NYJO Singers at the Barbican with Bobby McFerrin
July 30, 2010 by Steve
Earlier this year NYJO’s two lead singers, Kwabena Adjepong and Emma Smith, through their association with the London Vocal Project – a choir composed of students and alumni from the various jazz courses at London’s Conservatoires – were able to take part in a concert at The Barbican, which was Bobby McFerrin’s British premiere of [...]
Read more ...CHANGE TO AUGUST REHEARSALS
July 29, 2010 by Nyjo
To all NYJO rehearsal members and potential new attendees, As holidays take up many during the weeks of August we are reducing the workshops from 2 to 1. This means there will be no separate NYJO1 rehearsals in August but there will be a joint NYJO1/2 workshop.
Read more ...NYJO @ The Manor – 18th July 2010
July 29, 2010 by Steve
The Band: Bill Ashton directing Sandy Suchodolski (bass guitar); Scott Chapman (drums); Simon Whittaker/Phelan Burgoyne (percussion); Chris Eldred (keyboard); Rob Luft (guitar); Reuben Fowler, Jeremy Law, Tom Walsh, Tom Gardner, Jack Coward (trumpets); Barry Clements (bass trombone), Alex Paxton, Mat Walton, Charlie Valentine, Tom Baxter (tenor trombones); Anna Drysdale (French horn); saxophones: Connie Wookie & [...]
Read more ...Chris Dagley 1972-2010
July 28, 2010 by Nyjo
NYJO was extremely saddened to hear that ex-NYJO drummer Chris Dagley was killed in the small hours of Wednesday 28th July, when his motorcycle crashed on the A40 dual carriageway near White City. Chris was returning home from his regular gig with the James Pearson Trio, the Ronnie Scott house band. The shocking death of [...]
Read more ...NYJO tube
July 12, 2010 by Nyjo
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Read more ...Sarah Ellen Hughes – Darning The Dream Review
July 5, 2010 by Steve
The following review is published in the July edition of Just Jazz Magazine: The recent problems faced by NYJO with funding have been well publicised. With this new CD, we hear one good reason why it is worth ensuring that NYJO survives. Sarah Ellen Hughes (right) was a notable member of NYJO for seven years, [...]
Read more ...NYJO2 @ The Manor – 20th June 2010
July 5, 2010 by Steve
The Band: Paul Eshelby (right) and Mark Horton* directing David Drake (keyboard); Charlie Haynes (bass); Max Mills/Mark Hale/PeterHitchens (drums); Matt Allen (guitar); Ashley Hunt, Georgia Hill, James Copas, Tom Gardner, David Hepworth, Sam Dysch, Luke Hather, Alex Dodds (trumpets); Charlie Osborne, Nick Sutton, Mark Horton (trombones); saxophones: Bennett Soundy, Vittorio Mura, Matthew Higham, Nick Baya [...]
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