National Youth Jazz Orchestra to celebrate Amy Winehouse at the Cambridge Junction

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), a charity that exists to help young jazz musicians, will be paying tribute to Amy Winehouse - a former NYJO alumna - at the Junction this Sunday (November 28).

The young musicians, performing as part of the annual Cambridge Jazz Festival, will be celebrating the popular and much-missed singer’s legacy in a seated show at the Junction’s J1.

Amy Winehouse’s unmistakable character, vocal dexterity and masterful songwriting made her a pop icon. Now, 10 years on from her tragic passing, her music still shines. This concert series reimagines her hits and revisits some of the early works she sang with the 24-piece National Youth Jazz Orchestra as a promising 16-year-old back in 2000.

Music director Winston Rollins worked on Amy’s Frank album, while the arrangements have been done by Birmingham-based composer Oliva Murphy. Vocal duties will be handled by Lucy-Anne Daniels.

There is a special 50 per cent off Black Friday offer for the Cambridge show, using the discount code NYJOBlackFri. For more information, visit junction.co.uk. For more on the NYJO, go to nyjo.org.uk.

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