March 6, 2020
Jazz at Lincoln Center – New York, NY
“It sits alone in the history of jazz,” Wynton Marsalis says of Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking masterpiece Black, Brown & Beige. Since its 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall, the piece—a sprawling survey of African American history—has been heralded as one of the most significant compositions in American orchestral music. Now, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis is releasing a definitive, present-day recording of Black, Brown & Beige that conveys all the nuances and emotion of Ellington’s grandest work.
Personnel
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Marion Felder – drums
- James Chirillo – guitar
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Kenny Rampton – trumpet
- Jonah Moss – trumpet
- Elliot Mason – trombone
- Kasperi Sarikoski – trombone
- Sam Chess – 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
- Julian Lee – tenor sax, clarinet
- Paul Nedzela – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Eli Bishop – violin
- Brianna Thomas – vocals
