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Friday and Saturday Evening, February 17–18, 2017, at 8:00

Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic DirectorGreg Scholl, Executive Director

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Jazz at Lincoln Center OrchestraCHRIS CRENSHAW, Music Director, TromboneWYNTON MARSALIS, TrumpetTATUM GREENBLATT, TrumpetKENNY RAMPTON, TrumpetMARCUS PRINTUP, TrumpetVINCENT GARDNER, TromboneELLIOT MASON, TromboneSHERMAN IRBY, Alto SaxophoneTED NASH, Alto SaxophoneVICTOR GOINES, Tenor Saxophone (February 17 only)DAN BLOCK, Tenor Saxophone (February 18 only)WALTER BLANDING, Tenor SaxophonePAUL NEDZELA, Baritone SaxophoneDAN NIMMER, PianoCARLOS HENRIQUEZ, BassALI JACKSON, Drums

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STANTAWN KENDRICK, Saxophone

There will be one 15-minute intermission during this performance.

This program is presented as part of the Ertegun Jazz Concert Series.

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Program

SET I: to be selected from

BENNY GOLSON Along Came Bettyarranged by Sherman Irby

CONSUELO VELÁZQUEZ Bésame Muchoarranged by Christopher Crenshaw

DUBOSE HEYWARD, GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN Gonearranged by Gil Evansorchestrated by Christopher Crenshaw

ORNETTE COLEMAN The Invisiblearranged by Richard DeRosa

THAD JONES & JACK MCDUFF Mutt and Jefftranscribed by Christopher Crenshaw

ORNETTE COLEMAN Peacearranged by Wynton Marsalis

JOHN COLTRANE Straight Streetarranged by Christopher Crenshaw

GERRY MULLIGAN Thruway

GERRY MULLIGAN Walkin’ Shoes

IntermissionSET II:

CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW The Fifties: A Prism I. Flipped His Lid II. Just A-Slidin’ III. Conglomerate IV. Cha-Cha Toda la Noche V. Unorthodox Sketches VI. Pursuit of the New Thing

“The Fifties: A Prism” was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center with the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation and first performed

by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall on February 17, 2017.



Notes on the ProgramBy Ted Panken

“Crenshaw is sprinkled with magic dust.What is it that he cannot do? First of all, heis thoroughly, absolutely cool at every level.He occupies a very small space with hisego. He has perfect pitch. He can write anunbelievable arrangement in one night. Hisarrangements and compositions are alwaysso intelligent, pointed, and so well-crafted.”

—Wynton Marsalis, 2014

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Not long before Chris Crenshaw joined thetrombone section of the Jazz at LincolnCenter Orchestra in 2006, Music DirectorWynton Marsalis made a consequentialdecision. Noting the growth of the institu-tion that he had founded, and the refine-ment of the JLCO’s sound and concept,Marsalis, who had previously composedand arranged much of the band’s repertoire,began to delegate those responsibilities tohis handpicked personnel, who, in thecourse of playing innumerable concerts,had internalized the band’s singular missionto play music from across the timeline ofthe jazz century with idiomatic authorityand the spirit of now.

Marsalis likes to summarize the essence ofthat mission with the pithy mantra, “All jazzis modern.” This notion will underpintonight’s proceedings, as Crenshaw music-directs a concert inspired by the multi-polarjazz landscape of the 1950s, when thefounding fathers and mothers of the idiom(Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, SidneyBechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young,Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and EllaFitzgerald, as a short list) crossed pathswith such younger masters as CharlieParker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, J.J.Johnson, Horace Silver, and Gil Evans.Following an opening segment in which

the JLCO performs a group of less traveled’50s charts from the band’s vast library,Crenshaw will present a quasi-suite titled“The Fifties: A Prism,” consisting of sixoriginal compositions that refract and juxta-pose the vocabularies of the latter cohortinto his individualistic argot.

“When I was presented with the idea ofcoming up with a suite dealing with the1950s, I immediately realized this wasgoing to cover all the genres of jazz, frombebop to freedom music,” Crenshaw says.“I was ready for that challenge.”

That Crenshaw, 34, is fully equipped to ful-fill the assignment is evident from a JLCOcorpus that includes arrangements ofThelonious Monk’s “Epistrophy,” WayneShorter’s “House of Jade” and “Nelly Bly,”Mulgrew Miller’s “From Day to Day,” andthe 2012 long-form original composition“God’s Trombones.”

“The band’s sound has changed from thetime I joined,” Crenshaw says. “One day,Wynton came in and said, ‘I want you all tostart writing music for the big band to play.’Once we started doing that, the spectrumof what we can do got wider and wider.People brought in their ideas—new colors,new styles, new approaches, new ways ofthinking—and shared them. It keeps usfresh, individually and collectively, insteadof going by preconceived ideas or justdoing what you know. The language youlearn when you arrange and write seepsinto whatever it is you’re thinking aboutwhen you’re improvising. Stuff you oncestruggled with becomes second nature. Soyou’re able to create new stories, createnew ideas, and be more spontaneousbecause you have more in your bag, so tospeak. Writing keeps your brain active, soyou’re able to be the person you want tobe, or be the character you need to be, oradd something to a character that’s alreadybeen given to you.”


The Erteguns’ advocacy for jazz and their tireless support for Jazz at Lincoln Center have advanced the art form, and sustained the master musicians who perform it.

Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, brought the world the legendary work of luminaries such as John Coltrane and Ray Charles. His leadership as a founding member of Jazz at Lincoln Center and its Board of Directors and his strong support of maintaining a house orchestra were vital to the organization’s early development, and to the creation of the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, named for his brother.

Mica Ertegun joined Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Board of Directors in 2006. Her continued stewardship as a valued leader is carrying her husband’s vision forward.

for their gift of the Atrium, for their extraordinary generosity to Jazz at Lincoln Center, and for their indelible impact on the world of jazz.

