BBC Proms 2023: NYO Jazz – Dee Dee Bridgewater & Sean Jones

Synopsis

Featuring the best teenage performers from across the USA, Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYO Jazz) performs a collection of jazz standards as well as contemporary works exploring jazz’s influence on hip-hop, R&B and pop music in this unmissable performance. The group plays under the direction of trumpetist Sean Jones and is joined by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Dee Dee Bridgewater. “Astonishing – not just technically, but stylistically” (The Telegraph) “You could be pretty confident you were hearing some stars of tomorrow.” (The Times)

Additional Info

• No: A025505310000
• Composer: Jones, Ellington, Santamaría, Bricusse, Brown
• Conductor: Sean Jones
• Orchestra: Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYO Jazz)
• Production year: 2023
• Run time: 01:20:00
• Director: Alison Bartrop
• Producers: Livewire Pictures, BBC
• Format: HDTV 16:9