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The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland (page 98)
Drams
Music Tangerine; Walk softly; The way you look tonight; Pure emocion; Caravan; Shake down the stars; Someone to watch over me; I'll take romance; Here's that rainy day; You make me feel so young; Dindi; Every summer night; Boogie stomp shuffle
Musicians The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, Eddie Severn (Director); featuring in order of play list: Rachel Cohen (alto saxophone); Laura Grime (violin); Euan Fulton (piano); Bobbie Antonio (guitar); Ben Deeney (trombone); James Marr (trumpet); Tom Antonio (bass guitar); Ben Bryden (tenor saxophone); Daisy Chute (vocals); Stefan Dougan (tenor saxophone); Euan Bleiman (trumpet); Jerry Hepburn (drums); Claire Paterson (alto saxophone)
Venue The Famous Spiegeltent (Venue 87)
Address George Square Gardens
Reviewer Charlie Napier
National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland
18 young instrumentalists and one young female vocalist, all under the age of 21, ably directed by Eddie Severn, performed here tonight as the second engagement in their four-venue summer tour of Scotland (Sunday - Oban; Monday - Edinburgh; Tuesday - Aberdeen, Wednesday - Dumfries). This followed a 3-day residential summer school at Strathallan School, financed in part by the musicians themselves.
This was a most enjoyable performance of "big-band style" music, presenting a nice mixture of old favourites and new music. As an ensemble, the orchestra blended well, with each part nicely balanced although, just once or twice, Eddie had to quieten down one or two sections. Quite a few of the musicians were given the chance to show off their talents by featuring in the various numbers.
The performance got off to a good start with an old favourite, Tangerine, played in a good upbeat style and featured Rachel Cohen (alto sax), Laura Grime (violin), Bobbie Antonio (guitar) and Euan Fulton (piano). This was followed by a modern number, Walk softly, written by Scott Stroman, a lecturer at the Guildhall School of Music, which was a slower and more gentle number, featuring Ben Deeney. Then Jerome Kern's The way you look tonight, featuring Rachel Cohen again, with James Marr and Tom Antonio (Bobbie's brother). Then came a slow Chico O'Farrel number, Pure emocion, with Laura Grime taking the leading part.
Back to an old standard, Caravan, a number transcribed from an original Duke Ellington recording, which sounded a bit strange because of the close part-writing; Ben Bryden (tenor sax) featured on this one. The Orchestra was then joined by Daisy Chute, a young vocalist with a fine voice and excellent breath control. Nicely accompanied by the Orchestra, she sang a Jimmy Van Heusen number, Shake Down the Stars. She followed this with a fine rendering of Someone to Watch over Me. This young lady will turn into an excellent singer when her voice matures a bit and she gathers some more experience. The first half finished with another standard, I'll take romance, which featured Stefan Dougan on tenor sax.
NYJOS trombones Bobbie Antonio and Euan Bleiman featured in the second half's opening number that was followed by an arrangement by Adrian Drover, a Scottish trombonist, of Here's That Rainy Day, featuring the whole trombone section. Daisy Chute returned to sing You make me feel so young, supported by the whole Orchestra. Then followed a latin-beat number, Dindi (pronounced Jinji), sensitively supported by the rhythm section featuring Tom Antonio on the double bass. Then on to an upbeat Paul Methene composition, Every Summer Night, featuring Bobbie Antonio with drummer Jerry Hepburn providing a good driving beat.
This fine concert finished with a rather frantic performance of the Charles Mingus composition Boogie Stomp Shuffle. Eddie said anything might happen and it did! Claire Paterson on alto sax and Laura Grime on the violin gave us a couple of fine solos then Euan Fulton "went mad" on the piano, crawling inside to pluck the strings, banging the keys with fingers, fists, elbows and whole arms, before banging the lid shut and walking off the stage! While Jerry Hepburn was giving us a good, rhythmic, drum solo, Eddie went backstage and persuaded Euan to return to the stage and complete the number with the rest of the Orchestra. A quite spectacular end to a very fine concert. These are good jazz musicians in the making and well worth hearing.
