Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Joan Chamorro Jazzing 11 Vol.1

And we have reached 15 years of existence. Some of the musicians who are part of this new Jazzing were not even born when the project, with more than 60 musicians between the ages of 6 and 21 years old, was started. None of the musicians who were part of the first recording, Jazzing 1 of 2009, is part of the current Sant Andreu Jazz Band (although in this new work, representation of the year 2020, we can find two musicians who were present that year: the Motis sisters, who in this case appear as special guests).

Joan Chamorro has already finished the new album of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band. It's called Jazzing 10 Vol. 1, will be released on May 8 and is a tribute to American trumpeter Clifford Brown (1930-1956). The album Jazzig 10 Vol. 1 (Record Time) also includes collaborations from Dick Oatts, Scott Hamilton, Andrea Motis and Fredrik Norén. The songs were recorded live at a concert by the band at La Fabra i Coats (Barcelona), and the repertoire consists of original Brown songs and other songs often performed by Clifford Brown.

EL JAZZING 8 – vol 1 (Temps Record, 2018) de la Sant Andreu Jazz Band és la mostra del treball realitzat durant l’any 2017, en diferents contextos: Sat, sala Omega, del Taller de Músics, sala Jamboree, ha estat un any molt fructífer i hem incorporat molts arranjaments nous, com sempre, buscant nous reptes i descobrint a nous solistes, que a força d’escoltar molta música i treballar individual i col·lectivament, aconsegueixen uns resultats meravellosos. Aquest nou treball, tot i que inclou molts temes vocals, també hi ha molts instrumentals en on els cada vegada més nombrosos solistes de l’orquestra tenen la seva oportunitat de compartir la seva creativitat, la seva capacitat de generar un discurs propi.

This new work, although it includes many vocal themes, also contains so many instrumental themes in which the increasingly numerous soloists of the orchestra have their opportunity to share their creativity, their ability to generate their own discourse, in a continuous evolution.

This new work, although it includes many vocal themes, also contains so many instrumental themes in which the increasingly numerous soloists of the orchestra have their opportunity to share their creativity, their ability to generate their own discourse, in a continuous evolution.

This new work, although it includes many vocal themes, also contains so many instrumental themes in which the increasingly numerous soloists of the orchestra have their opportunity to share their creativity, their ability to generate their own discourse, in a continuous evolution.

Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a youth jazz band from Barcelona, 7 to 22-year-old children and teenagers. The band leader is Joan Chamorro. The band was founded in 2006 at Escola Municipal de Musica de Sant Andreu. «I learn every day from my students, who don’t stop teaching me that we have no limits, that we always can advance, that enjoying every moment we are unconsciously aware that the best is yet to come, but not because that we live waiting, because, once and again, we are in the best moment: the present.» –Joan Chamorro. 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.

This new work, although it includes many vocal themes, also contains so many instrumental themes in which the increasingly numerous soloists of the orchestra have their opportunity to share their creativity, their ability to generate their own discourse, in a continuous evolution.