Meet the Band

The King’s Academy Jazz Ensemble in West Palm Beach, FL. is more than a band or a class. TKA Jazz is a transformative music education experience that inspires students while reimagining the American Songbook. Through its world-class residencies by transformative musical figures such as Wycliffe Gordon, Wayne Bergeron, Arturo Sandoval, and Maestro Gerard Schwarz, or its transformative performance opportunities across our country, TKA Jazz Ensemble is providing its students with a higher calling and purpose of preserving the past while promoting the future of jazz.

Whether it’s their annual Night of Jazz Concert Series, Runout Concerts, Non-profit Events, or Downtown Community Performances, TKA Jazz Ensemble demonstrates an artistry that is for all. TKA Jazz Director Wes Lowe believes in providing the highest quality of teaching and experiences that prepares students to be successful in the music industry and beyond. The innovative instruction that students receive includes masterclasses and performances with industry icons and collaborations with music organizations like Legends Radio 100.3, The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook, The Yamaha Corporation, The Kravis Center, and The Songbook Academy.

TKA Jazz Ensemble is quickly becoming a beacon to the future of music educational experiences in the modern world. Students of TKA Jazz are shown how to level-up themselves and their brand through artist and repertoire training. In addition, these students receive unique experiences like professional recording sessions that release their music on public streaming platforms. TKA Jazz is more than music. It’s an innovative and transformative ensemble as well as an experience that trains its students with fundamental life lessons to prepare them for success within any field. TKA Jazz Ensemble is a vehicle producing a positively dynamic and reimagined impact on music education, the American Songbook, and the world.