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10000 people for Wynton in São Paulo !
The LCJO concert with Wynton Marsalis at the Parque do Ibirapuera (Ibirapuera Park) in São Paulo has been a great success. Read the review of the two concerts on estadao.com.br and on Ultimo Segundo. Plus, on Ultimo segundo there’s a review about the free workshop that Wynton gave at “Tom Jobim Music Center”. (the articles are in Portuguese) Keep reading »
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Wynton is going to play in São Paulo and Caracas
The south American tour goes on and Wynton with the LCJO is now in Brasil. He will play in São Paulo, tomorrow June 19 at Parque Ibirapuera and on 20 and 21 in the Sala São Paulo. Then he will go with the band to Venezuela, to play in Caracas at Teatro Teresa Carreño. We’ll give you updated news and photos as soon as we receive them form Wynton’s tour manager in Brasil. Stay tuned ! Keep reading »
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A review about Wynton and the LCJO in Buenos Aires
The Argentinian newspapers La Nacion, Pagina12 and La Union have published a review about the recent concert held by Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Buenos Aires, on June 14 and 15, 2005. The concert took place at Teatro Gran Rex (instead of Teatro Colòn) because of the argentinian workers strikes that caused traffic snarls throughout Buenos Aires. Read the review on La Nacion, on Pagina12 web and La Union (the articles are in Spanish) Keep reading »
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“Swinging Music of Thad Jones” reviewed by the New York Times
The first of two concerts at Frederick P. Rose Hall about the music of Thad Jones was reviewed by the New York Times on the web. This night there will be the second concert, performed, as the first one, by Wynton and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Read the review on the New York Times (free registration needed) Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis swings the music of Thad Jones
Jazz at Lincoln Center closes the 2004-2005 inaugural season in Frederick P. Rose Hall by celebrating the music of legendary jazz trumpeter, cornetist and composer, Thad Jones, with two very special events. On May 19 – 21 at 8:00pm in Rose Theater, the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform Swinging Music of Thad Jones, an interpretation of Thad Jones’s work, including new arrangements by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra trombonist Vincent Gardner. For this concert in Rose Theater, special guests Billy Harper (tenor sax), Jerry Dodgion (alto sax) and Marc Cary (piano) will join the orchestra. Tickets for Swinging… Keep reading »
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Chivalrous Misdemeanors reviewed on NY Times
The NY Times has published a review about Chivalrous Misdemeanors, the new music composed by LCJO trombonist Ron Westray, that swings the Man of La Mancha with a wry and contemporary jazz-infused take on the story of Don Quixote. The concert took place in the Rose Theater on May 5, 6 and 7 played by the LCJO and Wynton Marsalis. Read the review on New York Times (free registration needed) Keep reading »
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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and LCJO
We have updated our tour section with the official summer-fall tour schedule for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and the LCJO. More news (and dates…) to come soon… Check the new dates in our tour section Keep reading »
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LCJO with Wynton Marsalis returns Full-Steam Ahead to Rose Theater
On February 24, 25 and 26, for a special series of jazz performances entitled Full-Steam Ahead, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (LCJO) revisits a time when the sounds of locomotives inspired jazz. The world-renowned orchestra brings the sharp-edged syncopations and hard-chugging rhythms inspired by America’s steam-driven locomotives to its new home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. Featuring former LCJO members Wycliffe Gordon (trombone) and Rodney Whitaker (bass), the LCJO explores how the locomotive onomatopoeia was reflected in the developing rhythms of jazz in the first half of the 20th century. Tickets are $10, $40, $75, $100, $115 and $150 and are available at the new Jazz… Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis performs for the International Olympic Committee
Any thought that the leaders of New York’s bid for the 2012 Olympics would try to charm the International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission with understatement exploded last night, on Wednesday 23, along with the fireworks arcing over Columbus Circle. NYC2012 mustered every bit of glamour it could manage, entertaining the 13 members of the commission with aperitifs, A-list celebrities and a performance by Wynton Marsalis at the JALC’s Allen Room, then dropped a curtain to reveal the entrance to Central Park, where fireworks lit the clear, cold night. Afterward, the commissioners were whisked to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s house… Keep reading »
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Wynton and the LCJO play the music of Paul Whiteman
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 17-19 at 8:00pm in Rose Theater, Wynton Marsalis and the LCJO will perform the music of Paul Whiteman – a bandleader who helped usher in the big band style of the Jazz Age – with three very special performances. Special guests Bob Wilber (clarinet/soprano sax), Daryl Sherman (vocals), Vince Giordano (tuba and other instruments), James Chirillo (guitar) will join the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra to perform the groundbreaking works that Mr. Whiteman wrote for large ensemble, breaking the convention of small jazz ensembles and giving rise to “symphonic jazz.” Tickets for The Music… Keep reading »
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