Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra - Jazz Planets (2018)

29th September 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Holst’s premier of his ground-breaking ‘The Planets’; a suite of sheer classical brilliance, which to this day has proven to be enduringly popular, widely performed and highly influential. Now, exactly 100-years since that first premiere, ‘The Planets’ will be refreshed and presented to modern-day audiences as a jazz interpretation in the style of Duke Ellington; as Peter Long (leader of the Ronnie Scott Orchestra, featured sax star of the Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and Musical Director of The Jazz Repertory Company) and his Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra release ‘Jazz Planets’ on 28 September.