Live Jazz London

Influences: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Maria Schneider

NYJO Blueprint Orchestra is a big band drawn from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra's alumni and emerging players, delivering swinging arrangements with tight ensemble brass and saxophone sections over a driving rhythm section. Expect punchy horn riffs, sharp dynamic shifts and soloists who rotate through the arrangements. The group's pedigree lies in the NYJO training pipeline, which has produced many of Britain's leading session and touring jazz musicians.

Upcoming gigs

• Sun 21 Feb — 13:00 — NYJO Blueprint Orchestra at Pizza Express Jazz Club (tickets)