accepted based on referral or competitive audition, so the talent level is elite. That allows rehearsals to be accelerated, and lets the conductor choose repertoire from the college level.