Jeunehomme: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 K-271
The SNJO are delighted to announce that our latest CD, JEUNEHOMME featuring pianist Makoto Ozone has just been released on the Spartacus Record label.
ALBA: Songs of Scotland
Join the internationally acclaimed Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, director Tommy Smith, and special guest, the inimitable Eddi Reader,
Benny Golson plays Benny Golson
Few musicians have had careers that span the history of post-war jazz as comprehensively as saxophonist, composer and songwriter Benny Golson.
Review: Culloden Moor Suite – ‘A satisfying musical whole’
A 25 year-old Bobby Wellins wrote The Culloden Moor Suite in 1961, having been inspired by stories of the 1746 battle which signalled the destruction of the Highland way of life.
The Jazz Genius of Billy Strayhorn
2015 marks the centenary of influential composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are delighted to pay tribute to Billy and his inspiring musical legacy.
Review: “Haunting Eloquence” – Bobby Wellins and SNJO ‘Culloden Moor Suite’
“Glasgow-born Bobby Wellins composed an early version of this work more than 50 years ago, and recorded it in 1965 with Stan Tracey and a simple quartet.
Ayr Jazz Festival 2014: In the Spirit of Duke and Gershwin
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to open the Ayr Jazz Festival 2014 with their fabulous concert programme, “In the Spirit of Duke and Gershwin” featuring Brian Kellock.
Mozart’s 9th Piano Concerto & Rhapsody In Blue
Makoto Ozone is a superbly gifted pianist, composer and arranger.
Jaco! The Music of Pastorius featuring Laurence Cottle
One of the most influential guitarists and musicians of the twentieth century, Jaco Pastorius brought the bass guitar to the melodic forefront of jazz ……
Courtney Pine: Revisiting Coltrane
No one better embodies the dramatic transformation in the British Jazz scene over the past twenty years than Courtney Pine.