Jazz at Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges

Mica and Ahmet Ertegun



Meet the Artists

Chris Crenshaw (Music Director,Trombone) was born in Thomson, Georgiaon December 20, 1982. Since birth, hehas been driven by and surrounded bymusic. When he started playing piano atage three, his teachers and fellow stu-dents noticed his aptitude for the instru-ment. This love for piano led to his firstgig with Echoes of Joy, his father Casper’sgroup. He picked up the trombone at age11 and hasn’t put it down since. He grad-uated from Thomson High School in 2001and received his bachelor’s degree withhonors in jazz performance from ValdostaState University in 2005. He was awardedMost Outstanding Student in the VSUmusic department and College of Arts. In2007 Crenshaw received his master’sdegree in jazz studies from The JuilliardSchool where his teachers included Dr.Douglas Farwell and Wycliffe Gordon. Hehas worked with Gerard Wilson, JiggsWhigham, Carl Allen, Marc Cary, WessellAnderson, Cassandra Wilson, Eric Reed,and many more. In 2006 Crenshaw joinedthe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra andin 2012 he composed “God’s Trom -bones,” a spiritually focused work thatwas premiered by the Jazz at LincolnCenter Orchestra.

Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet) is the managingand artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln

Center and a world-renowned trumpeterand composer. Born in New Orleans,Louisiana in 1961, Marsalis began his clas-sical training on trumpet at age 12, enteredThe Juilliard School at age 17, and thenjoined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messen gers.He made his recording debut as a leader in1982, and has since recorded more than 60jazz and classical recordings, which havewon him nine GrammyAwards. In 1983 hebecame the first and only artist to win bothclassical and jazz Grammys in the sameyear and repeated this feat in 1984.Marsalis is also an internationally respectedteacher and spokesman for music educa-tion, and has received honorary doctoratesfrom dozens of U.S. universities and col-leges. He has written six books; his mostrecent are Squeak, Rumble, Whomp!Whomp! Whomp!, illustrated by PaulRogers and published by Candlewick Pressin 2012, and Moving to Higher Ground:How Jazz Can Change Your Life withGeoffrey C. Ward, published by RandomHouse in 2008. In 1997 Marsalis becamethe first jazz artist to be awarded the presti-gious Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorioBlood on the Fields, which was commis-sioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2001 hewas appointed Messenger of Peace by Mr.Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UnitedNations, and he has also been designatedcultural ambassador to the United States ofAmerica by the U.S. State Departmentthrough their CultureConnect program.Marsalis was instrumental in the HigherGround Hurricane Relief concert, producedby Jazz at Lincoln Center. The event raisedmore than $3 million for the Higher GroundRelief Fund to benefit the musicians, musicindustry-related enterprises, and other indi-viduals and entities from the areas inGreater New Orleans who were affected byHurricane Katrina. Marsalis helped lead theeffort to construct Jazz at Lincoln Center’shome—Frederick P. Rose Hall—the firsteducation, performance, and broadcastfacility devoted to jazz, which opened inOctober 2004.

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Saxophonist and educator StantawnKendrick (Saxophone) is a native ofThomson, Georgia. He began showing inter-est in music at a very young age. Beingbrought up with the 1970s music his fatherwould play in the house and being active inthe church planted seeds for Kendrick to pur-sue music later in life. He holds a bachelor’sdegree in music from Valdosta StateUniversity and a master’s degree fromWilliam Paterson University. While attendingWilliam Paterson University he met and stud-ied under Clark Terry. Terry later asked him tojoin his big band and jazz quintet, andKendrick traveled and performed with Terryfor the next five years. He was the last saxo-phonist to frequently work and travel withTerry. Kendrick has performed or studiedwith Clark Terry, Mulgrew Miller, Eric Reed,Russell Malone, Kenny Garrett, Joe Lovano,Don Braden, David Demsey, Marcus Printup,and others. He recently released his debutalbum, No Longer Bound. The album’s com-positions represent those who experiencepain, happiness, melancholy, peace, andprayer when no one else knows. Itexpresses the will to break free from themental chains of low self esteem, doubt,worry, fear, and anxiety. It features EricReed, Jacob Webb, Johnathan Blake, andspecial guests Enoch Smith Jr., Karen Marie,and Angeleisha L. Rodgers.

Walter BlandingWalter Blanding (Tenor Saxophone) wasborn into a musical family on August 14,1971, in Cleveland, Ohio. He began playingthe saxophone at age six and by age 16 hewas performing regularly with his parentsat the Village Gate. Blanding attendedFiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music& Art and Performing Arts and continued

his studies at the New School for SocialResearch where he earned a B.F.A. in2005. His 1991 debut release, ToughYoung Tenors, was acclaimed as one ofthe best jazz albums of the year, and hisartistry began to impress listeners andcritics alike. He has been a member of theJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since1998 and has performed, toured and/orrecorded with his own groups and withsuch renowned artists as the Cab CallowayOrchestra, Roy Hargrove, Hilton Ruiz,Count Basie Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet BigBand, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts,Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Isaac Hayes, andmany others. Blanding lived in Israel forfour years and had a major impact on themusic scene while touring the country withhis own ensemble and with U.S. artistssuch as Louis Hayes, Eric Reed, VanessaRubin, and others invited to perform there.He taught music in several Israeli schoolsand eventually opened his own privateschool in Tel Aviv. During this period,Newsweek International called him a “JazzAm bassador to Israel.”

Dan BlockDan Block (Tenor Saxophone) has a dual rep-utation as a mainstream jazz musician and aspecialist in traditional jazz. He adapts to ahost of musical genres on numerous instru-ments. He has worked as a sideman withToshiko Akiyoshi, Frank Wess, RichardWyands, the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra with Wynton Marsalis, HarryAllen, Jerry Dodgion, and Howard Alden. Onthe more traditional side, he has worked fre-quently with Vince Giordano, Marty Grosz,and Judy Carmichael. Much of his work hasbeen with singers like Michael Feinstein,Natalie Cole, Anne Hampton Calloway,Bobby Short, Linda Ronstadt, and RosemaryClooney. Block is a regular on the jazz partycircuit, playing every year at Chautauqua andthe past three years at Norwich, as well asthe Atlanta, Wilmington, Elkhart, and SanDiego festivals. His clarinet and saxophonehas been heard in such films as The Aviator,

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The Good Shepherd, Revolutionary Road,and, most recently, HBO’s series BoardwalkEmpire. He has also played on countlessradio and television commercials. Block hasrecorded as a leader for Arbors Records,Concord, and Music Minus One. His latestalbum, Almost Modern, and a subsequentrecord, Nostalgia—both on SackvilleRecording—received excellent reviewsinternationally. Block is classically trained(Juilliard 1980), and he has played genresincluding salsa, Caribbean music, andklezmer, which have come together to formhis own unique sound.

