| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, April 14th, 2023 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Tres Aguas & Music of Colombia |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
| Webcast | Watch Webcast |
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Special Guest Paquito d’Rivera perform a pair of exclusive JALC commissions by mid-career masters—Tres Aguas by Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca and Music of Colombia by Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda. Castañeda is a transformative virtuoso of the Llanera harp, a traditional instrument from the Eastern Plains of Colombia and a fixture on the international jazz arena for more than a decade; he’ll mix the diverse rhythms of his homeland with the various dialects of swing, reminding us that Colombia and New York are in the same hemisphere. Grammy-nominated Villafranca’s Tres Aguas features dancers from Cuba, Peru and the U.S. moving to music influenced by the rich Afro-Diasporic musical streams from Venezuela, Cuba and New Orleans jazz. The common thread is long-time Jazz at Lincoln Center extended family member Paquito d’Rivera—himself a distinguished composer and authoritative interpreter of a wide range of Pan-American idioms on clarinet and alto saxophone—whose Panamericana Suite, which debuted at JALC in 2000, helped launch Jazz at Lincoln Center’s long-standing relationship to Pan-American music.
Notes
Live webcast On-demand Through Apr 20
Wynton Marsalis did not perform on April 15 concert
Personnel
- Elio Villafranca – piano
- Edmar Castañeda – harp
- Paquito D’Rivera – alto sax, clarinet
- Obed Calvaire – drums, tambourine
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Manuel Valera – piano
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Vincent Gardner – trombone
- Elliot Mason – trombone
- Chris Lewis – Tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute
- Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
- Sherman Irby – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
- Julian Lee – tenor sax, clarinet
- Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Guillermo Guillén – guitar
- Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé – percussion
- Mauricio Herrera Tamayo – percussion
- Ismel Wignall – percussion
- Ismael Fernández – vocals
- Sonia Olla – dance
- Melissa Almaguer – dance
- Beatrice Capote – dance
- Freddy “Huevito” Lobatòn – dance, percussion
Setlist
Set I: Colors of Colombia — Edmar Castañeda
- Cuarto de Colores (with Paquito D’Rivera)
- Tres Cordilleras
- I. Rio Sinu
- II. Salento
- III. Piedemonte Llanero
- Arpaquito (with Paquito D’Rivera)
Set II: Tres Aguas — Elio Villafranca
- I. The Fight (with Paquito D’Rivera)
- II. Palos for Agua (with Paquito D’Rivera)
- III. Two in One (with Paquito D’Rivera)
- IV. Conga y Comparsa (with Paquito D’Rivera)
