Scottish National Jazz Orchestra announces 2024/25 touring season.

Thursday, August 29, 2024

The SNJO's 2024/25 season will feature four tours with the Orchestra joined by guest artists including Kurt Elling, Lucy-Anne Daniels, corto.alto, Fergus McCreadie, Helena Kay and Trilok Gurtu.

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We are thrilled to unveil our 2024/25 Season, featuring four dynamic tours that promise to captivate jazz enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

This Season, we’ve joined forces with familiar faces and exciting new collaborators to bring you a diverse lineup of performances that we hope will inspire and delight. Scroll down to see what’s coming up and find something that catches your interest.

KURT ELLING - STEPPIN’ OUT!
“The standout male vocalist of our time” - New York Times
The preeminent jazz vocalist of our time, Kurt Elling has developed a strong partnership with the SNJO through projects ranging from a Frank Sinatra homage to explorations of profound philosophical themes.
This latest meeting showcases Elling’s virtuosity with songs by Rodgers & Hart and Jimmy Van Heusen, big band classics by Ellington and Basie, jazz masterpieces by Carla Bley and Wayne Shorter, and 1980s pop hits by the Police and Joe Jackson. Lyrics set to a Weather Report favourite and a John Scofield groove add further dimensions as Elling steps out in style.
26 Sep Elgin Town Hall
27 Sep Perth Concert Hall
28 Sep Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium
29 Sep The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

REMEMBERING DUKE
feat.LUCY-ANNE DANIELS
With the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra
One of jazz’s greatest composers, Duke Ellington continues to inspire the SNJO. With music representing his fifty years as a bandleader, performed with vitality, swing and meticulous attention to detail, these concerts showcase this titan’s depth and diversity.
Prefaced by the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra reinvigorating Ellington classics and rarities, including Caravan, Brasilliance, Carnegie Blues, Purple Gazelle, and Sophisticated Lady, the SNJO follows its internationally acclaimed album, In the Spirit of Duke by honouring Ellington masterpieces with vibrancy and featuring special guest, vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels’s gospel-fired delivery.
29 Nov Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium
30 Nov Laidlaw Music Centre, St Andrews
1 Dec The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

NU-AGE SOUNDS PLANET WORLD
Featuring corto.alto, Anoushka Nanguy, Helena Kay, kitti, Ewan Hastie, Matt Carmichael, Fergus McCreadie, and KARMA
Following the resounding success of Nu•Age Sounds 2024, the SNJO broadens its horizons with new music from eight of Scotland’s award-winning stars.
Complete with experience-enhancing live video projections, PLANET WORLD invites you to explore our solar system’s awe-inspiring majesty, planetary characters, and potentially catastrophic ecological downfall. EARTH, the lone survivor, races to save the universe’s citizens and life forces, and you are a part of this journey.
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31 Jan Edinburgh, Usher Hall
1 Feb Dundee Rep
2 Feb Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket

21 SPICES
featuring the legendary TRILOK GURTU
Trilok Gurtu is renowned internationally as a fearlessly individual percussionist and composer, drawing inspiration from his deep engagement in his native Indian traditions as well as Western influences to create music that is at once melodically intricate and dynamically engaging.
Across collaborations with pioneering trumpeter Don Cherry, jazz explorers Oregon, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarists John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny, keyboard maestro Joe Zawinul and the Arke String Quartet, Gurtu has performed with passion, precision and spontaneity. His 21 Spices, featuring arrangements by the versatile Wolf Kerschek, promises to be a captivating musical experience.
28 Mar Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium
29 Mar Perth Concert Hall
30 Mar The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

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