Showing endless talent, improvisational skill, exuberance and verve, the future for jazz in Scotland is assured as these gifted players, under the direction of saxophonist Tommy Smith, play a varied repertoire ranging from classic jazz to present day big band charts. The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra perform extraordinary concerts of scintillating music.

It is over fifteen years since the inception of the TSYJO, and in that time, the orchestra has been a platform for some of the most exciting young jazz musicians in the UK.

“A swaggeringly confident testament to the ongoing high quality of Scottish jazz” John Fordham, Guardian