The Lion City Youth Jazz Festival (LCYJF) 2021 Finale Concert is happening this Saturday (24 Apr), 7:30pm SGT (GMT+8). The repertoire features the music of two jazz legends of swing, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Some of the songs featured are “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “I’m Beginning to See the Light” and “The Very Thought of You,” to name a few.
In the spirit of celebrating UNESCO International Jazz Day which falls on 30 April and is the culmination of April being Jazz Appreciation Month, the concert will also be live-streamed free via JASS and The Straits Times Facebook and YouTube channels.
Because of the current COVID-19 restrictions, our international mentors and a few of our Singapore-based mentors will join us virtually in a hybrid concert, together with the rest of our local mentors and youths who will be performing onstage at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC). Led by Music Director Jeremy Monteiro with Associate Music Director Weixiang Tan. The hybrid (live and virtual) concert stage will feature outstanding youth musicians from the Jazz Association Singapore Youth Orchestra (JASSYO!) performing with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Carmen Bradford, Solo Trumpeter and Leader of the Count Basie Orchestra, Scotty Barnhart, US-based jazz Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, Saxophonist Julian Chan (Malaysia), Guitarist Joe Darin (Thailand), and from Singapore, JASSYO! Youth Leader and Flautist Rit Xu, Saxophonist Shawn Letts, and Trombonist Regan Wickman.
Also joining JASSYO! onstage are featured mentor and vocalist Alemay Fernandez, and our other mentors from Singapore, Drummer Tamagoh as well as JASSYO! Youth Leader and Bassist John Koh.
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