Vincent GardnerVincent Gardner (Trombone) was born inChicago in 1972 and was raised inHampton, Virginia. After singing andplaying piano, violin, saxophone, andFrench horn at an early age, he decided onthe trombone at age 12. He attendedFlorida A&M University and the Universityof North Florida. He soon caught the earof Mercer Ellington, who hired Gardner forhis first professional job. After graduatingfrom college, he moved to Brooklyn, NewYork, completed a world tour with LaurynHill in 2000, then joined the Jazz at LincolnCenter Orchestra. Gardner has served asinstructor at The Juilliard School, as vis-iting instructor at Florida State Universityand Michigan State University, and asadjunct instructor at The New School. Hehas contributed many arrangements tothe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra andother ensembles. In 2009 he was com-missioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center towrite “The Jesse B. Semple Suite,” a 60-minute suite inspired by the short storiesof Langston Hughes. Gardner is featuredon a number of notable recordings andhas recorded five CDs as a leader forSteeplechase Records. He has performedwith the Duke Ellington Orchestra, BobbyMcFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr., the SaturdayNight Live Band, Chaka Khan, A TribeCalled Quest, and many others.

Victor GoinesVictor Goines (Tenor Saxophone) is a nativeof New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been amember of the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septetsince 1993, touring throughout the worldand recording more than 20 albums. As aleader, Goines has recorded seven albumsincluding his most recent release Twilight(2012) on Rosemary Joseph Records. Agifted composer, Goines has more than 50original works to his credit, including 2014’sCrescent City, premiered by the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra. He has recordedand/or performed with noted jazz and pop-ular artists including Ahmad Jamal, RuthBrown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Charles,Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Kravitz,Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, DianneReeves, Willie Nelson, Marcus Roberts,Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and a host ofothers. Currently, he is the director of jazzstudies and professor of music at North -western University. He received a bachelorof music degree from Loyola University inNew Orleans in 1984, and a master of musicdegree from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity in Richmond in 1990.

Tatum GreenblattBest known for his work with Richard Bonaand the Mingus Big Band, TatumGreenblatt (Trumpet) is one of the toptrumpeters in New York. Greenblatt hasperformed in over 50 countries across sixcontinents with artists including the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra with WyntonMarsalis, Blood, Sweat & Tears, RenéMarie, Maria Schneider, the Roy HargroveBig Band, Dr. John, George Gruntz, ToshikoAkiyoshi, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra,Reggie Workman, Orrin Evans, the DukeEllington Orchestra, George Gee SwingOrchestra, the Fat Cat Big Band, BirdlandBig Band, and Pedro Giraudo JazzOrchestra, as well as in Broadway pitorchestras. Greenblatt has appeared onrecordings with artists including the CaptainBlack Big Band, George Gruntz, the Jazz at



Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Grizzly Bear,in addition to performing on film sound-tracks. His 2012 album Imprintswas nameda “Critic’s Pick” by DownBeatmagazine. Asan educator, he has worked with Jazz atLincoln Center, the Mingus Big Band andMingus High School Competition, Midoriand Friends, the Reno Jazz Festival andCompetition, and he has performed clinics,workshops, and taught ensembles atnumerous high schools and universities. Acommitted private instructor, Greenblatt’sstudents have been accepted at the mostprestigious schools and conservatories.

Carlos HenriquezCarlos Henriquez (Bass) was born in 1979 inthe Bronx, New York. He studied music at ayoung age, played guitar through junior highschool and took up the bass while enrolled inThe Juilliard School’s Music AdvancementProgram. He entered Fiorello H. LaGuardiaHigh School of Music & Art and PerformingArts and was involved with the LaGuardiaConcert Jazz Ensemble which went on towin first place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’sEssentially Ellington High School Jazz BandCompetition and Festival in 1996. In 1998,swiftly after high school, Henriquez joinedthe Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra, touring the worldand recording on more than 25 albums.Henriquez has performed with artists,including Chucho Valdés, Paco De Lucia, TitoPuente, the Marsalis Family, Willie Nelson,Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz,Marc Anthony, and many others. He hasbeen a member of the music faculty atNorthwestern University School of Musicsince 2008, and was music director of theJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s culturalexchange with the Cuban Institute of Musicwith Chucho Valdés in 2010. His debutalbum as a bandleader, The Bronx Pyramid,comes out September 18 on Jazz at LincolnCenter’s Blue Engine Records.

Sherman IrbySherman Irby (Alto Saxophone) was bornand raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He found

his musical calling at age 12 and in highschool he played and recorded with gospelimmortal James Cleveland. He graduatedfrom Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. inmusic education. In 1991 he joined JohnnyO’Neal’s Atlanta-based quintet. In 1994 hemoved to New York City and recorded hisfirst two albums, Full Circle (1996) and BigMama’s Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note. Irbytoured the U.S. and the Caribbean with theBoys Choir of Harlem in 1995, and was amember of the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra from 1995 to 1997. During thattenure he also recorded and toured withMarcus Roberts and was part of BettyCarter’s Jazz Ahead Program and RoyHargrove’s ensemble. After a four-year stintwith Roy Hargrove, Irby focused on his owngroup in addition to being a member of ElvinJones’ ensemble in 2004 and then PapoVazquez’ Pirates Troubadours after Jones’passing. From 2003–11 Irby was theregional director for JazzMasters Workshop,mentoring young children, and he hasserved as artist-in-residence for Jazz CampWest and an instructor for Monterey JazzFestival Band Camp. He is a former boardmember for the CubaNOLA Collective. Heformed Black Warrior Records and releasedBlack Warrior, Faith, Organ Starter, Live atthe Otto Club, and Andy Farber’s This CouldBe the Start of Something Big. Since rejoin-ing, Irby has arranged much of the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra’s music, and hehas been commissioned to compose newworks, including Twilight Sounds and hisDante-inspired ballet, Inferno.

