Sant Andreu Jazz Band

The Sant Andreu Jazz Band has famously produced many young musicians who began to gain attention and praise for their skills and understanding of jazz while still in their teens, and even younger. In addition to the band’s “Jazzing” cd releases, director Joan Chamorro has also recorded debut cds for…

What is it about music that has such a unique power over us? We turn to it in joyful moments of celebration, we often cling to it in moments of mourning and sorrow, and we instantly remember personal events and people from years ago when we hear a particular song…

Jazz fans who are fortunate enough to know the Sant Andreu Jazz Band and the remarkable music the project has produced in the past fifteen years — by young musicians ranging from roughly 8 years old to 21 — also know the work of guitarist Josep Traver, who has been…

It isn’t unusual for American jazz masters to ply their musical skills elsewhere in the world, playing to audiences in any number of countries and cultures who nonetheless appreciate the genre that was born and evolved in America. It’s been going on since jazz has existed. …

First things first: One of the best kept secrets in today’s jazz world is not a very well-kept secret anymore. Nor should it be. In fact, the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, which has been celebrating its 15th year in 2021, has become known among European jazz fans (and those in…

Anastasia Ivanova isn’t just your typical 19-year-old female Russian jazz trombonist/singer/dancer. Sure, there are plenty of those, but Anastasia is especially deserving to be our focus here — for her extraordinary musical talents, her joie de vivre, and her undeniable charm. Her energy, playful sense of humor, and genuine happiness…

If only this were true. Antonio Carlos Jobim, the legendary Brazilian composer and musician who co-invented bossa nova, died in 1994, at the age of 67, from complications following heart surgery. However, Jobim’s music — which celebrates life, love, and nature — continues to inspire singers and musicians to this…

On New Year’s Day, I published an article about Barcelona’s Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a project created and directed by Joan Chamorro in 2006, in which Barcelona’s youngest and most talented musicians, ranging from as young as 8 to about 21 years old, are given an intense but loving and…