Jazz Line-Up - Christmas Special

Jazz Line-Up's Christmas Show goes to Whitgift School, Croydon and stages the BBC Big Band conducted by Barry Forgie, featuring and presented by Julian Joseph. In this special programme star music pupils from the school will get the opportunity to perform an item with the Big Band especially written for them by Barry Forgie. Radio 3's New Generation Jazz Artist, Shabaka Hutchings will be performing with the band, and also Julian Joseph is at the piano, playing music from his Children's Opera 'Shadowball'. The BBC Big Band perform traditional music given a modern arrangement for band by such luminaries as Steve Gray and Dick Walter. BBC Big Band are:- Mike Lovatt, Andy Green Wood, Brian Rankine, Steve Fishwick (Trumpets), Mark Nightingale, Pat Hartley, Colin Sheen, Pete North (Trombones), Andy Panayi, Sammy Mayne, Graeme Blevins, Martin Williams, Jay Craig (Saxophones), Tom Cawley (Piano), Jeremy Brown (Bass), Mike Smith (Drums), Mark Ridout (Guitar), Anthony Kerry (Percussion.