| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis featuring Bill Cosby |
|---|---|
| Date | Thursday, October 21st, 2004 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Event Name | Stand Up for Jazz |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton played a short opening set of jazz tunes that deal with humor.
Some were directly representational (Wynton’s Ellingtonian “Back to Basics,” which portrays laughter through a trumpet), some just sounded happy-go-lucky (Thelonious Monk’s singsong “Green Chimneys”) and some were jazz’s best novelty songs (’‘Salt Peanuts’‘ and ‘‘Open the Door, Richard’‘).
Then Mr. Cosby performed stand-up comedy for 90 minutes, using a reduced version of the orchestra behind him to cue incidental music to his routines.
Personnel
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Eric Lewis – piano
- Herlin Riley – drums, tambourine
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Greg Gisbert – trumpet
- Vincent Gardner – trombone
- Ron Westray – trombone
- Andre Hayward – trombone
- Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
- Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson – alto sax, sopranino sax
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Joe Temperley – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Bill Cosby – comedian
