September 22, 2016
Rose Theater – New York
Watch pianist Myra Melford perform her own composition, “The Strawberry,” with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. This clip comes from “A Handful of Keys: A Century of Jazz Piano,” the JLCO’s season-opening concert showcasing the 100-year evolution of jazz piano.
Personnel
- Myra Melford – piano
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Greg Gisbert – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Elliot Mason – trombone
- Vincent Gardner – trombone
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
- Sherman Irby – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet