| Ensemble | JLCO with Wynton Marsalis |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, November 18th, 2011 |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Project | Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade |
| Venue | New York City Center |
| Address | 131 West 55th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-581-1212 |
| Admission | Tickets start at $25 |
Cotton Club Parade is a celebration of Duke Ellington’s years at the famed Harlem nightclub in the 1920s and ’30s, when the joint was jumping with revues featuring big band swing and blues, dancers, singers, comedians and novelty acts. With Ellington’s music as the centerpiece, this production re-imagines one of the composer’s Cotton Club floor shows right here on the City Center stage.
Cotton Club Parade is part of a new producing partnership between New York City Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center that will combine the organizations’ specialties: musical theater and jazz.
Notes
Conceived by Jack Viertel
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Music Director Wynton Marsalis
Directed and Choreographed by Warren Carlyle With Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox.
Personnel
- Adriane Lenox – actress
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- James Chirillo – guitar
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Elliot Mason – trombone
- Chris Crenshaw – trombone
- Vincent Gardner – 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
- Carla Cook – vocals
- Jared Grimes – dance
- Brandon Victor Dixon – vocals, actor
