Sant Andreu Jazz Band

The Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a jazz band from the city of Barcelona, made up of young people (most of them between 7 and 20 years old) under the musical direction of Joan Chamorro. The band was born in 2006 within the Escola Municipal de Música de Sant Andreu.

The band now gives frequent concerts at festivals in Catalonia, Spain and Europe. In 2009 it recorded its first live CD-DVD, Jazzing: Live at Casa Fuster, in which the boys and girls shared the stage with prestigious jazz musicians.

2010 and 2011 were the years of consolidation: packed with performances (more than 100 concerts at various festivals: Valls, Tarrasa, Gerona, Barcelona, Playa de Aro...), playing legendary venues such as the Jamboree, Palacio de la Música Catalana, JazzSi, Hotel Casa Fuster... and with important collaborators such as Dick Oatts, Ken Peplowski, Bobby Gordon, Perico Sambeat, Ignasi Terraza, Matthew Simon, Esteve Pi...

In 2012 the film director Ramón Tort shot the documentary A film about kids and music about the Sant Andreu Jazz Band. This documentary won the best feature film award at the Austin Film Festival (Texas, USA) in August 2013.