JLCO with Wynton Marsalis featuring The Sachal Jazz Ensemble in London

Ensemble	JLCO with Wynton Marsalis featuring The Sachal Jazz Ensemble
Date	Monday, June 30th, 2014
Time	8:00pm
Event Type	Concert
Tour	JLCO UK Tour 2014
Project	Music from Pakistan
Venue	Barbican Centre
Address	Silk Street
Location	London, United Kingdom
Venue Phone	+44 020 7638 4141
Admission	£20 - 35

The Sachal Jazz Ensemble is a group of virtuosic master musicians from Pakistan who incorporate Eastern instruments such as sitar, sarod, tabla, and dholak into new interpretations of jazz standards that are informed by their own rich musical tradition. The group has proven to be a viral sensation with nearly 700k views of their interpretations of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ and REM’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ on YouTube.
In this ground-breaking collaboration, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the Sachal Jazz Ensemble will perform new arrangements, blending the sonorities of modern and ancient instruments and using the jazz form to integrate American values of blues and swing with sophisticated and highly-evolved Eastern music traditions.

Notes

This project furthers JALC’s commitment to cross-cultural understanding.

Personnel

• Najaf Ali – dholak, mardang
• Rafiq Ahmed – naal
• Ljaz Hussain – tabla
• Nafees Ahmad – sitar
• Baqir Abbas – flute
• Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
• Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
• Sherman Irby – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
• Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
• Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Vincent Gardner – trombone
• Chris Crenshaw – trombone
• Elliot Mason – trombone
• Kenny Rampton – trumpet
• Ryan Kisor – trumpet
• Marcus Printup – trumpet
• Dan Nimmer – piano
• Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
• Carlos Henriquez – bass

Conductor

• Nijat Ali

Setlist

SET I:

1. Tere Ishq Nachya
2. Blues Walk
3. Mahiway
4. Take Five
5. Limbo Jazz

SET iI:

1. She Ditched Me
2. My Favorite Things
3. New Orleans Blues
4. Ranjha Ranjha
5. Rhythmesque

ENCORE:

1. Tere Ishq Nachya