Marius Neset Masterclass at The Forge
March 19, 2013 by Sean
The Incorporated Society of Musicians is running a Jazz Masterclass on Tuesday 23 April. The masterclass will be led by award winning Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset (http://mariusneset.com/about) and will take place from 12pm to 4pm at The Forge in Camden. This is a fantastic opportunity for young jazz musicians to learn from a leading jazz [...]
Read more ...The Change soloists revealed!
March 15, 2013 by Sean
We’ve had an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from the public and the press to our recent landmark album ‘The Change’. However, we have quite correctly had it pointed out that we made the colossal error of not including the names of the soloists among the credits that appear in the CD booklet! Well, here they are: Caravan: Phil Meadows: Alto [...]
Read more ...New NYJO residency at The Hideaway
March 7, 2013 by Sean
NYJO begin a new monthly Sunday Lunchtime residency at the award winning Hideaway jazz club in Streatham on March 17th at 2pm. The band will perform a swinging set of classic big band jazz under the direction of its superb MD Mark Armstrong. The Hideaway was voted Best Venue of the Year in the 2011 [...]
Read more ...‘Out Of The Loop’ perform for the Music For Youth Festival 2013
March 7, 2013 by Sean
13 year old Asha Parkinson (sax) and her quartet ‘Out Of The Loop’ performed at the Music For Youth Festival at the Southbank (Festival Hall, Clore Ballroom) on the 27th February. She was joined by fellow NYJO London members James Dancer (drums). Ben Crane (bass) and Fraser Bernstein (keys) See highlights here: OutOfTheLoopJazzBand Having heard them [...]
Read more ...NYJO Nonet to perform Holst at The Bulls Head
February 12, 2013 by Sean
The NYJO Nonet, our 9 piece ensemble of superb young soloists and guest vocalist are set to return to the Bulls Head Barnes on Sunday March 17th. The programme will feature arrangements of Holst compositions by Ex-NYJO trombonist and arranger Callum Au and other members of the band. The concert starts at 8.30pm and tickets [...]
Read more ...NYJO 2 Alto player performs in honour of fallen servicemen and women
February 1, 2013 by Sean
NYJO 2 Alto player John Lee Tan performed at St James Palace at a Christmas Party held in aid of the charity ”The Not Forgotten Association”, in honour of servicemen and women tragically killed in combat.
Read more ...NYJO announces its new configuration: NYJO & the NYJO Academy
January 28, 2013 by Stephen
For many years NYJO as an organisation has had two prime activities: The main gigging band, often called NYJO 1 during rehearsals, which performs around 30–40 professional gigs every year, and is the main justification for our Arts Council funding. A regular Saturday rehearsal/workshop environment, in which there are usually three simultaneous educational workshops in [...]
Read more ...NYJO MD Mark Armstrong on BBC Radio 3 ‘Jazz Line-up’
January 21, 2013 by Stephen
On 23 December, as NYJO was performing live at Ronnie Scott’s, MD Mark Armstrong was cleverly also a panellist on a special Christmas edition of BBC Radio 3’s ‘Jazz Line-up’ programme. Hosted by Claire Martin (and pre-recorded in Glasgow) the programme also featured Bobby Wellins, Trish Clowes and the Euan Stevenson Trio together exploring both [...]
Read more ...NYJO awarded funding from PRS for Music Foundation
December 20, 2012 by Stephen
NYJO is delighted to announce it has received support from the PRS for Music Foundation to commission Laura Jurd, a trumpet player, composer, improviser and co-founder of The Chaos Collective (as well as ex-NYJO member) to write two new works for the band. Laura’s way of writing for large jazz ensemble uses contemporary concepts of [...]
Read more ...Sing a Song of Ashton – available now
December 10, 2012 by Steve
Sing a Song of Ashton is a double album featuring just some of the many songs written by NYJO founder Bill Ashton OBE for the various vocalists who have sung with the band during his 46 years in charge. Bill’s responsibility for this particular aspect of NYJO’s repertoire – the songs – has ranged from [...]
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