Ali JacksonAli Jackson (Drums ) developed his talent ondrums at an early age. In 1993 he graduatedfrom Cass Tech High School and in 1998was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigiousArtserv Emerging Artist award. As a child,he was selected as the soloist for the“Beacons Of Jazz” concert which honoredlegend Max Roach at New SchoolUniversity. After earning an undergraduatedegree in music composition at the NewSchool University for Contemporary Music,



he studied under Elvin Jones and MaxRoach. Jackson has been part of YoungAudiences, a program that educates NewYork City youth on jazz. He has performedand recorded with artists including WyntonMarsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, ArethaFranklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr.,KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman,Vinx, Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor SeijiOzawa, Diana Krall, and New York CityBallet. His production skills can be heard onGeorge Benson’s GRP release Irreplaceable.Jackson is also featured on the WyntonMarsalis Quartet recordings The Magic Hour(Blue Note, 2004) and From the Plantation tothe Penitentiary (Blue Note, 2007). Jacksoncollaborated with jazz greats Cyrus Chest -nut, Reginald Veal, and James Carter onGold Sounds (Brown Brothers, 2005), whichtransformed songs by indie alternative rockband Pavement into unique virtuosic inter-pretations with the attitude of the churchand juke joint. He has been a member of theJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 2005.Jackson currently performs with theWynton Marsalis Quintet, Horns in theHood, and leads the Ali Jackson Quartet. Healso hosted “Jammin’ with Jackson,” aseries for young musicians at Jazz at LincolnCenter’s Dizzy Club Coca-Cola. He is alsothe voice of “Duck Ellington,” a character inthe Penguin book series Baby Loves Jazzthat was released in 2006.

Elliot Mason Elliot Mason (Trombone ) was born inEngland in 1977 and began trumpet lessonsat age four with his father. At age seven, heswitched his focus from trumpet to trom-bone. At 11 years old, he was performing pro-fessionally, concentrating on jazz andimprovisation. At 16, Mason received a fulltuition scholarship to attend Berklee Collegeof Music in Boston, and after graduating hemoved to New York City. Mason is a memberof The Juilliard School Jazz Faculty as a jazztrombone professor, and he is also a part ofthe Jazz Faculty at New York University.Mason has served as a clinician worldwide,

performing workshops, master classes andclinics. Mason is endorsed by B.A.C. musicalinstruments and currently plays his own co-designed custom line of trombones. Masonhas performed with the Count BasieOrchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the MariaSchneider Orchestra, the Maynard FergusonBig Bop Nouveau, Chick Corea, KennyGarrett, Bobby Hutcherson, Ahmad Jamal,Randy Brecker, and Carl Fontana. A memberof the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since2006, Mason also continues to co-lead theMason Brothers Quintet with his brotherBrad. The Mason Brothers recently releasedtheir second album, entitled Efflorescence.

Ted Nash Ted Nash (Alto Saxophone) was born into amusical family in Los Angeles. His father,Dick Nash, and uncle, the late Ted Nash,were both well-known jazz and studio musi-cians. The younger Nash exploded onto thejazz scene at 18, moved to New York andreleased his first album, Conception(Concord Jazz). He is co-leader of the JazzComposers Collective and is constantlypushing the envelope in the world of “tradi-tional jazz.” His group Odeon has oftenbeen cited as a creative focus of jazz. Manyof Nash’s recordings have received criticalacclaim, and have appeared on the “best-of” lists in the New York Times, NewYorker, Village Voice, Boston Globe, andNewsday. His recordings, The ManciniProject (Palmetto Records) and SidewalkMeeting (Arabesque Recordings), havebeen placed on several “best-of-decade”lists. His album Portrait in Seven Shadeswas recorded by the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra and was released in 2010. Thealbum is the first composition released bythe JLCO featuring original music by a bandmember other than bandleader WyntonMarsalis. Chakra came out in late 2013. Hismost recent big band recording,Presidential Suite: Eight Variations onFreedom, is nominated for the 2017 BestLarge Jazz Ensemble Album GrammyAward. The album includes “Spoken at



Midnight,” nominated for the 2017 BestInstrumental Composition Grammy Award.Nash’s arrangement of “We Three Kings,”featured on the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra with Wynton Marsalis’ Big BandHolidays album, is nominated for the 2017Best Instrumental Or A Cappella Arrange -ment Grammy Award.

Paul Nedzela Paul Nedzela (Baritone Saxophone)was bornin New York City in 1984 and has quicklybecome one of the top baritone saxophoneplayers around. After graduating with honorsand a degree in mathematics from McGillUniversity in 2006, Nedzela received theSamuel L. Jackson scholarship and contin-ued his musical studies at The JuilliardSchool. He has studied with baritone saxo-phone legends Joe Temperley, GarySmulyan, and Roger Rosenberg, and hasplayed with renowned artists and ensem-bles, including Wess Anderson, PaquitoD’Rivera, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes,Christian McBride, and The Temp tations.Nedzela also performed in Twyla Tharp’sBroadway show, Come Fly Away, as well asat major festivals, such as The MontereyJazz Festival and The Banff Music Festival.

Dan NimmerDan Nimmer (Piano) was born in 1982 inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. With prodigioustechnique and an innate sense of swing, hisplaying often recalls that of his own heroesOscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Erroll Garner,and Art Tatum. Nimmer studied classicalpiano and eventually became interested injazz. He began playing gigs with renownedsaxophonist and mentor Berkley Fudge.Nimmer studied music at Northern IllinoisUniversity and became one of Chicago’sbusiest piano players. A year after moving toNew York City, he became a member of theJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and theWynton Marsalis Quintet. Nimmer hasworked with Norah Jones, Willie Nelson,Dianne Reeves, George Benson, FrankWess, Clark Terry, Tom Jones, Benny

Golson, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, EdThigpen, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson,Fareed Haque, and many more. He hasappeared on The Tonight Show with JayLeno, The Late Show with David Letter man,The View, The Kennedy Center Honors, Livefrom Abbey Road, and PBS’ Live FromLincoln Center, among other broadcasts. Hehas released four of his own albums on theVenus label (Japan).

