RS Big Band with TLC
September 1, 2020Over the summer, the Russell Scarbrough Big Band collaborated with Grammy-winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington in a video project presented at the Berklee School of Music. We recorded the three […]
Category: performances
The story of “Solaces” on TV
February 13, 2018In January, I traveled to Peoria, Illinois for the Illinois Music Education Conference with the Buffalo Grove High School Chamber Orchestra, so guest-conduct Solaces. Prior to that performance, I appeared […]
“Solaces” in the news
December 11, 2017My new work for strings & piano, Solaces, has been featured this week in the Chicago Tribune; and through the Associated Press, the LA Times, and US News and World […]
Premiere of “Bacheque”
October 23, 2016Here’s the premiere performance of Bacheque, an original work by the SOUL-JAZZ Big Band. Bill Straub pays the alto solo, and Dean Keller is on baritone sax.
SOUL-JAZZ Big Band live on Jazz 90.1
October 12, 2016Russell Scarbrough’s SOUL-JAZZ Big Band will be performing live on WGMC 90.1 FM radio in Rochester, NY on Wednesday October 12 from 7-8pm. The performance will also be streaming live […]
BlueSpin
August 26, 2016I had a great experience this past spring at French Road Elementary with band director Debbie Parker and jazz guitarist Bob Sneider. Good composers can write at all levels, I […]
Clay Jenkins performs “Tray-Bo”
November 14, 2013Here’s a recent video of Clay Jenkins performing his original tune Tray-Bo at Columbus State University in 2012. I arranged this big band chart for him a few years ago […]
New Music in February!
January 30, 2013I have — count ’em – four new pieces being unveiled in the month of February this year: Friday, February 8: The fourth in an ongoing series of commissions for […]
Blue Bossa Big Band Chart
December 10, 2012My good friend Dr. Sean Reed has posted a couple of short videos from his band’s recent performance of Blue Bossa at Arkansas Tech University. I wrote this arrangement several […]