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JLCO with Wynton Marsalis in Athens

JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
Ensemble JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
Date Monday, November 27th, 2023
Time 7:30pm
Event Type Concert
Project Big Band Holidays
Venue University of Georgia Performing Arts Center
Address 230 River Rd
Location Athens, GA, United States
Venue Phone +1 706-542-4400

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Athens! Featuring soulful, big band versions of the season’s greatest classics, Big Band Holidays is a joyful, uplifting program starring 15 of jazz music’s leading players. Under the leadership of universally acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and musical director Wynton Marsalis, this remarkably versatile group performs and leads concerts and educational events in New York, across the U.S., and around the globe. The band’s much-anticipated return to Athens promises to bring a hearty dose of holiday cheer to one and all!

Notes

Venue: Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall

Personnel

Setlist

Set I:

  • Jingle Bells
  • White Christmas
  • Let It Snow! (with Ashley Pezzotti)
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (with Ashley Pezzotti)
  • Oh Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

Set II:

  • Heat Miser
  • Little Drummer Boy
  • Snowbird (with Ashley Pezzotti)
  • O Holy Night (with Ashley Pezzotti)
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain