New Jazz Frontiers - Fernando González

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Friday Evening, December 19, 2014, at 9:30
Saturday Evening, December 20, 2014, at 7:00
Wynton Marsalis, Managing & Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
New Jazz Frontiers
ORLANDO “MARACA” VALLE, Flute
EDMAR CASTANEDA, Harp
EDWARD SIMON, Piano
LUQUES CURTIS, Bass
DANIEL FREEDMAN, Drums, Percussion
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Notes on the Program
Fernando Gonzalez
“Jazz is dead” is one of the evergreens in
jazz literature. Yet for all the challenges, real
and perceived facing jazz in the cultural marketplace, the real story for the past few
decades has been the triumph of jazz.
Once a novelty (and a U.S. diplomatic tool)
around the globe, jazz has become a lingua
franca. Ambassadors such as Dizzy Gillespie,
Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke
Ellington, and Dave Brubeck took jazz in seemingly every direction, defying language barriers
and Cold War borders, fostering generations of
fans and musicians. This not only opened new
markets for jazz (and fostered goodwill towards
the United States), but also, in time, produced
a few exceptional contributors. However, as
with basketball (another U.S. cultural product
that has gone global), foreigners are no longer
a curiosity, but are becoming key players–and
like in basketball, they are changing the game.
It might seem paradoxical, but there is no
greater sign of the success of jazz than that
while musicians around the world are still
studying and celebrating the jazz canon and
its creators, many are also already looking
past them. For some, emulation and imitation have given way to a search for their
own vocabulary, bringing the tools and spirit
of jazz to their own musical traditions.
“Music is always a product of the times, and
this is one positive aspect of globalization. Jazz
is a sort of Esperanto for musicians around the
world,’’ said once-Cuban reedman Paquito
D’Rivera, a champion of this process in both
jazz and Latin jazz. “It has always been that—
and it’s become more so as time passes.”
This is at the essence of this evening’s Jazz at
Lincoln Center program New Jazz Frontiers.
The concert features an exceptional group
comprising harpist Edmar Castaneda
(Colombia), flutist Orlando “Maraca” Valle
(Cuba), pianist Edward Simon (Venezuela),
bassist Luques Curtis, and drummer/percussionist Daniel Freedman (both from the
United States), and the point is made not
only by the different traditions–both
received and learned–present on stage, but
also the fact that these musicians have not
played together as a group before tonight.
Jazz is their common language.
“A lot of the young cats playing jazz these days
are coming from different countries. They are
not just from New York or Chicago,” says
Curtis, who was born in Hartford, CT and came
of age as a jazz musician playing both straightahead jazz and Latin music. “And I think they
just naturally bring their own music and it all
melts into jazz.”
Perhaps because, after all, jazz was born as
a Made-in-America global blend, there is an
openness, a generosity, and a plasticity in
jazz that not only accepts the world but
embraces it.
“I think what interests most musicians about
jazz is the level of sophistication in the improvisation,” says Simon, who immersed himself in the U.S. jazz scene before developing
his own, rich fusion of jazz and Venezuelan
and European classical music. “You have
improvisation in Latin America and around
the world—but jazz has developed [it] to a
really high level. To discover that we can combine that very sophisticated way of improvising with the music of our native countries is
exhilarating.
“Then, conceptually, there’s a certain attitude that you have to have to play jazz.
Breaking the rules and stretching boundaries has allowed this music to thrive and
evolve—and it’s what makes jazz so exciting
for both the listener and the player. And
finally, what really makes jazz unique and so
beautiful is the interaction between the
musicians playing it. It’s something that happens at such a high level—and there is nothing like it in any other music.”
Fernando Gonzalez is a music writer and editor
based in Miami, FL. His column, Jazz With An
Accent, appears on the International Review
of Music blog. He also contributes to The
Miami Herald, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, and other
publications. www.fgonow.com
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Notas sobre el Programa
Por Fernando González
“El jazz ha muerto” es un clásico imperecedero en la literatura del jazz. Pero a pesar
de todos los desafíos, reales e imaginados,
que el jazz enfrenta a diario en el mercado
de la cultura, la verdadera historia en las
últimas décadas es “El triunfo del jazz.”
Alguna vez una curiosidad (y una herramienta de la diplomacia de los EEUU) en el
resto del mundo, el jazz se ha transformado en una lingua franca. Embajadores
como Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong,
Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington y Dave
Brubeck llevaron el jazz en todas direcciones, desafiando las barreras del lenguaje
y las fronteras de la Guerra Fría, nutriendo
generaciones de aficionados y músicos.
