The Barcelona Jazz Orquestra is the city of Barcelona's first permanent big band. It was created in the autumn of 1996 at Taller de Músics de Barcelona (Barcelona's Musicians' Workshop), with the aim of making jazz accessible to all kinds of audiences, combining technical virtuosity with the intimate atmosphere that is the essence of true jazz.

The BJO brings together tradition and innovation, since it also dedicates itself to all the modern trends that are renewing the spirit of jazz, offering both the classic repertoire of legendary figures like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie and pieces by contemporary composers and arrangers.

The orchestra includes among its members some of the best-known musicians in the city, as well as famous names from further afield, such as the pianist Ignasi Terraza, saxophonists Víctor de Diego and Xavi Figuerola, and the brilliant Parisian drummer Jean-Pierre Derouard.

The ensemble is under the musical direction of the young trombonist Dani Alonso, who brings his own special qualities of vitality and energy to the task of continuing the work begun by the orchestra's founder and former director, Oriol Bordas.