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Performance TitleLate Night Jazz 2013 - Royal College of Music Big Band
Performance Date28 February 2013
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time21:45
Orchestra or BandRoyal College of Music Big Band
Set List'Love For Sale', Porter, arr Myers,
'Three and One', Jones,
A Way with Words', Ashton,
'Young Blood', Mulligan,
'April in Paris', Duke, Harburg,
'A Foggy Day', Gershwin, arr. Armstrong,
'Willowcrest', Florence
INTERVAL,
'Cool Breeze', Dameron,
'Body and Soul', Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green, arr. Florence,
Le Sucrier Velours', Ellington, Strayhorn,
'I Love Pairs', Porter, arr Armstrong,
'The Thrill is Gone', Hawkins, Darnell, arr. Sulzmann,
'Lullaby of Broadway', Warren, Dublin, arr. Armstrong,
'Carmelo's By The Freeway', Florence
Performance NotesThe RCM Big Band performs regularly under the direction of Mark Armstrong at their home (the Royal College of Music) and at other local venues.

The band receive coaching from eminent jazz musicians including Clark Tracey, Mike Lovatt and Martin Robertson, and regularly collaborates with RCM vocal students. Notable concerts include a performance of Orchestralli with the composer and former ‘Police’ drummer Stewart Copeland at the RCM Festival of Percussion 2012.

This Late Night Jazz concert ‘The Modern Masters’ will focus on the jazz ensemble repertoire after WW2, the legacy of bebop and the varied personalities and repertoire of the composers and arrangers who have contributed to the evolution of jazz in general, and the big band sound in particular.
Related Archival MaterialSetlist
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/7/2013/8Late Night Jazz - Royal College of Music Big Band set list28 February 2013
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8321Late Night Jazz 201322
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4614Royal College of Music Big Band (fl 1913)
DS/UK/7910Robertson; Martin (fl 1984-); British saxophonist
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