| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Saturday, October 30th, 2004 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Event Name | Let Freedom Swing: A Celebration of Human Rights and Social Justice |
| 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 celebrates the charismatic leaders who gave voice to the struggle, and whose words and deeds continue to be invoked as new struggles emerge.
Six extraordinary world premiere musical commissions will paint a backdrop for inspirational oratory on liberty and triumph by Vaclav Havel, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Personnel
- Herlin Riley – drums, tambourine
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Eric Lewis – piano
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Greg Gisbert – trumpet
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Vincent Gardner – trombone
- Ron Westray – trombone
- Andre Hayward – trombone
- Max Seigel – bass trombone
- Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson – alto sax, sopranino sax
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
- Joe Temperley – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Roland Guerrero – percussion
Conductor
Setlist
- Commission 2004
(music by Darius Brubeck and Zim Ngqawana – read by Morgan Morgan Freeman)
- The Mystery of Man: Melodrama On The Text of Vaclav Havel
(music by Emil Viklicky – read by A. Woodard M. Van Peebles)
- Passion or Fashion
(music by Jimmy Heath – read by Glenn Close)
- Let Freedom Swing
(music by Toshiko Akiyoshi – read by Patricia Clarkson)
- Day Of Affirmation
(music by Darin Atwater – read by Keith David)
- The Fierce Urgency of Now
(read by Billy Childs – read by Reverend Calvin Butts III)
