The jazz band is one of the smaller groups of the Joplin Band program. Students who perform in the band will be attending music festivals throughout the area, as well as local winter and spring concerts. They will be performing music from some of the greats including Count Basie, Sammy Nestico, and Duke Ellington as well as modern day composers such as Mark Taylor and Gordon Goodwin. Students who wish to be in the jazz band will go through an audition process to determine instrumentation as well as the number of members and grade level of literature performed.