Jazz Song of the Day

Gratitude is due to all the high school/secondary school jazz programs that give teenagers the appreciation and fundamental skills needed to keep our music alive. One international youth group of note is Sant Andreu Jazz Band, based in Barcelona, Spain. It was founded in 2006 by Mr. Joan Chamorro. SAJB adeptly cover big band swing, Dixieland, bebop and bossa nova classics including vocal tunes. You'll find clips of them taking their music and joy to the streets. The SAJB has produced musicians of the stature of Andrea Motis, Rita Payés, Èlia Bastida and Joan Mar Sauqué, all of them with international careers. Here, they participate in the “Essentially Ellington" 2025 youth big band competition, sponsored by Lincoln Center Jazz in New York. Sant Andreu was noted as the first non-US band ever in the competition in the later rounds and was awarded second place. Listen with eyes closed and you may think of them as many do -- as professionals. The first blues runs 3:45, burning all the while.

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