| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Saturday, February 18th, 2017 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Jazz of the ‘50s: Overflowing with Style |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis explores the innovative musical concepts that emerged during the 1950s – a whirlwind decade of unprecedented growth and staggering creativity. Jazz’s limitless potential was on full display during these years, as exemplified by the cool jazz of Gerry Mulligan, modal jazz of Miles Davis, hard bop of Art Blakey, third stream of Gunther Schuller, the classic elegance of the Modern Jazz Quartet, and the free jazz of Ornette Coleman. Performing new and classic arrangements, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will revel in the era that brought jazz beyond the clubs and into the regular programming of esteemed concert halls. Tonight’s music director and arranger for these tunes will be trombonist Chris Crenshaw, a young genius with perfect pitch and perfect time, known also as a composer, arranger, singer, and conductor. Crenshaw’s previous composition for the JLCO was “God’s Trombones” a moving piece that received wide public acclaim. Tonight he will premiere a new composition that showcases the Orchestra’s wide range of talent and stylistic versatility – the most comprehensive of any band in history – and immerse listeners in the incredible depth and diversity of these transformative years.
Notes
Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 7pm.
Special guest on sax: Stantawn Kendrick
(Dan Block will play in place of Victor Goines on Saturday, February 18 only)
Personnel
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Tatum Greenblatt – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Elliot Mason – trombone
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Vincent Gardner – trombone
- Dan Block – tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Sherman Irby – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Stantawn Kendrick – tenor sax, flute
Setlist
Set I:
- Walkin’ Shoes
- Gone
- Along Came Betty
- The Invisible (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
- Mutt and Jeff (w/Stantawn Kendrick, flute)
- Straight Street (small group)
- Bésame Mucho (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
Set II: The Fifties—A Prism
- Flipped His Lid (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
- Just A-Slidin’ (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
- Conglomerate (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
- Cha-Cha Toda la Noche
- Unorthodox Sketches
- Pursuit of the New Thing (w/Stantawn Kendrick, tenor sax)
