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Sant Andreu Jazz Band

Active since: 2006

The Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a Barcelona-based orchestra founded in 2006, made up of young musicians between the ages of 6 and 21. Every year, two or three members leave and new ones join. More than 90 young musicians have been part of the SAJB. Most of them are now professional musicians, and some have international careers, such as Andrea Motis, Rita Payés, Èlia Bastida, Alba Armengou, Joan Mar Saqué, among others.

The organization was founded and is led by Joan Chamorro. We are a non-profit project where the members of the youth orchestra pay nothing for rehearsals, individual lessons, or the albums we record. We receive no official funding and are able to do what we do thanks to concerts and support from individuals who love our project.

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Essentiallly Ellington 2025: Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Round I

Featuring the music of Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Duration: 24:31
December 14, 2025

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 {{m: Sant Andreu Jazz Band = 29110}}, based in Barcelona, Spain. It was founded in 2006 by Mr. {{m: Joan Chamorro = 33376}}. 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 {{m: Andrea Motis = 33375}}, {{m: Rita Payés = 119593}}, {{m: Èlia Bastida = 139389}} and {{m: Joan Mar Sauqué = 130423}}, 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.

Musician

Joan Chamorro

Born: 1962

Joan Chamorro is a multi-instrumentalist (bass, baritone, tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, cornet, double bass) with more than 100 recordings with different jazz groups in the country, including more than 50 as a leader. He is widely known for his success creating and leading the acclaimed youth big band Sant Andreu Jazz Band.

Chamorro studied classical saxophone with Adolf Ventas. At the same time, he obtained an advanced degree at the Taller de Músics in Barcelona, where he became a saxophone and musical language teacher (department head and author of the books used at the school for several years).

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