Marcus PrintupMarcus Printup (Trumpet) was born andraised in Conyers, Georgia. His first musicalexperiences were hearing the fiery gospelmusic his parents sang in church. Whileattending the University of North Florida ona music scholarship, he won theInternational Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpetcompetition. In 1991 Printup’s life changedwhen he met his mentor, the great pianistMarcus Roberts. Roberts introduced him toWynton Marsalis, which led to Printup’sinduction into the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra in 1993. Printup has recordedwith Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, EricReed, Madeline Peyroux, Ted Nash, CyrusChestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, and Roberts,among others. He has recorded severalrecords as a leader: Song for the BeautifulWoman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, NocturnalTraces, The New Boogaloo, Peace in theAbstract, Bird of Paradise, London Lullaby,Ballads All Night, and A Time for Love. Hemade his screen debut in the 1999 moviePlaying by Heart and recorded on the film’ssoundtrack. August 22 has been declared“Marcus Printup Day” in his hometown ofConyers, Georgia

Kenny Rampton Kenny Rampton (Trumpet ) joined the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra in 2010. He alsoleads his own sextet in addition to perform-ing with the Mingus Big Band, the MingusOrchestra, the Mingus Dynasty, GeorgeGruntz’ Concert Jazz Band, and theManhattan Jazz Orchestra (under the direc-tion of Dave Matthews). In 2010 Rampton



performed with the Scottish National JazzOrchestra at the Edinburgh InternationalFestival, and was the featured soloist on theMiles Davis/Gil Evans classic version ofPorgy and Bess. He toured the world withthe Ray Charles Orchestra in 1990 and withthe legendary jazz drummer PanamaFrancis, the Savoy Sultans, and the JimmyMcGriff Quartet, with whom he played forten years. As a sideman, Rampton has per-formed with Mingus Epitaph (under thedirection of Gunther Schuller), Bebo Valdez’Latin Jazz All-Stars, Maria Schneider, theAfro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Charles Earland,Dr. John, Lionel Hampton, Jon Hendricks,Illinois Jacquet, Geoff Keezer, ChristianMcBride, and a host of others. Mostrecently, he was hired as the trumpet voiceon Sesame Street. Some of his Broadwaycredits include Finian’s Rainbow, The Wiz,Chicago: The Musical, In The Heights, Hair,Young Frankenstein, and The Producers.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is dedicated toinspiring and growing audiences for jazz.

With the world-renowned Jazz at LincolnCenter Orchestra and a comprehensivearray of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Centeradvances a unique vision for the continueddevelopment of the art of jazz by producinga year-round schedule of performance, edu-cation, and broadcast events for audiencesof all ages. These productions include con-certs, national and international tours, resi-dencies, weekly national radio programs,television broadcasts, recordings, publica-tions, an annual high school jazz band com-petition and festival, a band directoracademy, jazz appreciation curricula for stu-dents, music publishing, children’s concertsand classes, lectures, adult educationcourses, student and educator workshops,a record label, and interactive websites.Under the leadership of Managing andArtistic Director Wynton Marsalis, Chair -man Robert J. Appel, and ExecutiveDirector Greg Scholl, Jazz at Lincoln Centerproduces thousands of events each seasonin its home in New York City, Frederick P.Rose Hall, and around the world. For moreinformation, visit jazz.org.


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Fiona and Stanley J.Druckenmiller

Entergy Donna J. Astion andMichael D. Fricklas

Buzzy GeduldGreat PerformancesUnited Airlines Ellen & Efraim Grinberg Wynton Marsalis Janice and Steve MillerKaren and Charles Phillips The Fan Fox & Leslie R.Samuels Foundation,Inc.

Chloe Breyer and Greg J.Scholl

The Shops at ColumbusCircle at Time WarnerCenter

Kimberly and Viqar Shariff SiriusXMSurdna FoundationFaye Wattleton

GUARANTORS

Augustine FoundationEmily and LeonardBlavatnik

Con EdisonThe Crosby FamilyBeth Rudin DeWoodyLoren R DouglassLarry Gagosian

Howard GilmanFoundation

Laura and Peter Grauer HSBC PremierM. Billie Lim andStephen M. Ifshin*

Greg Marcus

Ronald D. McCraySara Miller McCune Parsons FamilyFoundation

Monaco GovernmentTourist Office

Morgan Stanley

Therese S. Rosenblattand H. MarshallSonenshine

Ophelia and William RudinThe Harold and MimiSteinberg CharitableTrust

World Stage

BENEFACTORS

Anonymous (2)Simi Ahuja and KumarMahadeva

Jeffrey A. Altman Paxton K. BakerPatricia BlanchetJP Morgan Chase & Co.Donna H. Dodson Hugh FierceThe Ella FitzgeraldCharitable Foundation

Fribourg FamilyFoundation

Neil J. Gagnon Betty and Philippe Camus The David GeffenFoundation

Susan C. GordonScharff WeisbergRuthann and DanielHeinrich

Mr. and Mrs. J. TomilsonHill

The Charles EvansHughes MemorialFoundation, Inc.

Sonia and Paul T. JonesSusan and J. Alan KahnSandy and Eric Krasnoff Carolyn and Ed Lewis Lisabeth FoundationLostand FoundationLauder Foundation

Merrill Lynch New York State Councilon the Arts with thesupport of GovernorAndrew Cuomo andthe New York StateLegislature

Oceanic HeritageFoundation

Gbena and Aisha OyebodePerelman FamilyFoundation

Peter J. SolomonCompany LLP

Rose-Lee and KeithReinhard

Laura and Lywall SallesThe Shubert Foundation,Inc.

