The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s “British Invasion” plays the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Friday

Under artistic director Clint Ashlock, the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is venturing into new old territory. Big bands have long played Top 40 — the Count Basie Orchestra recorded an album of Beatles music in 1966 — but Friday night, the KCJO takes on not only the Beatles but also the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Zombies. With its British Invasion set, the orchestra reimagines that era with fresh arrangements by Ashlock and ensemble members Paul Roberts, David Aaberg, among others. (Going back further, there’s also the wartime standard “A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square.”) Expect “Paint It Black,” “Baba O’Riley,” “She’s Not There,” and “Norwegian Wood.” Singers Jessica Paige and David Basse join for music not often heard in Hellzberg Hall.