© Charlie Napier, 4 August 2003
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Drams
Music Tangerine; Walk softly; The way you look tonight; Pure emocion; Caravan; Shake down the stars; Someone to watch over me; I'll take romance; Here's that rainy day; You make me feel so young; Dindi; Every summer night; Boogie stomp shuffle
Musicians The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, Eddie Severn (Director); featuring in order of play list: Rachel Cohen (alto saxophone); Laura Grime (violin); Euan Fulton (piano); Bobbie Antonio (guitar); Ben Deeney (trombone); James Marr (trumpet); Tom Antonio (bass guitar); Ben Bryden (tenor saxophone); Daisy Chute (vocals); Stefan Dougan (tenor saxophone); Euan Bleiman (trumpet); Jerry Hepburn (drums); Claire Paterson (alto saxophone)
Venue The Famous Spiegeltent (Venue 87)
Address George Square Gardens
Reviewer Charlie Napier
National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland
18 young instrumentalists and one young female vocalist, all under the age of 21, ably directed by Eddie Severn, performed here tonight as the second engagement in their four-venue summer tour of Scotland (Sunday - Oban; Monday - Edinburgh; Tuesday - Aberdeen, Wednesday - Dumfries). This followed a 3-day residential summer school at Strathallan School, financed in part by the musicians themselves.
This was a most enjoyable performance of "big-band style" music, presenting a nice mixture of old favourites and new music. As an ensemble, the orchestra blended well, with each part nicely balanced although, just once or twice, Eddie had to quieten down one or two sections. Quite a few of the musicians were given the chance to show off their talents by featuring in the various numbers.
The performance got off to a good start with an old favourite, Tangerine, played in a good upbeat style and featured Rachel Cohen (alto sax), Laura Grime (violin), Bobbie Antonio (guitar) and Euan Fulton (piano). This was followed by a modern number, Walk softly, written by Scott Stroman, a lecturer at the Guildhall School of Music, which was a slower and more gentle number, featuring Ben Deeney. Then Jerome Kern's The way you look tonight, featuring Rachel Cohen again, with James Marr and Tom Antonio (Bobbie's brother). Then came a slow Chico O'Farrel number, Pure emocion, with Laura Grime taking the leading part.
Back to an old standard, Caravan, a number transcribed from an original Duke Ellington recording, which sounded a bit strange because of the close part-writing; Ben Bryden (tenor sax) featured on this one. The Orchestra was then joined by Daisy Chute, a young vocalist with a fine voice and excellent breath control. Nicely accompanied by the Orchestra, she sang a Jimmy Van Heusen number, Shake Down the Stars. She followed this with a fine rendering of Someone to Watch over Me. This young lady will turn into an excellent singer when her voice matures a bit and she gathers some more experience. The first half finished with another standard, I'll take romance, which featured Stefan Dougan on tenor sax.
NYJOS trombones Bobbie Antonio and Euan Bleiman featured in the second half's opening number that was followed by an arrangement by Adrian Drover, a Scottish trombonist, of Here's That Rainy Day, featuring the whole trombone section. Daisy Chute returned to sing You make me feel so young, supported by the whole Orchestra. Then followed a latin-beat number, Dindi (pronounced Jinji), sensitively supported by the rhythm section featuring Tom Antonio on the double bass. Then on to an upbeat Paul Methene composition, Every Summer Night, featuring Bobbie Antonio with drummer Jerry Hepburn providing a good driving beat.
This fine concert finished with a rather frantic performance of the Charles Mingus composition Boogie Stomp Shuffle. Eddie said anything might happen and it did! Claire Paterson on alto sax and Laura Grime on the violin gave us a couple of fine solos then Euan Fulton "went mad" on the piano, crawling inside to pluck the strings, banging the keys with fingers, fists, elbows and whole arms, before banging the lid shut and walking off the stage! While Jerry Hepburn was giving us a good, rhythmic, drum solo, Eddie went backstage and persuaded Euan to return to the stage and complete the number with the rest of the Orchestra. A quite spectacular end to a very fine concert. These are good jazz musicians in the making and well worth hearing.
© Charlie Napier, 4 August 2003
www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2003/fringe/review_music.php?page=n