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Tony Haynes 1941 - 2024

by Chris May
September 24, 2024

It is with great sadness that All About Jazz reports the passing of Tony Haynes, the founder and for over 40 years the creative director of London's Grand Union Orchestra (GUO). Haynes left us on 17 September 2024. Under his visionary leadership, GUO did much to take forward the idea of jazz as a multi-cultural artform, ...

Grand Union Orchestra: Made By Human Hands

by Chris May
June 3, 2022

Grand Union Orchestra, which has mentored many young London jazz musicians over four decades, is approximately aligned with the grassroots organisations Tomorrow's Warriors and Kinetika Bloco. The longest established of the trio, Grand Union took wing in 1982, Tomorrow's Warriors in 1991, Kinetika Bloco in 2000. Made By Human Hands is a greatest hits compilation celebrating ...

Deepening the River

By Paul Towndrow

Label: Keywork Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Emergo; The Deepening; Wildfire; Loyalty to Neptune; Hamsadhwani; Bunce Island; Second Line for Rick; The Tontine Heads; Waltz for the Forgotten; Deeper Still; The Long Recovery

Grand Union Orchestra: The Song of Many Tongues

by Duncan Heining
November 9, 2014

The Song of Many Tongues was the first album of the Grand Union Orchestra. Originally only available on cassette, this marks its first CD release and GUO's thirty-year-long history under the leadership of composer/director Tony Haynes. It's a testament to continuity and musical development but also to the commitment of its members to this unique vision. ...