Nikki Yeoh & NYJO Present: Speechmik X-Ploration @ Ronnie Scott's
Tue, 20 Feb
|Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
NYJO joins forces with the keyboardist and creative free spirit Nikki Yeoh for a special audio-visual performance of new and reworked music. Rianna has been commissioned by NYJO to arrange Ian Carr's Roots. Do come along to hear the premiere of this and arrangements by other talent NYJO arrangers.
Time & Location
20 Feb 2024, 19:30 – 21:30
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 47 Frith St, London W1D 4HT, UK
About the event
[Doors are at 18:00, show starts at 19:30 and ends at 21:30.]
Nikki Yeoh’s seminal multimedia work ‘Speechmik X-Ploration’ promotes a message of unity and plurality, which remains poignant today. Over a quarter of a century after it was first commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and Bath Festival in 1997, a new reorchestration of the piece will see Yeoh joined on stage by an 18-piece NYJO ensemble.
Complementing this re-interpretation of ‘Speechmik’ is a brand-new companion piece, ‘Nucleus’, especially commissioned by NYJO and dedicated to legendary UK trumpet player and educator, Ian Carr, who was a major influence in Yeoh’s musical upbringing, as well as a driving force in progressive UK jazz, fronting the jazz-rock band of the same name.
The expanded line-up for this performance, including strings and woodwind, shows Yeoh and NYJO re-examining the textural and stylistic boundaries of large ensemble jazz in contemporary UK society.
Tickets will be available on the Ronnie Scott's website, linked HERE!