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West Point Band band members were recruited and selected through a competitive audition process specifically for service in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. Members of the group graduated of some of America's most prestigious music schools such as the University of North Texas College of Music, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. Members of the band played, recorded, and toured with such icons as Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Ahmad Jamal, Chaka Kahn, Prince, Billy Cobham, and the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller Orchestras.
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The Jazz Knights performing at Eisenhower HallĮighteen professional musicians from across the United States were auditioned for the West Point Band to be a part of the unit through an exclusive audition process.