The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: November concerts
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is once again delighted to return in four Autumn concerts with a line up of enthusiastic young musicians with endless talent, improvisational skills, exuberance and verve.
British Jazz Awards 2017: Please vote now
The nominations for the 31st edition of the British Jazz Awards have just been announced and we received the fantastic news that the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has been nominated in the category of “Best Big Band” in the 2017 Awards.
Spirit of Light
Spirit of Light is a celebration in music and song that combines the sacred and the secular in an illuminating new work composed by Tommy Smith. Inspired by the seasonal iconography of the Star, Three Kings, Christmas Night, Winter Snow and the dawning of Christmas Day…
ALBA: Songs of Scotland
Join the internationally acclaimed Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, director Tommy Smith, and special guest, the inimitable Eddi Reader at @YstadFestival in Sweden,
Electric Contact: A Jazz tribute to Tom McGrath
Edinburgh International Film Festival presents Electric Contact, a Jazz Tribute to Tom McGrath featuring Tommy Smith, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and actor Tam Dean Burn.
A Tribute to Buddy Rich
The SNJO celebrates the centenary of explosive jazz drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich in a special concert for the 2017 Glasgow Jazz Festival featuring Alyn Cosker.
In the Spirit of Django
The SNJO is delighted to welcome renowned jazz guitarist Martin Taylor to perform the music of Django Reinhardt, one of the most perennially popular figures in jazz.
Effervescence: Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra (TSYJO) pops all the corks in a magnum-sized case of fizzing jazz with Effervescence; a brand new CD out now on Spartacus Records.
The Songs of Mancini and Mandel
Award-winning master vibraphonist Joe Locke and singer extraordinaire, Kenny Washington join the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra to weave their unique spell around the timeless songbooks of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mandel.
Porgy & Bess and Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis and Gil Evans gifted Porgy & Bess and Sketches of Spain to jazz as vibrant, sultry and enormously satisfying pieces of modern music including such tracks as Summertime and It Ain’t Necessarily So.
