Abbey Town Jump Orchestra (IT)

1998 –

Italian big band of more than twenty players founded in 1998 and directed by the American trumpeter Kyle Gregory, with a repertoire running from Duke Ellington and Count Basie to Bob Mintzer. Since 2007 it has been the Summer Jamboree's resident orchestra, where it plays a swing and rhythm and blues programme with international guests and is billed as the Abbey Town Jump Orchestra.