The Award-Winning Colorado Jazz Ambassadors Big Band is made up of many of the finest young high and middle school musicians in Colorado. Based at Arapahoe Community College and directed by Doug Tidaback’s the CJA Big Bands have performed at The Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in Las Vegas, The New Orleans Jazz History Museum, The UNC Jazz Festival and are traveling to Louisville Kentucky in January 2027 to be featured at The Jazz Educators Network Conference . They perform the music of Basie, Ellington, Kenton and more.

Doug Tidaback, Director