Recorded at Codarts, Rotterdam (NL) after a day of workshops lead by Codarts teachers.
Guest conductor: Ilja Reijngoud

Afro-Cuban Fantasy - 1 June 2013

That Warm Feeling - 1 June 2013

Line up:
Johan Plomp (cond, bass); Jenny Thorissen, Luc Hoogevorst, Sander Broos and Laurens van Oost (tpt); Jeroen Verbeke, Marielle Dercksen and Brend Kolfschoten (tbn); Guus Janssen, Lotte van der Vaart, Frank Groenendijk, Kasper Uleman and Maarten Mens (saxes); Gijs Idema (git); Sem van Hoogstraten (piano); Tim Hennekes (drums)

4 That Warm Feeling - - 19 May 2013

5 Footprints - 19 May 2013

6 Hobo Flats x - 19 May 2013

7 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - 19 May 2013

8 Jive Samba - 19 May 2013

9 Griffin' - 19 May 2013

10 Afro-Cuban Fantasy - 19 May 2013

The Festival Youth Jazz Orchestra (FYJO) is a youth jazz orchestra based in the province of Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
The averaged age is seventeen, most band members are students of local arts centers, of private teachers or participants in programs for young talented jazz musicians.
Twice a year a band is formed for five or six rehearsals and various concerts.
The band is conducted by bassist/arranger/conductor Johan Plomp and produced by pianist/educator Tilmar Junius.

For more information and our tour dates, please visit our Facebook page. 

The FYJO is aways looking for young jazz musicians. If you want to join one of our big band projects send us a mail and we will contact you as soon possible.