they have been entertaining the nation
for five decades the US Navy Band
Commodores jazz ensemble they tour the
United States they toured nationally
internationally and they are here in
Jacksonville performing in the River
City they're gonna play for you in just
a second
musician first class Kevin MacDonald's
gonna tell us what they're all about hey
welcome to everybody thanks for being
here early in the morning because I know
you're performing tonight
so tell me a bit about the history of
the ensemble well thank you so much for
having us we're thrilled to be here we
are members of the United States Navy
Band Commodores we are celebrating our
49th year as the Navy's premier jazz
ensemble we are one of five performing
units back in the nation's capitol DC of
the United States Navy band which was
formed in 1925 our group the Commodores
was formed in 1969 and one of our
missions out of DC is to go on national
tours where we connect America with its
Navy and honor veterans and we play the
Armed Forces medley at the end of all of
our shows to make sure that we give a
shout out and honor all the veterans out
there who come to our shows so we are
thrilled to be out on tour this
particular tour comprises 19 shows over
22 days traveling over I believe over
2,000 land miles Navy town here in
Jacksonville as I'm sure you know and
you're gonna be performing tonight at
UNF let me give people the particulars
it is performance that's free and open
to the public starts at 7:30 at the
Robinson theatre no tickets required but
you got a little preview for us tonight
ladies and gentlemen gentlemen
the US Navy Commodores jazz ensemble
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