Welcome to the Stanford Latin Jazz Ensemble website! Founded by four time Grammy nominated pianist and director Murray Low, the group is dedicated to the study, performance, and interpretation of Afro-Latin music and its fusion with North American jazz. The ensemble is considered one of the finest academic performing groups of its kind. Guest artists and clinicians have included luminaries such as Oscar Hernandez, Mitch Frohman, Karl Perazzo, Jesus Diaz, John Santos, Ray Vega, Doug Beavers, Francisco Torres, Andrea Brachfeld, John Calloway, Edgardo Cambon, and Michael Spiro.

Auditions are now open for upcoming 2026-2027 academic year. We are always looking for talented musicians to join the group! Full-time positions are available for vocalists, brass players, woodwind players, bassists, pianists, drummers and hand percussionists. Part time positions are open for violinists also, upon occasion. Stanford students can sign up for an audition by clicking here. While Stanford students make up the most of our group, the Ensemble is open to members of the entire Stanford community and the public at large. Please contact director Murray Low via email at murlow@stanford.edu for more information.

For more information on rehearsal schedule, requirements and what it's like to be in the band, go to our join page. We hope you will consider joining in on the fun.

If you're curious what the bands sounds like -- check out the video of our Spring 2025 concert featuring Jesus Diaz! We also recently performed with multiple-Grammy winning pianist/composer Oscar Hernandez, founder of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. You can watch the full concert of that performance here.

Go to our gallery page to view videos and pictures from previous concerts. Check out our guest artists concerts with such luminaries such as Karl Perazzo, Oscar Hernandez and Ray Vega!

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