Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a youth jazz band from Barcelona, featuring 7- to 20-year-olds. The bandleader is Joan Chamorro.[1][2]
Biography[]
The band was founded in 2006 at . The band has performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Catalonia, and other regions of Spain as well as in neighbouring countries. They released their first live CD/DVD Jazzing: Live at Casa Fuster in 2009, featuring alongside established jazz musicians, the precocious 14-year-old, Andrea Motis among other young talents.[1]
2010 was a breakthrough year for the band, with appearances at more than 20 festivals including Valls, Terrassa, Girona, Barcelona, Platja d'Aro, and venues like el Jamboree, Palau de la Música Catalana, JazzSi, Hotel Casa Fuster, featuring international performers like Dick Oatts, Ken Peplowski, Bobby Gordon, Perico Sambeat, Ignasi Terraza, , and . The band also released their second recording Jazzing vol.2.[1][3][4][5]
In 2012 the film director Ramón Tort made the documentary A film about kids and music based on the band's work and efforts. The film was awarded best feature film at the festival in Austin, Texas, US in 2013.[6][7]
Discography[]
- 2009: Jazzing 1 (Live at Casa Fuster)
- 2010: Jazzing 2 (Live at Barcelona)
- 2011: Jazzing 3, Live at el Palau de la Música (featuring , Wycliffe Gordon, Jesse Davis, , and )
- 2012-13: Jazzing 4 vol. 1 and 2 (two CDs) (with Dick Oatts, Scott Robinson, Scott Hamilton, Victor Correa, Ricard Gili and Ignasi Terraza)
- 2014: Jazzing 5 (featuring Scott Robinson, Dick Oatts, Perico Sambeat, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver, Esteve Pi, Josep Maria Farràs, Toni Belenguer and Curro Gálvez)
- 2015: Jazzing 6 vol. 1 and 2 (two CDs) (featuring John Allred, Joel Frahm, Luigi Grasso, Jon-Erik Kellso, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)
- 2016: Jazzing 7 (featuring Luigi Grasso, Enrique Oliver, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver, Esteve Pi, Toni Belenguer, Eva Fernández and Magali Datzira)
- 2017: Jazzing 8 vol. 1 + 2 + 3 (three CDs) (featuring Perico Sambeat, Luigi Grasso, Joe Magnarelli, Fredrik Norén, Christoph Mallinger, Andrea Motis, Pasquale Grasso, Luca Pisani, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c The irresistible magnetism of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band 2014 - w2.bcn.cat
- ^ Jazz per la salut mental 2014 - SalutMental.org
- ^ Sant Andreu Jazz Band + guests, 2011 - TheProject.es Archived 2016-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Jazzing 2, 2010 - JazzToJazz.com
- ^ Highly Recommended Viewing: Souvenir Review of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014 - JazzAndJazz.com
- ^ A film about Kids and Music 2012 - afilmaboutkidsandmusic.com
- ^ Best Feature 2013 - LightsCameraHelp.org
External links[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sant Andreu Jazz Band. |
- Jazz music education
- Musical groups from Catalonia