What: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra @ Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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In the age of jazz fusion, a storm of creativity gathered on the musical horizon. That storm had a name: Weather Report. From the moment they emerged in 1970, they changed the forecast of modern music - electrifying, unpredictable, and utterly transformative.
Weather Report played their final notes in 1986 but their legacy lives on – echoing across time, like thunder that rumbles long after the flash. Scotland’s National Jazz Orchestra forecasts a rekindling of that electrifying spirit with their concert, not of retrospection but of renewal and reimagining of Weather Report’s favourite tunes – including Birdland, the Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz, and Teen Town.
Scotland’s National Jazz Orchestra plays great jazz from across the entire spectrum. Often featuring special guests, they frequently commission new compositions and creative fresh arrangements of familiar tracks but whatever the style and era of their jazz programme, they play with flair and pzazz.
They encourage and help educate young jazz musician by offering them a pathway for Big Band opportunities through playing and touring with their their youth wing, Scottish National Youth Jazz Orchestra. See snjo.co.uk for further information