Kenny Wheeler’s Sweet Sister Suite / The Music of Mary Lou Williams

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The specially commissioned Sweet Sister Suite was composed by the late Kenny Wheeler for the SNJO in 1997 with parts for trumpet and voice alongside improvised elements from other members of the orchestra.

It is presented here to contrast completely with music by one of the most admired and respected women in jazz history, composer and arranger extraordinaire, Mary Lou Williams.

This programme exemplifies the experimental juxtaposition of markedly different kinds of jazz to show the continuity of the form and its startling capacity for reinvention. Wheeler and Williams were career jazz musicians who belonged to quite different eras but they both created jazz music with purpose, vision and emotional resonance that marked their respective jazz times.

Award-winning trumpet player, composer and bandleader, Laura Jurd has the powerful imagination and the proven ability to stretch this music even further. As the BBC New Generation Artist for 2015-2017, Laura is one of the most compelling and creative young jazz musicians working in the UK today.

Concert Dates

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra  

28
Mar 2014
Scotland
Aberdeen

Revisiting Coltrane

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

with Courtney Pine
29
Mar 2014
Scotland
Edinburgh

Revisiting Coltrane

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

with Courtney Pine
30
Mar 2014
Scotland
Glasgow

Revisiting Coltrane

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

with Courtney Pine

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