Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Autumn arts preview 2018
Big noise: the essential pop, jazz and folk music of autumn 2018Young talents and old hands hit the road, intriguing festivals mix things up, and there’s the first posthumous release from Prince
Bill Evans/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Beauty and the Beast review – thumpingly powerful jazz concerto
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Makoto Ozone: Jeunehomme review – clever and sympathetic crossover project
Japanese jazz pianist and a fine band combine for this truly musical take on
Mozart’s piano concerto
Bobby Wellins and SNJO: Culloden Moor Suite review – haunting eloquence
Bobby Wellins/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Culloden Moor Suite review
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure – review
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra welcome a starry selection of US guests in New York for this terrific big-band set, writes John Fordham
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of the Duke – review
This exhilarating Ellington re-enactment from Tommy Smith's Scottish national jazz outfit has spontaneity as well as authenticity, writes John Fordham
Arild Andersen/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Celebration – review
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Arild Andersen team up for a live album that turns out to be a contemporary big-band triumph, writes John Fordham
Kurt Elling/Richard Galliano/SNJO
Chicago jazz vocalist Kurt Elling hurtled through his performance with more heart, musicality and technique than he has probably ever packed into a British gig before, writes John Fordham
Ingrid Jensen/ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Miles Ahead
Celtic fusion
Tommy Smith ***
Glasgow Jazz Festival
Duke kicks out the trad
"This place could do with a kick," said Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith, looking up at the Hub's fresh cobalt-blue ceiling, before counting the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra into the first-ever concert at this brightly restored edifice. Built in 1845 as the assembly hall of the Church of Scotland, the Hub has now been refurbished at a cost of £7.5m to be the home of the Edinburgh International Festival.
