The TSYJO: October Concerts
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is delighted to open their autumn season at the Roxy Theatre, Edinburgh for the first time and then to return to the Drygate, Glasgow for concerts that feature a fantastic line up of young musicians, each showing endless talent, improvisational skills, exuberance and verve.
The Count & The Duke
It’s time to swing again, as the SNJO celebrate jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Pivotal to the evolution of orchestral jazz, Basie and Ellington created music that defined an era. The SNJO have chosen to feature two of their landmark albums in this concert, The Atomic Mr Basie and Ellington’s Black, Brown & Beige.
Kenny Wheeler’s Sweet Sister Suite
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are delighted to announce that our CD, Sweet Sister Suite featuring Laura Jurd and Irini Arabatzi is available to purchase on the Spartacus Record label.
An afternoon jazz concert for children Peter & The Wolf – 14 July
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival are delighted to invite you to enjoy this wonderful new interpretation by the SNJO of one of the most universally popular children’s classics Peter & the Wolf.
Peter & The Wolf / Carnival of Animals
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival invite you to enjoy new jazz interpretations of two popular classical works: Prokofiev’s Peter & the Wolf and Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals.
Jazz Re-Imagined
Coltrane, Shorter, Corea, Parker, Brecker, Scofield and more… Selected tracks from the Songbooks of Jazz Masters arranged and conducted by Florian Ross
BBC’s Biggest Weekend
BBC’s Biggest Weekend “Four nations, four locations, one amazing weekend of music” The Biggest Weekend takes place in Scotland at Scone Palace, by Perth on Friday 25th / Saturday 26th May as part of a nationwide celebration of music
Kenny Wheeler’s Sweet Sister Suite / The Music of Mary Lou Williams
The specially commissioned Sweet Sister Suite was composed by the late Kenny Wheeler for the SNJO in 1997 with parts for trumpet and voice
The SNJO at Ronnie Scott’s
Scotland’s National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to be appearing at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London this week, offering a varied selection of great big band music.
Peter & The Wolf / Carnival of Animals
The SNJO are delighted to invite audiences of all ages to enjoy wonderful new interpretations of two of the most universally popular children’s classics Peter & the Wolf and Carnival of the Animals.
