| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, February 12th, 2010 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Basie and the Blues |
| 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 plays the riffs, blues and boogie-woogie of the immortal Count Basie. Guest pianist Cyrus Chestnut joins the band to celebrate this leading figure of the swing era and big band style and emerging vocal star Gregory Porter demonstrates Basie’s great legacy of the blues.
Notes
Pre-concert lecture is free for ticketholders.
Personnel
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Ben Wolfe – bass
- James Chirillo – guitar
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Jason Palmer – trumpet
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Vincent Gardner – 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
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Joe Temperley – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Cyrus Chestnut – piano
- Gregory Porter – vocals
Setlist
Set I:
- Seventh Avenue Express
- Mutt and Jeff
- Midnite Blue (with Cyrus Chestnut, piano)
- Sent for You Yesterday (with Cyrus Chestnut, piano & Gregory Porter, vocals)
- Goin’ to Chicago Blues (with Cyrus & Gregory)
- Good Morning Blues (with Cyrus & Gregory)
- Little Pony
- Avenue C
Set II:
- Discommotion
- Swinging at the Daisy Chain
- The Comeback (with Gregory Porter, vocals)
- Come Rain or Come Shine (Cyrus & Gregory duet – NO JLCO)
- Your Red Wagon (Cyrus & Gregory)
- Rambo
- Sleepwalker’s Serenade
- Magic