NYO Jazz Performs Christian McBride’s “Brother Mister” with Bandleader Sean Jones

In the final concert of NYO Jazz’s 2018 European tour, Sean Jones leads the band in a performance of Christian McBride’s “Brother Mister” at Konzerthaus Berlin.
In the summer of 2018, gifted young jazz musicians from across the country came together to study with world-class jazz masters during the inaugural season of NYO Jazz. A completely free program for all participants, NYO Jazz gives young musicians the opportunity to perform as cultural ambassadors on an international stage and share a uniquely American musical genre with cultures around the world through an international tour each summer. Trumpeter Sean Jones-one of the field’s outstanding performer-composer-educators-served as soloist and bandleader for NYO Jazz’s Carnegie Hall debut and inaugural European tour, which included performances in the Netherlands, Germany, and Great Britain. World-renowned jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves and critically acclaimed trombonist Wycliffe Gordon joined NYO Jazz as special guest artists for the ensemble’s Carnegie Hall debut. Ms. Reeves was also featured as a guest artist on the tour to Europe.

[@henriknielsen8305]

That soprano, man. He good.

[@joshuagrant2330]

Mans went in like his life depended on it

[@roosterslime9430]

*Director: Sean Jones*
*Solos:*
Trumpet: Eric Gonzalez (1:29) (Osceola County School for the Arts, FL)
Piano: Brooke Wyatt (2:10) (High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, TX)
Soprano Sax: Evan Mickas (2:52) (Stanford Univerisity, CA)
Trumpet: Cyrus Mackey (4:15) (Dillard Center for the Arts, FL)

[@joshuagrant2330]

that lick from cyrus @4:30 is pressure and it matched with the piano giving you such a nostalgic lick bro

[@SlokeClarke]

A salute to the sax section. Love the Evan Mickas solo at 2:55.. And love the sax section at 5:23, a wall of sound.

[@alexchaviramusic]

I always feel like guitar is impossible to hear

[@BourdeoixEterno]

That’s probably because big band guitar is more felt than heard I guess

[@angelohernandez1591]

Who made this arrangement

[@joshuagrant2330]

the sopranos sounds SEXY bro

[@lilwiff]

Alot of those solos were kinda off and you could tell from the other performers faces. That last trumpet knew what he was doing though.

[@joshuagrant2330]

both trumpet solos are great, maybe the first solo didnt catch you with his creativity

[@BourdeoixEterno]

I’m impressed personally, much better than any highschool big band honestly

[@sumabatman]

That is not at all what our faces were saying

[@joshuagrant2330]

@@sumabatman so the solo was bad ?

[@sumabatman]

@@joshuagrant2330 No. They were great man. There was some high level musicianship happening on that stage.