Harold and MimiSteinberg CharitableTrust

Time Warner, Inc Reginald Van Lee Daria and Eric WallachGeorge T. WeinCarol Winograd/TricoastalFoundation

Stanley Zinberg FamilyFoundation

SUSTAINERS


Greg AmmonAmtrak Angelson FamilyFoundation

Anonymous (2) Rose M. BadgeleyCharitable Trust

Dorria Ball Norman BenzaquenArthur M. BlankFoundation

Brook Byers Kevin and Elaine CannonValentino D. CarlottiRalph M. CestoneFoundation

Barbara Dalio Lise Scott and D. RonaldDaniel

Ellen and Gary DavisBarbara Digan-ZweigJudith and Jamie Dimon Stacey and Eric FlattCarolyn Surgent andJacques Friedman

Jennifer and GregoryGeiling

Charlene and KeithGoggin

Carolyn Katz and MichaelGoldstein

Valerie S. Grant Roberta Campbell andRichard N. Gray

John and Amy GriffinFoundation, Inc

The Marc HaasFoundation

Lisa Meulbroek and BrentR. Harris

Julia Perry and WolfHengst

Caroline and Ed HymanL.D. Putnam and JamesE. Jamar Trust

Jaishri and Vikas Kapoor Keiko Matsuyama andDavid S. Katz

Keith Fox and ThomasKeyes

M. Robin KrasnyDavid B. KriserFoundation

Elaine and Ken LangoneBlanche and Irving LaurieFoundation

Toby Devan Lewis Casey Lipscomb James LyleMichelle McCrea Alice K. Netter Bette Kim and Steven J.Niemczyk

Mary Ann OklessonCynthia and D. JeffreyPenney

Betsy and Robert Pitts Christine and JeromePonz

Carol and Don Randel Brian J. RatnerPhilanthropic Fund

Clara and Walter RicciardiMrs. Frederick P. Rose

Eugene and MaxineRosenfeld

Fiona and Eric C. RudinMay and Samuel RudinFamily Foundation, Inc.

Adolph and RuthSchnurmacherFoundation, Inc

Peter Schub FoundationMonique and Gregg G.Seibert

SJS Charitable Trust Beatrice SnyderFoundation

The Jennifer andJonathan Allan SorosFoundation

Nicki and Harold TannerTania and Mark WalkerDavid Weiner Dr. J. Douglas White andthe King-White FamilyFoundation

ANGELS

Virginia and AndrewAdelson

Air Serbia Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. Anonymous (2) Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. Arthur and Robin Aufses Baron Capital Foundation James Basker andAngela Vallot

Benefit Cosmetics LLC Sandye Berger Theresa BernazRichard and Gene Bindler Black EntertainmentTelevision LLC

Mark and Maria Boonie Saundra and W DonaldCornwell

Sylvia Botero andNorman Cuttler

Marcia and KennethBrookler

Capital One Services,LLC

Catherine Castaldo andThomas Nobile

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan A.Chapman

Frank and Maria Chiodi Marian and James Cohen Frank and MoniqueCordasco

Brenda Earl Eminence Capital, LLC James and Anna Fantaci Forbes Media LLC Alice and NathanGantcher

Arlene Goldman Donna and Perry Golkin Myrna and StephenGreenberg

Christiane and Jean-Claude Gruffat

Hearst Magazines Kenneth Hirsh Anne and Phillip Isom James E. Johnson Christopher JonesNancy Lazar and GeorgeZachar

Kate Lear Rhea Lee and PatrickMcGranaghan

Betty and John Levin Robin and Jay L. Lewis Pepper Evans and RobertC. Lieber

Madeleine J. Long Manhouse ProductionsLLC

Margaret and PaulMcCaffery

Noreene Storrie and WesMcCain

Karen Karlsrud andRaymond Mikulich

Monaco GovernmentTourist Office

Frosty Montgomery Muriel F. SiebertFoundation

NBC Universal, Inc. Michael and NancyNeuman

Nnamdi Okike George Olsen

Michael and GabriellePalitz

Paige and Martin Pepa Yesim Karatas and DavidB. Philip

Thomas Platt Catherine and MalcolmPrice

Rainbow Media Holdings David and Melissa Raso Cheryl and Louis RaspinoBonnie nd Richard Reiss Jennifer and Tim Rice Ropes & Gray LLP Michael Rosen andHeather Bandur

Meryl Rosofsky Esther and Steve Rotella Susan Cluff and NeilRudolph

The Derald H. RuttenbergFoundation

SAP Ian Schaefer Pam and Scott Schafler C. Glenn and FrancesSchor

Mark Shafir and HillaryBeard Schafer

The Shah-Zion FamilyFund

Katherine and StephenSherrill

Susan Moldow andWilliam M. Shinker

Lauren and Randall Shy Skadden, Arps, Slate,Meagher & Flom LLP

Emily and ScottStackman

Justin SteinbergMary Kay and JohnStrangfeld

Leila and Melville StrausSunny and AbeRosenberg Foundation,Inc.

Pamela and AllenSwerdlick

Weininger FoundationThe Durst OrganizationThe New York TimesCompany Foundation

Time Inc.Bonnie and Daniel TischSandra and Bruce TullyTwin Beeches FoundationVenrockViacom Inc.Jeannette Wagner Geoffrey and Diane WardCeleste and JeffreyWecker

Cindy and Kenneth WestByron and Anita WienJanice Savin Williams andChristopher Williams

Willkie Farr & GallagherLLP

Christine Hikawa andDavid Windreich

Benjamin WinterWilliam and DeborahZabel

Patricia and Al Zollar

FRIENDS


John and Robin Abbott Michael Aboff The Ae FamilyFoundation

Albert Penick Fund Paul Allen Alexandra Alpaugh Donna Ward and GregoryC. Amato

Dave and Kim Ambrose Rose Marie Anderson Anonymous (4) Semhal Araya The Arthur LoebFoundation

ASCAP AXA Foundation Leslie and Harrison Bains Christina and RobertBaker

Lillian Barbash Mitchell J. Barnett Ron and Judy Baron Robert and Renee Belfer Roger and Brook Berlind Mary A. Bernard Arlene and MarkBernstein

Margaret and PaulBernstein

Arlene and Harvey Blau Alan and MadelineBlinder

Barbara and James Block Les Bluestone Meg and Owen Boger Joseph and Maury Bohan Jeffrey and Tina Bolton Jane Brock-Wilson Alexis Brown Reginald and AaliyahBrowne

Hannah F. Buchan Noreen and KennethBuckfire

Scott Bullock Aline Camargo Johnathan Capehart Simona and JeromeChazen

Mary Cirillo-Goldberg City of Quebec Irwin and Jill Cohen Consulate General ofIsrael

Dr. Patricia Cook Carolyn and Neil Coplan,M.D.

