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News: Recording

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra & Makoto Ozone Vividly Re-imagine Mozart’s "Jeunehomme"

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra & Makoto Ozone Vividly Re-imagine Mozart’s "Jeunehomme"

An air of great anticipation surrounded the premiere in Edinburgh of Makoto Ozone’s very special arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 9th Piano Concerto K.271 for The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra directed by Tommy Smith. This universally popular work, known familiarly as Jeunehomme is here re-imagined by a daring soloist in Makoto Ozone, an exceptional big band ...

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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Splatch; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love; Yes or No; Pendulum; Dear Lord; Quartet No. 1 (part 2); Pinocchio.

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Culloden Moor Suite

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: ① Gathering [7:56] ② March [10:36] ③ Battle [8:12] ④ Aftermath [6:33] ⑤ Epilogue [5:11]

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News: Award / Grant

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Directed By Tommy Smith Submits "American Adventure" CD To The 57th Grammys

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Directed By Tommy Smith Submits "American Adventure" CD To The 57th Grammys

In the summer of 2013, The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra were joined at Avatar Studios in New York City by Kurt Elling, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Bill Evans, Joe Locke, Donny McCaslin, Clarence Penn, Michael Dease and Joel Frahm to capture some great performances on American Adventure. Following universal praise, the CD has now ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Read "Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure" reviewed by John Kelman


Sometimes an idea seems great on paper, but in execution doesn't exactly work out as planned. Other times, that same idea doesn't just look great, it actually exceeds already high expectations. When saxophonist Tommy Smith--almost single-handedly responsible for rebuilding a modern jazz scene in his home country of Scotland, where he returned after studying at Boston's ...

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In the Spirit of Duke

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Black and tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call; In the Hall of the Mountain King; Jack the Bear; Le Sucrier Velours; Daybreak Express; Concert for Cootie; Harlem Air Shaft; Prelude to a Kiss; Sepia Panorama; Ko-Ko; Morning Mood; Anitra's Dance; The Single Pedal of a Rose; Kinda Dukish & Rockin' in Rhythm; Sunset and the Mocking Bird; Diminuendo in Blue [Wailing Interval] Crescendo in Blue.

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Article: Album Review

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of Duke

Read "In the Spirit of Duke" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Another tribute to bandleader/composer/pianist Duke Ellington? Is this necessary? Pulling from the archive a few recent nods to one of America's musical icons reveals 1997's elegant Count Plays Duke (Mama Records), by the Count Basie Orchestra; Don Sebesky's unabashedly gorgeous Joyful Noise (RCA Victor, 1999); and pianist Ted Howe's excellent trio affair, Ellington (Summit Records, 2005). ...

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Celebration

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1 MAY DANCE (Dave Holland) 06:26 2 MOLDE CANTICLE, PART 1 (Jan Garbarek) 08:51 3 CRYSTAL SILENCE (Chick Corea) 10:04 4 ULRIKAS DANS (Trygve Seim) 11:14 5 INDEPENDENCY, PART 4 (Arild Andersen) 16:59 6 MY SONG (Keith Jarrett) 08:08

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Torah

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: ① Genesis ② Exodus ③ Leviticus ④ Numbers ⑤ Deuteronomy

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Rhapsody in Blue

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (Live)


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