| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Thursday, December 15th, 2022 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Big Band Holidays |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
No Jazz at Lincoln Center season would be complete without the perennial Big Band Holidays concert, when Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis—augmented by a world-class jazz singer—offers fresh, swinging arrangements of Christmas classics by its personnel. The guest star for this year’s edition, music-directed by JLCO veteran Victor Goines, is Samara Joy, 24, who joins an all-star roll-call of predecessors that includes Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, Kurt Elling, Rubén Blades, René Marie, Ashley Pezzotti, Vuyo Sotashe, Veronica Swift, and Catherine Russell. “Christmas is the one time when America is not segregated in its music,” says Marsalis. “All the generations come together. For us, it’s meaningful because of all the great classics that come out of a jazz sensibility.”
Notes
Jazz Live webcast will be available live on Wednesday, Dec. 14 and on-demand through Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Personnel
- Obed Calvaire – drums, tambourine
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Summer Camargo – trumpet
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Sam Chess – trombone
- Elliot Mason – 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
- Chris Lewis – Tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute
- Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Samara Joy – vocals
Setlist
Set I:
- All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve?
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- I’d Like You for Christmas (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- My Favorite Things (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Set II:
- Deck the Halls
- It’s Easy to Blame the Weather (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- The Christmas Song (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- Warm in December (with Samara Joy, Vocals)
- Jingle Bells