Norma and LawrenceCorio

Linda M. Cote Susan and RobertCowden

The Craig E. WishmanFoundation

Dan and AliceCunningham

Timothy Curro and LauraNewcomb

Larry Davis and DonnaEmma

Elizabeth de Cuevas

John DiCarlo Frank Dix Chris and Jim Drost Jacqueline Moline andAntoine Drye

Maureen Egen Marsha and JamesEllowitz

Ennead Architects LLP Evercore Partners Alexander and PatriciaFarman-Farmian

David and Victoria Foley Fidelity Charitable GiftFund - Matching

Ken and Caryl Field Pamela Fiori and ColtGivner

Christine and JohnFitzgibbons

Susan and ArthurFleischer, Jr.

Susan and William Foley Dr. Steven Frankel Erin A. Pond and Peter H.Friedland

Carol Friedman Susan and Fred Friedman Judith Gallent Carola and Fabian GarciaArlyn and EdwardGardner

Roslyn and LeonardGarfinkel

Lori Gendelman Jay GeneskeRichard Gibson Slavka Glaser Claudia Glasser Barbara and Alan Glatt Victor Goldberg and LindaSilberman

Jennifer Scully-Lernerand Richard Lerner

Jane and Budd Goldman Gary and NancyGoodenough

Barbara and Harry Gould Ava Seave and Bruce C.Greenwald

Michael and Terry Groll Lori Gross Julie Raynor Gross Christopher Guarino Antoinette Guerrini-Maraldi

J. Ira and Nicki Harris Sanjeanetta Harris Laurie Hawkes Anne Farley and Peter C.Hein

Hermione Foundation Janet and ArthurHershaft

Susan and Roger HertogWilliam T. Hillman Alan D. Holtz Mary B. Horowitz Maxolev Productions LLC Shari Hyman and DanielHorwitz

Jan and David Ichel

Adam Inselbuch The Jacobson FamilyFoundation

The James Clark FamilyFund

Andrea Montalbano andDiron Jebejian

John and PatriciaKlingenstein Fund

Kenneth and AmyKahaner

Marni and Eric Kaltman Clarence Kam Jeanne and Robert M.Kane

Kauff McGuire &Margolis LLP

Dr Thomas K. Kittel Monica Kirkland andMarcelo Sanchez

Risa Schifter and EdwardA. Kirtman

Henry and NancyKissinger

Peter Klosowicz Chaille and JonathanKnee

Theresa Knight Chikako and TomoKodama

Jini Koh Dorothy and Sidney Kohl Lisa Kohl, PHD Ginger and David L.Komar

Isobel Konecky Sharon Korman Maria Kourepenos Sally and WynnKramarsky

Diane KranzDeborah and PeterKrulewitch

Wendy and JerryLabowitz

Nick LaHochic and DianeForrest

Geraldine B. Laybourne Lear Family Foundation Gavin and ElizabethLeckie

David and LaurieLederman

Courtney Lee-Mitchell The Lehrman Institute Robert H. and Carol Lenz David and Denise Levine Karen Collias andGeoffrey Levitt

Ira Levy Cher Lewis andDaughters CharitableTrust

Beth and Jim Lewis Leonard Lichter Hank Lightstone The Lindsey Group Marty Linsky and LynnStaley

Diane and William Lloyd Michael and Tina Lobel H. Christopher Luce and

Tina Liu Lynn Davidson and JonLukomnik

John Lummis Ninah and Michael Lynne Sondra and David Mack Anne and Sean Madden Richard H. Maidman Majorie and Clarence E.Unterberg Foundation

Virginia Mancini Whitney and JerryMandel

Mark Mandel J. R. Mann, Jr. Katina and Ken Manne Justin Manus Carol Margossian Susan and Morris Mark Etienne Martel George Kelly Martin Robert Marx Kerri Mason Robert Matloff Joanne and NormanMatthews

Merridith and RobertMcCarthy

Sonnet and Ian McKinnon Gerald McNamara andRenee Petrofes

Douglas Melancon, M.D. Robert Meltzer Dina Merrill and TedHartley

Michael Tuch FoundationIrene Weiss Miller andJeffrey D. Miller

Elizabeth and GeorgeMilstein

Cheryl and MichaelMinikes

Lousie MirrerHala Mnaymneh Susan and Alan Morris John and Michelle Morris David H. Morse Evelyn Musher Naida S. WhartonFoundation

Gaya and Vinay Nair Nobuko Narita Josiane and ThierryNoufele

Jack Nusbaum and NoraAnn Wallace

Mr. Bernard Nussbaum Jack OKelley Daniel and RebeccaOkrent

Stanley Oppenheim Michael PefferEthel Denise Perry Dr. Ruth Earlene Perry Paula and Dominic PetitoCaroline Wamsler andDeWayne Phillips

Wayne Phillips Daniel Pincus John and Anne MarthaPitegoff

Andrew J. Pitts

PATRONS


As of January 10, 2017

Jamie and Mark Pollack Robert Press Jonelle ProcopeDonna Raftery and

Vincent Inconiglios David Rene Megan and William Ried David Robbins Deborah Roberts and Al

Roker William Robertson Susan Rockefeller James Roe Toby and William Rohrer Laura and James Ross Susan Rubinstein The Ruth and Jerome A.

Siegel Foundation George H. Sands, MD Phyllis W. Bertin and

Anthony M. Saytanides Irving Scher and Amy

Katz

Darren Schlanger Hon. Eric Schneiderman Jay Schuster Annette Mitchell Scott Kathy and Joel Segall Jerry M. Seslowe Javier Seymore Martin D. and Jean

Shafiroff Foundation Robert B. Shepler David Silk David Silvers and Joan

Binstock Carra Sleight Laura J. Sloate Richard and Phyllis

Slocum Lorie Slutsky Emily Smith Helena and Steve

Sokoloff Yuriko and Leonard

Solondz

Anne and André Spears Jimmie E. Spears Denise SpillaneLouise A. Springer Ryder and Brooke Stahl Mitchell and Barbara

Stein Joan and Michael

Steinberg Ellen and Doug Stern Leonore and Walter

Stern Joseph Sullivan Susan Stein Shiva

Foundation David Swope Gloria and Philip Talkow Jay Tanenbaum Tides Foundation Barry and Joan Tucker

