Georgia Cécile

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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) and Georgia Cécile invite you to share communion with them in an evening of harmony, understanding, and exceptional jazz. ‘This is a Communion’ is a thoughtful concept that presents original music as a shared experience and cultivated songwriting as a healing process. Georgia Cécile is a gifted singer for […]

The TSYJO Live 2022

TSYJO

The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is delighted to start their 20th anniversary year with two stunning concerts that bring alive the energy of jazz and pay tribute to some legendary names.

Where Rivers Meet

Where Rivers Meet 2022

Celebrating the jazz expressionists in a programme of music from four innovators: Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Dewey Redman, and Anthony Braxton.

In The Spirit Of Duke

In The Spirit Of Duke

Known as The Duke, Edward Kennedy Ellington is considered amongst the world’s greatest jazz musicians and composers with a musical legacy covering six decades.

Tales of the Tribe

SNJO Tales of the Tribe

songs for Scotland’s mythical creatures – feat. Phil Cunningham, Blythe Duff, Julie Fowlis, Megan Henderson and Michael McGoldrick with music by Tommy Smith

POP! ROCK! SOUL!

Pop Rock Soul with Joe Locke and Kenny Washington

On our third attempt to bring Joe Locke and vocalist Kenny Washington back to Scotland for a programme celebrating the ROCK, POP and SOUL songbook of well known classics. We are excited that it’s finally going to happen.

A Christmas Festival of Jazz

The SNJO at Christmas 2021

Relax and experience a heart-warming festive concert to immerse yourself into the Christmas spirit as the SNJO performs a feast of swinging jazz.

Live at 25

SNJO Live at 25

On Friday 24th September the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra celebrates twenty-five years of top-quality music-making, drawn from almost 100 years of jazz and the classical and Scottish traditions.

Kurt Elling: Apparition Bridge

Kurt Elling and the SNJO 'Apparition Bridge'

In this concert series, the SNJO welcomes the return of our good friend and guest artist, Kurt Elling, a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist who can sing anything you could want to hear.

Planet Wave

Planet Wave

Celebrate poet Edwin Morgan’s centenary as the SNJO perform the colossal work PLANET WAVE: an extraordinary collaboration between Morgan and composer Tommy Smith.

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