848542033984

Sing A Song Of Ashton

National Youth Jazz Orchestra & The Vocalists

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: STOB003

Release Date:  10 December 2012

Label:  Stanza Music

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  848542033984

Genres:  Jazz  Big Band  

  • Description

    This double-CD set features 38 of Bill Ashton's songs he wrote during his 46 years as founder and director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO). Featuring 14 of NYJO's singers starting in 1975 and including Jacqui Hicks, Sheena Davis, Carol Kenyon, Kim Leslie, Lorraine Craig, Sarah Ellen-Hughes.

    Bill Ashton has been standing in front of a Big Band for over 50 years, starting with the Oxford University Big Band back in 1960. After 46 years of fronting the NYJO, taking it all over the world, issuing over 45 albums and DVDs, he has handed on the baton to the capable hands of Mark Armstrong, himself a NYJO graduate.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Jacqui Hicks - Looking Forward
      • 2. Jacqui Hicks - Looking Back
      • 3. Sumudu Jayatilaka - Who's Blue?
      • 4. Sheena Davis - If You Should Change Your Mind
      • 5. Jacqui Hicks - Heat Of The Moment
      • 6. Jenny Howe - I Wasn't Looking For Love
      • 7. Annabel Williams - Thought I'd Ask
      • 8. Jenny Howe - You'd Think I'd Learn
      • 9. Annabel Williams - Over And Over Again
      • 10. Lorraine Craig - I Thought I Was Through With Love
      • 11. Sumudu Jayatilaka - Times Were
      • 12. Litsa Davis - Why Don't They Write Songs...?
      • 13. Atila & Annabel - Needs Must (Duet)
      • 14. Jacqui Hicks - That's That
      • 15. James Langton - Gasbag Blues
      • 16. Lorraine Craig - But Me No Buts
      • 17. Sarah Ellen Hughes - Nobody's Perfect
      • 18. Lorraine Craig - I Have Been Here Before
      • 19. Atila Huseyin & Bill Ashton - Paris is for Lovers (Duet)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Lorraine Craig - The Deflated Bounce
      • 2. Jacqui Hicks - A Way with Words
      • 3. Lauren Derwent - Let's Settle Down
      • 4. Sumudu Jayatilaka - Stop Kidding Yourself
      • 5. Litsa Davis & Nick Gallant - Accident Prone (Duet)
      • 6. Francesca Lewis - New in London
      • 7. Kim Lesley - No Flowers By Request
      • 8. Jacqui Hicks - I Was Hoping
      • 9. Carol Kenyon - Wait And See
      • 10. Annabel & Atila - Someone
      • 11. Lorraine Craig - Another Always
      • 12. Jenny Howe - You Were Marvellous Darling
      • 13. Nick Gallant - London
      • 14. Litsa Davis - Don't Try and Argue With Me
      • 15. Sarah Ann Gilbertson - Give Up
      • 16. Lorraine Craig - It's Over
      • 17. Atila Huseyin - Rose Room
      • 18. Lorraine Craig - Much Too Much
      • 19. Litsa Davis - Don't Go To Her