Rebel Yell Jazz Orchestra Returns to Chiswick

Rebel Yell Jazz Orchestra Returns to Chiswick

Rebel Yell Jazz Orchestra will play at St Nicholas Church, Chiswick at 7.30pm, on Friday 1st November 2019. The programme will feature the virtuoso jazz suite ‘Fellini 712’.

The West London based jazz orchestra are returning to St Nicholas after two years to play the music of the legendary Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Band Big band of the 1960s.

If you’re a jazz fan, this will be one of the best events in Chiswick this weekend.

A highlight of the evening will be the bands interpretation of Francy Boland’s epic suite of music: ‘Fellini 712’ – a musical tribute to the city of Rome in three movements which evokes the magic, chaos and mystery of the Eternal City. Over 40 minutes in duration, and originally recorded by the Clarke-Boland Big Band in December 1968, the piece has long considered one of the highwater marks in jazz writing. Now transcribed specially to suit the individual strengths of Rebel Yell, band leader Bill Symington describes ‘Fellini 712’ as ‘one of the most audacious long-form pieces ever written for jazz orchestra’.

The Rebel Yell Jazz Orchestra is a 17 piece West London based big band that was founded for the express purpose of playing the music of the legendary Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band, which electrified the jazz scene in Europe between 1961 and 1972.

You can buy tickets on the door: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions); Friends of St Nicholas Church: free

Doors open 6.30pm – Cash Bar

The event is organised by The Friends of St Nicholas Church, Church Street, London W4 2PH in aid of the restoration of the exterior stonework of the building.