Sant Andreu Jazz Band
Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a youth jazz band from Barcelona, featuring 7- to 20-year-old children and teenagers. The bandleader is Joan Chamorro.[1][2]
Biography
The band was founded in 2006 at Escola Municipal de Música de Sant Andreu. The band has performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Catalonia and neighbouring countries. They released their first live CD/DVD Jazzing: Live at Casa Fuster in 2009, featuring alongside established jazz musicians, the precocious 14-year-old, Andrea Motis, among other young talents.[1]
2010 was a breakthrough year for the band, with appearances on more than 20 festivals including Valls, Terrassa, Girona, Barcelona, Platja d'Aro, and legendary venues like el Jamboree, Palau de la Música Catalana, JazzSi, Hotel Casa Fuster, featuring international performers like Dick Oatts, Ken Peplowski, Bobby Gordon, Perico Sambeat, Ignasi Terraza, Matthew Simon, and Esteve Pi. The band also released their second recording Jazzing vol.2.[1][3][4][5]
In 2012 the film director Ramón Tort made the documentary A film about kids and music based on the band's work and efforts. The film was awarded best feature film at the Lights. Camera. Help. festival in Austin, Texas, in 2013.[6][7]
Discography
- 2009: Jazzing 1 (Live at Casa Fuster)
- 2010: Jazzing 2 (Live at Barcelona)
- 2011: Jazzing 3, Live at el Palau de la Música (featuring Terell Staford, Wycliffe Gordon, Jesse Davis, Ricard Gili, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)
- 2012-13: Jazzing 4 vol. 1 and 2 (two CD's) (with Dick Oatts, Scott Robinson, Scott Hamilton, Victor Correa, Ricard Gili and Ignasi Terraza)
- 2014: Jazzing 5 (featuring Scott Robinson, Dick Oatts, Perico Sambeat, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver, Esteve Pi, Josep Ma Farràs, Toni Belenguer and Curro Gálvez)
- 2015: Jazzing 6 vol. 1 and 2 (two CD's) (featuring John Allred, Joel Frahm, Luigi Grasso, Jon-Erik Kellso, Ignasi Terraza, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)
References
- ^ a b c The irresistible magnetism of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band 2014 - w2.bcn.cat
- ^ Jazz per la salut mental 2014 - SalutMental.org
- ^ Sant Andreu Jazz Band + guests, 2011 - TheProject.es
- ^ Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Jazzing 2, 2010 - JazzToJazz.com
- ^ Highly Recommended Viewing: Souvenir Review of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014 - JazzAndJazz.com
- ^ A film about Kids and Music 2012 - afilmaboutkidsandmusic.com
- ^ Best Feature 2013 - LightsCameraHelp.org
