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The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland 2009

 

Double bassist from Edinburgh joins Scotland’s most talented and experienced young jazz musicians as they launch debut album at concerts across the country

 

19 year-old Andrew Robb, from Morningside, who was crowned BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2009, will join eight of Scotland’s brightest young jazz musicians as they launch their debut album in September with concerts throughout the country, including The Lot in Edinburgh.

 

Simply titled ‘Collective’, the ensemble’s first ever CD includes music composed by some of the band members and unique arrangements of contemporary jazz standards by band Director, Malcolm Edmonstone.  With impressive improvisations and scorching solos, tracks on the CD include: Clifford Brown’s Joy Spring, Gentle Piece by Kenny Wheeler and a version of Prince’s Thieves in the Temple, arranged by jazz veteran Herbie Hancock.

 

This impressive young band are among the most talented and experienced young jazz musicians Scotland has to offer. Having been involved in The National Youth Jazz Orchestra for many years, they are now embarking on their careers in the professional jazz arena, this really is an opportunity to see and hear the future stars of Scottish jazz. The ensemble will perform the album in full at venues across Scotland, including Eden Court, Inverness, City Halls, Glasgow and The Lot, Edinburgh.

 

The CD will be available to purchase at these concerts and online at www.nyos.co.uk, from 5. September.

 

Launch Concert Listings

 

EDEN COURT, INVERNESS/INBHIR NIS

2 September 2009, 7.30pm/

2 den An t-Sultain 2009, 7.30f

Box office: 01463 234 234

Tickets:  £10/£5

 

THE RECITAL ROOM, CITY HALLS, GLASGOW

3 September 2009, 7.30pm

Box office: 0141 353 8000

Tickets:  £10/£5

 

THE LOT, EDINBURGH

4 September 2009, 7.30pm

Box office: 0141 332 8311

Tickets:  £10/£5

 

Full Track List

 

Joy Spring (Clifford Brown arr. Gary Lindsay) 6:46

Solos: James Marr, Keiron McLeod, Peter Johnston

 

Introduction to No Particular Song (Kenny Wheeler) 5:18

Solos: Ed Marr, Ruaridh Patterson

 

Homecoming (Dave Holland) 4:03

Solos: Joe Wright, Jonathan Silk, Richard Foote

 

Mark Time (Kenny Wheeler) 5:29

Solos: Richard Foote, Peter Johnstone, Jonathan Silk

 

Fog/Chasing Jazzbot/Fog (Joe Wright)* 11:00

Solos: Peter Johnstone, Joe Wright, Ruaridh Patterson

 

Thieves in the Temple (Prince arr. Herbie Hancock) 7:06

Solos: Ed Marr, Peter Johnstone, Keiron McLeod

 

Gentle Piece (Kenny Wheeler) 6:31

Solos: Joe Wright, James Marr

 

A to Z (Kieran McLeod)* 4:06

Solos: Keiron McLeod, James Marr

 

Seven Steps to Heaven (Victor Feldman) 4:30

Solos: Joe Wright, James Marr, Jonathan Silk

 

All tracks arranged or adapted for Collective by Malcolm Edmonstone except

 

 

NYJOS Collective

 

NYJOS Collective comprises the most experienced and talented players from The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland. Essentially a jazz chamber ensemble, NYJOS Collective is a smaller and more flexible arm of the jazz orchestra.  Throughout the year the ensemble gives concerts during residencies at a variety of venues around Scotland.

Directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, the ensemble offers the more experienced members of The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland the opportunity to publicly perform their own arrangements, play a wide variety of compositions and lead jazz workshops with members of the community and other jazz ensembles.

 

Malcolm Edmonstone

 

Malcolm Edmonstone is a jazz pianist and arranger, born in Perth, Scotland in 1980. In 1998 he moved to London to study with Simon Purcell and Pete Churchill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he is now professor and a key member of the jazz faculty. The ten years between then and now saw Malcolm gather an enormous range of experience, both as a practitioner and educator. He has worked in many high profile situations, often as musical director/associate.

 

At the age of 20, television MD Laurie Holloway called on Malcolm to step in to cover the piano chair on a tour with his wife, the late jazz legend Marion Montgomery. Since then Malcolm has continued to work with Laurie on various projects, including the first three series of the BBC1 show Strictly Come Dancing, where he played piano and arranged a significant portion of the music. During this time Malcolm was writing prolifically and having his arrangements performed live on television to audiences upwards of 10m.

 

At 21, he met Jacqui Dankworth and soon became her Musical Director, a position he holds to this day. Together they have toured the world and been involved in numerous recording projects, including the album Detour Ahead. Recently they have recorded an album with Jacqui’s father, Sir John Dankworth.

