Torah, by Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

Torah

by Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

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1.	Genesis 09:10	buy track
2.	Exodus 20:38	buy track
3.	Leviticus 08:26	buy track
4.	Numbers 09:04	buy track
5.	Deuteronomy 16:13	buy track

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Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith leads one of Europe’s leading jazz orchestras, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, in a personal and spiritual journey of discovery. Featuring the cream of Scotland’s thriving jazz scene, Torah is orchestral jazz at its most powerfully expressive.

Written by Smith in 1999 for American saxophone giant Joe Lovano, the suite encapsulates the first five books of the Bible in an extended jazz composition. Smith has taken the creation story familiar to the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths and created music that, drawing on the jazz and blues traditions and without harbouring grand ambitions of healing spiritual division, is highly approachable, stimulating and ultimately rewarding.

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released September 22, 2021

tenor saxophone
tommy smith
piano
steve hamilton

saxophones
martin kershaw
paul towndrow
konrad wiszniewski
bill fleming

trumpets
ryan quigley
kevin ferris
cameron jay
tom macniven

trombones
chris greive
phil o’malley
kevin garrity
michael owers

acoustic bass
calum gourlay

drums
alyn cosker

music composed by tommy smith – © & ® 2000
published by smythe music productions, mcps & prs
music commissioned by assembly direct
with subsidy from the scottish arts council
recorded 6th january 2010, castle studios, pencaitland, scotland
recording engineer stuart hamilton • producer tommy smith
mastered 10th february 2010, fersklyd, oslo, norway
mastering engineers paolo vinaccia and giert clausen
photography colin robertson • design john haxby

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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Scotland, UK

Founder/Director Tommy Smith established the SNJO in 1995 as a not-for-profit organisation with a crystal clear artistic vision and core values of versatility, discipline and expression. The SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a pre-eminent art form through performances, original compositions, recordings, and educational outreach programmes.

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