NYO Jazz Performs John Clayton’s “I Be Serious ’Bout Dem Blues”

NYO Jazz performs John Clayton's “I Be Serious ‘Bout Dem Blues” as part of Live with Carnegie Hall: National Youth Ensembles which was first streamed live on July 24, 2021. View the full concert here: • Video
The extraordinary young musicians of Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz represent the future of America’s jazz traditions. After being unable to gather in the summer of 2020, NYO Jazz convened this July at Purchase College outside New York City. Their three weeks of training and music making culminated in a live streamed event.
NYO Jazz
Sean Jones, Artistic Director and Bandleader
Saxophones 
Ebban Dorsey, Alto
Emre Tekmen, Alto
Ephraim Dorsey, Tenor
Matthew Garcia, Tenor
Noa Zebley, Baritone
Violin 
Gianna Pedregon 
Trumpets 
Cameron Davidson
Kellin Hanas
Jonah Hieb
Nathan King
Levi Rozek
Trombones 
Braxton Hart
Oliver Tuttle
Kenji Wagner
Darien Baldwin, Bass Trombone
Rhythm  
Tyler Bullock II, Piano
Hannah Mayer, Piano
Kai Burns, Guitar
Aidan McCarthy, Bass
Ryoma Takenaga, Bass
Colman Burks, Drums

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*Director: Sean Jones*
*Solos:*
Trumpet: Jonah Hieb (0:02, 1:27) (Garfield High School, WA)
Bass: Ryoma Takenaga (0:29) (Academy for Information Technology, NJ)
Bass: Aidan McCarthy (0:29) (Bishop O'Dowd High School, CA)**
Lead Trumpet: Nathan King (0:02, 9:56) (Vanderbilt University, TN)**
Tenor Sax: Matthew Garcia (3:01) (Denton High School, TX)
Tenor Sax: Ephraim Dorsey (3:01) (Baltimore School for the Arts, MD)
Alto Sax: Connor MacLeod (3:56) (Plano West Senior High School, TX)
Alto Sax: Emre Tekmen (3:56) (Enloe High School, NC)
Trombone: Braxton Hart (5:11) (Memphis University School, TN)
Trombone: Oliver Tuttle (5:11) (Oakland School for the Arts, CA)
Trombone: Kenji Wagner (5:11) (Interlake High School, WA)**
Piano: Hannah Mayer (7:01) (California Jazz Conservatory, CA)**
Piano: Tyler Bullock (7:39) (Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School, TN)
Guitar: Kai Burns (8:15) (Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, CA)
** = Prior NYO-JAZZ Member

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Ayyyyy he changed the name back!

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@@colmanburks5583 got hacked 🤪 bro u were swinging some of those fills had me goin wild

[@christianradovan9994]

Yeah, love it how these young people keep the swing vibe going! More, more more! :-)

[@williammaestre9318]

Waaaaaaaaoooooooo ….. fantastic🎉

[@maxg6105]

3:42 almost the LICCCCC

[@jazz_bass_lick]

lick but in Eb

[@bobbypmusic]

Literally a double bass 😂

[@simonlutgens]

all great players in their own right but can none of them just play a blues (except for the pianists)?

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They really do sound like a bunch of school kids

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