 

As a jazz sideman Malcolm has enjoyed greatly the breadth of experience that London can offer a young jazz musician, having worked with Dame Cleo Laine & Sir John Dankworth, Georgie Fame, Mark Lockheart, Alan Barnes, Art Themen, Duncan Lamont, Steve Waterman, Dave O’Higgins, Tina May, Dick Pearce, Stan Sulzmann, Martin Speake, Pete Hurt, Martin Hathaway, Frank Holder, Russell Van Den Berg, Simon Allen and Laurence Cottle. Later in 2009 he will be touring with legendary guitarist Mike Walker.

 

In addition to work in the jazz world, Malcolm is often called upon as a reliable MD for artists operating in many and various musics. He is MD for Lenny Beige, the comic alter-ego of Steve Furst (Little Britain, Orange ads) and they often appear at London’s Pigalle Club. As a session/TV musician he has performed with Tony Bennett, Michael Bolton, Cliff Richard, Robin Gibb, Donnie Osmond, Bruce Forsyth, Madeline Bell, Vernon Kaye, Denise Van Outen, Tony Christie and Kenny Lynch. He has recorded widely as a session musician and appeared on all the major UK television networks.

 

In addition to working at the Guildhall School, Malcolm also finds time to teach at Trinity College of Music (arranging) and Middlesex University (composition) and co-directs the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, most recently conducting for Mark Lockheart.

 

Andrew Bain

 

Andrew Bain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 24th February 1979 and began studying percussion and drumset at the age of twelve. Equally talented in both disciplines, Andrew showed early progress in many classical and jazz ensembles including The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland. With these, and other ensembles, Andrew performed alongside Evelyn Glennie (1995), made several recordings, toured Europe and performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the BBC Proms.

 

In September 1997 Andrew moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, enrolling on a unique classical and jazz percussion Bachelor of Music program. Whilst living in London Andrew studied with percussionists David Corkhill, Mike Skinner and Richard Benjafield, and received jazz tuition from Trevor Tomkins, Martin France, Pete Churchill and Scott Stroman. Whilst at college Andrew performed Gil Evans' Porgy and Bess with Randy Brecker at the Barbican Hall, London; Gil Evans' Sketches of Spain with Dave Liebman, and alongside Billy Cobham. In 2000 Andrew’s own jazz group performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

 

Still active as a classical percussionist, Andrew got to the semi-finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 1998, the percussion finals of the Shell/London Symphony Orchestra Percussion Scholarship 2000 and the final of the Yamaha Foundation of Europe Percussion Scholarship 2000. Andrew also performed at the BBC Proms 2000 with the Guildhall School of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis and toured Portugal with the European Union Wind Ensemble in April 2000.He also performed in a number of musicals, pit bands, jazz clubs and recording sessions in and around London, including The Vortex Jazz Club and sessions for The London Film and Television School. Andrew was awarded the BBC Big Band Drummer of the Year 2001.

 

In August 2001 Andrew moved to New York to study for his Master of Music Degree at the Manhattan School of Music with the help of the Scottish International Education Trust (2001, 2002), the Musicians Benevolent Fund (2002) and the Countess of Munster Trust (2002). During his time at the Manhattan School of Music, Andrew performed alongside tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer with the Manhattan School of Music Concert Jazz Band (April 2002) and studied with drumset player John Riley, saxophonist/author Dave Liebman, composer/arranger Mike Abene and pianist/theorist Garry Dial. Coached by Cecil Bridgewater, Mark Soskin and Dave Lalama, Andrew also participated in masterclasses with Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, Jason Moran, Joey Barron, Greg Osby, Lewis Nash, Steve Nelson, Gary Bartz and Jamey Haddad.

 

From August 2002 until December 2003, Andrew was a Jazz History, Jazz Drumset, Jazz Combo and Jazz Theory teacher for the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division. Andrew graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in May 2003 with a Master of Music Degree and received the William H. Borden Award for 2003. It was given in the memory of Mr. Borden, who was a trustee of Manhattan School of Music for thirty years, ten of which he served as Chairman of the Board. His greatest affinity was for jazz, and this award is given for outstanding achievement in this discipline.

 

Since graduation Andrew continues to perform at the highest level as a performer, educator, composer and bandleader both in the US and the UK. Andrew co-leads the NY-based group Confluence whose eponymous debut showcased original and highly inventive compositions and features Thelonious Monk Competition Winner Jon Irabagon. They recorded their second record Cosmos in September 2008. As part of NY rock group The Readyset, Andrew toured the North-East US, recorded at Sony Studios New York and is currently featured on Jason Liebman’s solo release due out Spring 2009. In 2007 he was appointed instructor of jazz drumset at Birmingham Conservatoire and instructor of jazz for City of Edinburgh Music School. He regularly performs with comedian/actor Steve Furst in London, teaches for the National Youth Jazz Collective and co-directs the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland.

 

Paula Duncan

The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

13 Somerset Place

Glasgow

G3 7JT

T. 0141 332 8311

F. 0141 332 3915

Web.    www.nyos.co.uk

E-mail   pauladuncan@nyos.co.uk

The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland - number 66497 and a registered Scottish charity - number SC015482.

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