Household U.S. Trust Cheryl Vollweiler

Margaret and GeorgeVranesh

Barry and EllenWagenberg

David Walters Raymond Wedderburn Richard and Josephine

Weil Joan and Howard

Weinstein Katherine C. Wickham Amelia Wierzbicki May Wilson Audrey Strauss Lisa and Matthew

Winkler Richard M. Winn III Carol and Bernard

Winograd Kenneth Zaslav Zicherman Family

Foundation

* Deceased


UPCOMING EVENTSJazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

February 2017VARIS LEICHTMAN STUDIO

The Science of JazzMusic & The Structure of the UniverseFebruary 23 at 6:30pmFor the third year, Jazz at Lincoln Center presentsone of our most popular events: Science of Jazz.This unique and intimate lecture series exploresthe dynamic connection between the sciencesand jazz. This year’s edition will feature physicistand musician Stephon Alexander in conversationwith saxophonist and composer María Grand.Alexander and Grand will use musical samples toillustrate how a physicist—or a jazz musician—approaches the process of experimentation.Attendees will discover how some leaps inphysics operate like jazz solos.

March 2017THE APPEL ROOM

Dave Douglas MetamorphosisMarch 3–4 at 7pm & 9:30pmTrumpeter Dave Douglas is a prolific composer anda powerful performer of improvised music. His out-put as a bandleader is one of the most eclectic in his-tory, featuring dozens of groups on over 50 uniquerecordings. Metamorphosis marks a bold new con-ceptual approach to organizing music for improvis-ers and features an all-star gallery of legendaryvoices. For this special engagement, Douglas hasenlisted some of the most influential modern impro-visers: trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, saxophonistOliver Lake, drummer Andrew Cyrille, guitarist MarcRibot, pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser,and percussionist Susie Ibarra. All of these artistsare known for their uninhibited approach to improvi-sation and for being highly responsive team players,as well as leaders in their own right. Come witnessthe warmth and spontaneity in person as these mas-ters create new music on the spot. These AppelRoom concerts will be the very first live perfor-mances of this bold new music.Free pre-concert discussions at 6pm and 8:30pm.

ROSE THEATEREddie Palmieri: Celebrating 80 YearsMarch 3–4 at 8pmEddie Palmieri is an incomparable performer andbandleader of some of the most energetic con-certs in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s history. This sea-son, the NEA Jazz Master and nine-time GrammyAward-winner continues his fast-paced career inRose Theater for an 80th birthday blowout. Oneof the finest pianists of the past 50 years, Palmieriis a bandleader, arranger, and composer knownfor skillfully fusing complex jazz harmonies withthe rhythms of his Puerto Rican heritage and ofvarious Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean fusions. 80years young, Palmieri remains an engaging inno-vator whose ideas explode from the stage with anirresistibly kinetic energy.Free pre-concert discussion at 7pm.

Free To Be: Jazz of the ‘60s & BeyondMarch 17–18 at 8pmThe 1960s was a time of national soul-searchingthat brought our country closer to its true identityand expanded our belief in freedom. The Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis willperform some of the decade’s most powerful andthought-provoking pieces, many with messagesthat remain relevant today. The JLCO will performmasterpieces by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane,Dave Brubeck, and Charles Mingus, and musicdirector Walter Blanding will debut a big bandarrangement of Sonny Rollins’ historic “FreedomSuite.” Another centerpiece of the program will bethe premiere of Blanding’s The Happiness of Being,a sprawling musical reflection on the meaning offreedom. This soulful new piece asks us, inBlanding’s words, “What comes to mind when wethink about freedom? Do we think about the civilrights movement? Or slavery? Or does it bring tomind other things, such as the freedom to think,speak, and act without fear? The Happiness ofBeing explores all of these thoughts. Perhaps free-dom is also simply the joy of being oneself.” Thisambitious piece is a powerful addition to the JLCO’scollection of expertly crafted original works, and theevening as a whole will be an important reflectionof jazz’s ever-present role in the pursuit of America’smost sacred right: freedom.Free pre-concert discussion at 7pm.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor.

Tickets starting at $10.To purchase tickets: Visit jazz.org or call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Officeis located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.

For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups.For more information about our education programs, visit academy.jazz.org.

For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922.Find us on Facebook (jazzatlincolncenter), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and

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Jazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Colaare encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.

Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.

Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys-reservationsNightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm.

Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday; doors open at 11:15pm

Cover Charge: $20–45. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.

Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get 50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theaterand The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.

Find us on Facebook (DizzysClubCocaCola), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and Instagram (jazzdotorg).

February 2017Benny Green Trio with David Wong and Rodney GreenFebruary 17–197:30pm & 9:30pm

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles: Louis Armstrong’sHot Five and Hot SevenFebruary 207:30pm & 9:30pm

Jason Marsalis Vibes QuartetWith Austin Johnson, William Goble, and DavidPotterFebruary 21–227:30pm & 9:30pm

The Music of Dexter Gordon: A CelebrationDexter Gordon Legacy EnsembleFebruary 23–267:30pm & 9:30pm

William Paterson University Big Band andEnsemblesFebruary 277:30pm & 9:30pm

A Gotham Kings Mardi Gras CelebrationFebruary 287:30pm & 9:30pm

March 2017Nicole Henry: A Time for Lovewith David Cook, Ben Williams, Jonathan Barber,and Avi RothbardMarch 1–27:30pm & 9:30pm

MVP Jazz Quartet: Remembering JamesWilliams and Mulgrew MillerFeaturing Donald Brown, Ray Drummond,Marvin “Smitty” Smith, and Bobby WatsonMarch 3–57:30pm & 9:30pm

Monday Nights with WBGO: Loston Harriswith Gianluca Renzi and Mike LeeMarch 67:30pm & 9:30pm

Tessa Souter Quintetwith Adam Platt, Yotam Silberstein, Sean Smith,and Billy DrummondMarch 77:30pm & 9:30pm

Person2Person featuring Houston Person &Eric Personwith Zaccai Curtis, Corcoran Holt, and McClentyHunterMarch 8–97:30pm & 9:30pm


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