The Legend of Charlie Parker: Scotsman Review
The past few years have seen the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra consolidate their international status and eclectically adventurous repertoire, having their sweet way with a Mozart piano, deconstructing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, collaborating fruitfully with American singers and Scandinavian bassists and, just this month, releasing yet another live concert album, this time recorded with US […]
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: Winter concerts
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is delighted to be returning to The Tolbooth, Stirling in an afternoon of jazz with festive numbers and a few other surprises!
The Jazz Legacy of Charles Mingus: A 5* Review
Of all the many hours of music that the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has played and shared over the past twenty-one years it’s the ensemble’s affinity with Charles Mingus that’s the most striking. The orchestra celebrated this most characterful of jazzmen’s work in the early years of this century with a firecracker of a concert […]
Beauty And The Beast feat. Bill Evans
The SNJO are delighted to announce that our latest CD, Beauty And The Beast featuring Bill Evans has just been released on the Spartacus Record label.
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: Autumn concerts
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is once again delighted to return in a series of concerts with a new line up of endless talent, improvisational skills, exuberance and verve.
A Christmas Festival of Jazz
Enjoy this wonderful pre Christmas opportunity to relax and get into the festive spirit as the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra bring you a double bill of fabulous swinging jazz.
The Legend of Charlie Parker
There can be little doubt that Charlie “ Yardbird” Parker changed the face of modern jazz. Parker grew up at a time when this amazing music was coming of age, and he came to personify many of its most provocative features.
Great Vibes with Mike Mainieri / SNJO
The Music of Steps Ahead: the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with guest Mike Mainieri A review by Jim Gilchrist for the Scotsman **** Photos by Derek Clark Is it appropriate to describe a […]
Mike Mainieri steps up with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
“It’s quite a stretch,” says vibraphonist Mike Mainieri of his era-spanning career as a jazz musician. Mainieri is the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s latest guest as they take the music of the band he formed in the late 1970s, Steps – later Steps Ahead – on tour this month.
Brubeck: An Incredible Jazz Legacyfeat. John Nugent on alto saxophone
The familiar opening bars of Take Five were the soundtrack to sixties swing and mid-twentieth century cool. The tune composed by saxophonist Paul Desmond and from the million-selling Time Out album, made Dave Brubeck a household name, but also changed perceptions of jazz as a niche art form forever.
