This summer, Carnegie Hall’s critically acclaimed national youth jazz orchestra New York Orchestra Jazz, led by artistic director/trumpeter Sean Jones, is touring for the sixth year featuring 22 of the most outstanding teen musicians from across the USA. The tour aims to exhibit the legacy and bright future of American jazz.
The young musicians attended an intensive two-week training residency in New York and a concert at Carnegie Hall in late July, then set off for Europe. This year's ensemble is being joined by Grammy Award-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater as special guest as they make their way through six European cities. NYO Jazz’s tour stops this summer include return visits to the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Young Euro Classic festival at the Konzerthaus Berlin, where the ensemble played to sold-out houses and received standing ovations and rave reviews in its 2018 inaugural European tour. The band is making debut performances at the Festival da Jazz in St. Moritz, the BBC Proms in London, the Rheingau Musik Festival in Wiesbaden and the Lucerne Festival. For NYO Jazz’s 2023 concerts, Carnegie Hall has commissioned a new work by Sean Jones. Titled “The 29ers,” the new piece is inspired by jazz figures born on the 29th day of a given month, from Duke Ellington to Wycliffe Gordon (who wrote “We’re Still Here,” the unofficial NYO Jazz theme song) to Jones himself. NYO Jazz’s diverse program will also include two arrangements from Terri Lyne Carrington’s project “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers”—Carla Bley’s “Lawns” and Noriko Ueda’s “Uneven Pieces,” as well as big band gems by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Hargrove and contemporary pieces that explore jazz’s influence on hip-hop, R&B and pop.NYO Jazz’s touring activities have been designed to allow America’s finest young musicians to share their artistry with international audiences while also experiencing the richness of other cultures and music. As part of their travel schedule, NYO Jazz players will have the exciting opportunity to tour the cities in which they will be performing as well as continue the cultural exchange and peer-to-peer activities that have become a hallmark of Carnegie Hall’s national youth ensembles.Click here to watch a special video about the tenth anniversary of Carnegie Hall’s national youth ensembles.
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