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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 23: Nyo Jazz (USA) With Dee Dee Bridgewater
Performance Date1 August 2023
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time22:15
Main PerformersDee Dee Bridgewater - vocal,
Sean Jones - trumpet, NYO director
Orchestra or BandNYO Jazz – Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Set List'Braggin’ In Brass', D Ellington, trans. D Berger,
'The 29ers', S Jones,
'Strasbourg / St. Denis', R Hargrove, arr. D Gibson,
'We’re Still Here', W Gordon,
'Afro Blue', M Santamaria, arr. J Clayton (with Dee Dee Bridgewater),
'I Got You (I Feel Good), J Brown (with Dee Dee Bridgewater),
'Basin Street Blues', S Williams, arr. J Clayton,
'Fine and Mellow', B Holiday, arr. C Bridgewater (with Dee Dee Bridgewater),
'Cotton Tail', D Ellington, arr. S Hampton,
'Lady Sings The Blues', H Nichols, arr. E Gomez, C Bridgewater,
'Let The Good Times Roll', L Lee, arr. F Foster (with Dee Dee Bridgewater)
Performance NotesCarnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra are joined by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Dee Dee Bridgewater to perform a collection of jazz standards.

Featuring the best teenage performers from across the USA, NYO Jazz also presents contemporary works exploring jazz’s influence on hip-hop, R&B and pop music in this unmissable late-night performance.

There was no interval.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£8-£
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Work12976BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eightth Season71
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