The Jazz Band is the premier Jazz Ensemble at Oak Park High School. The class takes places during zero period. Participation in this group is based upon audition as well as concurrent enrollment in any other Instrumental music/choral class. The group plays a wide variety of Big Band Jazz Standards/Styles, playing anything from swing to funk to bossa nova with an emphasis on improvisation. The Jazz Band performs regularly at school concerts, adjudicated Jazz festivals and at recruiting and fundraising events around the community.