Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a youth jazz band from

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, featuring 7- to 20-year-olds. The bandleader is Joan Chamorro.

History

The band was founded in 2006 at Escola Municipal de Música de Sant Andreu. The band has performed at numerous concerts and festivals in

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, and other regions of

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as well as in neighbouring countries. They released their first live CD/DVD ''Jazzing: Live at Casa Fuster'' in 2009, featuring alongside established jazz musicians, the precocious 14-year-old,

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among other young talents. 2010 was a breakthrough year for the band, with appearances at more than 20 festivals including Valls, Terrassa, Girona, Barcelona, Platja d'Aro, and venues like el Jamboree,

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, JazzSi, Hotel Casa Fuster, featuring international performers like

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Bobby Gordon
Perico Sambeat,

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Matthew Simon
and Esteve Pi. The band also released their second recording ''Jazzing vol.2''. 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, US in 2013.

Discography

*2009: ''Jazzing 1 (Live at Casa Fuster Barcelona)'' *2011: ''Jazzing 2'' *2012: ''Jazzing 3'' Live at el Palau de la Música (featurin
Terell Staford

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, Jesse Davis, Ricard Gili, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi) *2012 ''A film about Kids and Music'' Sant Andreu Jazz Band *2014: ''Jazzing 4 vol. 1 and 2'' (two CDs) (with

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, Scott Hamilton, Victor Correa, Ricard Gili and

) *2015: ''Jazzing 5 (featuring

, Perico Sambeat,

, Josep Traver, Esteve Pi, Josep Maria Farràs, Toni Belenguer and Curro Gálvez)'' *2016: ''Jazzing 6 vol. 1 and 2 (two CDs) (featuring John Allred,

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, Luigi Grasso, Jon-Erik Kellso,

, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)'' *2017: ''Jazzing 7 (featuring Luigi Grasso, Enrique Oliver,

, Josep Traver, Esteve Pi, Toni Belenguer, Eva Fernández and Magali Datzira)'' *2018: ''Jazzing 8 vol. 1 + 2 + 3 (three CDs) (featuring Perico Sambeat, Luigi Grasso,

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, Fredrik Norén, Christoph Mallinger,

, Pasquale Grasso, Luca Pisani,

, Josep Traver and Esteve Pi)'' *2019: ''Jazzing 9 vol. 1 + 2'' *2020: ''Jazzing 9 vol. 3'' *2020: ''Jazzing 10 vol. 1 + 2 + 3'' (three CDs) *2021: ''Jazzzing 11 vol. 1'' *2022: ''Jazzing 11 vol. 2 + 3 small groups at the jazz house'' *2022: ''Jazzing 11 vol. 4 la magia de la veu'' *2022: ''Jazzing 12 vol. 1 + 2''

References

The irresistible magnetism of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band 2014 - w2.bcn.cat
/ref> Jazz per la salut mental 2014 - SalutMental.org
/ref> Sant Andreu Jazz Band + guests, 2011 - TheProject.es
Highly Recommended Viewing: Souvenir Review of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014 - JazzAndJazz.com
/ref> A film about Kids and Music 2012 - afilmaboutkidsandmusic.com
/ref>

External links

Homepage
(catalan) * http://santandreujazzband.blogspot.com/ (catalan)
Garry Berman: Series of articles about Sant Andreu Jazz Band

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