{{Short description|Avant-garde big band from Boston}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Orange Then Blue | image = | image_size = | landscape = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | genre = Avant-garde jazz, world fusion | years_active = 1984–1999 | label = GM | website = | past_members = * Adam Kolker * Andrew D'Angelo * Andy Gravish * Andy Laster * Bob Bowlby * Chris Speed * Cuong Vu * Dave Ballou * Dave Douglas * Dave Finucane * George Schuller * Jamie Saft * Jim Leff * Jose Davila * Ken Cervenka * Mark Taylor * Matt Darriau * Paul del Nero * Peck Allmond * Peter Cirelli * Reid Anderson * Rick Stepton * Roy Okutani * Russ Gold * Tim Ray * Tom Varner }}

'''Orange Then Blue''' is an avant-garde big band from Boston, Massachusetts led by drummer George Schuller.<ref>[http://www.classical-scene.com/2016/10/19/merging-schullers-threads/ "Merging Schuller’s Threads"] ''The Boston Music Intelligencer''. Retrieved 2017-04-27.</ref> Several well known jazz musicians have performed with the group as either members or guests, including trumpeters Dave Douglas and Cuong Vu, saxophonist Chris Speed, and bassist Reid Anderson. George Schuller is the son of Gunther Schuller.<ref name="Nastos">{{cite web|last1=Nastos|first1=Michael G.|title=Orange Then Blue {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/orange-then-blue-mn0000891143/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=21 November 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/an-aaj-interview-with-chris-speed-chris-speed-by-aaj-staff.php "An AAJ Interview With Chris Speed"] ''All About Jazz''. Retrieved 2017-04-27.</ref>

==Discography== * ''Music for Jazz Orchestra'' (GM, 1986) * ''Where Were You?'' (GM, 1990) * ''Jumpin' in the Future'' (GM, 1990) * ''Funkallero'' (GM, 1991) * ''While You Were Out'' (GM, 1992) * ''Hold the Elevator: Live in Europe and Other Haunts'' (GM, 1999)

==See also== * List of experimental big bands

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/while-you-were-out-orange-then-blue-gm-recordings-review-by-glenn-astarita Review of ''While You Were Out''] at All About Jazz

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