Spiritual Sounds And Jazz Age Features The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Performing Chris Crenshaw’s “God’s Trombones” And Victor Goines’ “Untamed Elegance”
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, January 10 & 11, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
New York, NY (November 25, 2019) – On January 10 & 11, at 8:00 p.m., in a special concert event entitled Spiritual Sounds and The Jazz Age, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will revisit two of its most acclaimed originals: Victor Goines‘ “Untamed Elegance” and Chris Crenshaw‘s “God’s Trombones.” Each of these suites highlights the ensemble’s boundless creativity, commitment to artistic vision, and the peerless musical range of its individual members.
Spiritual Sounds and The Jazz Age will take place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, located at Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY.
The show will begin with “Untamed Elegance,” a thoroughly modern trip to the wild and sophisticated Jazz Age of the 1920s. This upbeat, soulful, and characteristically swinging composition reminds us that even the earliest jazz styles are deep, living traditions that continue to inspire awe and delight.
“God’s Trombones” has been a huge hit with audiences since it premiered in 2012. This epic suite takes inspiration from James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 book of poems, God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. Through seven distinctive movements, Crenshaw utilizes the full power and range of the JLCO—as well as his own amazing voice— to bring these poems to life on a stage built for music.
Free pre-concert discussion about the music and artists at 7:00 p.m.
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