| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, September 23rd, 2016 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Handful of Keys: A Century of Jazz Piano |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
Our season-opening concert features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and some of today’s top pianists, including our own Dan Nimmer. Performing definitive compositions by piano geniuses like Jelly Roll Morton, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, and Marcus Roberts, tonight’s special guests will showcase an astonishing evolution of jazz piano that now spans over 100 years. Guest musicians range in age from 13-year-old prodigy Joey Alexander (recently featured on 60 Minutes) to 89-year-old American treasure Dick Hyman, met in the middle by pianist/composer Helen Sung, Aaron Diehl and Isaiah J. Thompson. Alongside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, their virtuosic performances will allow the living continuum of jazz to unfold before your eyes in the House of Swing.
Notes
Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 7pm.
Personnel
- Larry Willis – piano
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Greg Gisbert – 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
- Joey Alexander – piano
- Helen Sung – piano
- Dick Hyman – piano
- Isaiah J. Thompson – piano
- Myra Melford – piano
Setlist
Set I:
- Temperance (Dan Nimmer/JLCO)
- Lulu’s Back in Town (Isaiah Thompson/JLCO)
- Hymn to Freedom (Isaiah Thompson & rhythm)
- Four By Five (Helen Sung/JLCO)
- Please Send Me Someone to Love (Helen Sung & rhythm)
- All of Me (Dick Hyman/JLCO)
Set II:
- The Strawberry (Myra Melford/JLCO)
- Images of Time (Myra Melford solo)
- Rhythm-A-Ning (Larry Willis/JLCO)
- Very Early (Joey Alexander/JLCO)
- Who Can I Turn To? (Joey Alexander & rhythm)
- Jingles (Dick Hyman/JLCO)