Sus éxitos no solo abrieron nuevos mercados para el jazz (y generaron buena voluntad para los EEUU) sino que, en su
momento, produjeron algunos músicos
excepcionales que hicieron contribuciones
importantes a esta música. Pero como en
el baloncesto (otro producto cultural de los
Estados Unidos que se ha globalizado) los
extranjeros ya no son una curiosidad sino
que, en algunos casos, son figuras claves,
y como en el baloncesto, están transformando el juego.
Puede parecer una paradoja, pero no hay
una señal más clara e importante del éxito
del jazz que el hecho de que mientras los
músicos alrededor del mundo están aún
estudiando y celebrando las leyes del jazz y
sus creadores, muchos ya miran más allá.
Para ellos, emular e imitar ha sido reemplazado por una búsqueda de su propio
lenguaje, llevando las herramientas y el
espíritu del jazz a sus tradiciones musicales.
“La música es un producto de los tiem pos,
y esto [la globalización del jazz] es un
aspecto positivo de la globalización. El jazz
es una especie de Esperanto para los músicos alrededor del mundo’’, dijo ya en un
reportaje el músico cubano Paquito
D’Rivera, un abanderado de este proceso
tanto en el jazz como en el Latin jazz.
“Siempre ha sido así — y a medida que
pasa el tiempo lo es más aún”. Esa es la
esencia del programa New Jazz Frontiers
de Jazz at Lincoln Center esta noche.
El concierto presenta un grupo excepcional
formado por el arpista Edmar Castañeda
(Colombia), el flautista Orlando “Maraca”
Valle (Cuba), el pianista Edward Simon
(Venezuela), el bajista Luques Curtis y el
baterista y percusionista Daniel Freedman
(ambos de los Estados Unidos) y el tema
de la noche esta subrayado no sólo por las
diferentes tradiciones, heredadas y aprendidas, presentes en el escenario, sino también por el hecho de que estos músicos
nunca han tocado juntos como grupo
antes de esta noche. Su lenguaje común
es el jazz.
“Muchos de los músicos jóvenes que
tocan jazz hoy en día vienen de diferentes
países, no solo de Nueva York o Chicago,”
dice Curtis, quien nació en Hartford, CT., y
creció tocando jazz y música latina. “Y creo
que es muy natural que cada uno trae lo
suyo, de su propia música, y todo se funde
en el jazz”.
Quizás porque, después de todo, el jazz es
un producto Hecho-en-América de una
mezcla global, esta música tiene una apertura, una generosidad y una plasticidad que
no solo acepta al mundo sino que lo abraza.
“Pienso que lo que más le interesa a los
músicos sobre el jazz es el nivel de sofisticación de la improvisación”, dice Simon,
quien se empapó de la tradición de jazz de
los EEUU antes de desarrollar su rica mezcla de jazz, música venezolana y música
clásica. “Hay improvisación en la música
latinoamericana y alrededor del mundo —
pero el jazz lo ha desarrollado a un nivel
muy alto. Y luego descubrir que puedes
combinar esa manera tan sofisticada de
improvisar con la música de tu país es
tremendamente vigorizador.
“Luego, conceptualmente, hay una cierta
actitud que tienes que tener para tocar jazz.
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Romper las reglas, estirar los límites ha
permitido a esta música sobrevivir y crecer
— y es lo que hace que el jazz sea algo tan,
tan excitante para quien lo toca como para
quien lo escucha. Y finalmente lo que hace
que el jazz sea algo tan único es la hermosa
interacción entre los músicos. Es algo que
ocurre a tan alto nivel — y no hay nada
como eso en ninguna otra música”.
Fernando González es escritor y editor de
música con base en Miami, FL. Su
columna, Jazz With An Accent, (Jazz Con
Acento) es publicada en el blog The
International Review of Music. También
colabora regularmente con The Miami
Herald, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ y otras publicaciones. www.fgonow.com
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Nora, Amadito
Monique Seka.
Orlando “Maraca”
Valle
Born in Havana to a family of musicians,
Orlando “Maraca” Valle (Flute) started playing the flute at age ten and studied at the
Higher Institute of Art of Havana. In 1988
Valle joined Cuba’s famous Irakere (founded
by Chucho Valdés) as flutist, keyboardist,
and arranger. After years of international
fame with Irakere, Valle launched a solo
career in 1994, releasing Passport (featuring
Cuban percussionists Tata Guines and
Miguel “Anga” Diaz). He has since earned a
national reputation not only as a master
flutist but also as a composer and arranger.
After decades of building an international
name for himself in prestigious Cuban and
Latin ensembles, Valle’s Grammy Award–
nominated 2003 solo release, Terrific
Rumba, reached the Top 15 on Billboard’s
Tropical Album chart in the United States,
and his Download Total! is one of Cuba’s
best selling albums in history. He has performed at clubs and festivals in 41 countries, including Aspen, Montreux, Montreal,
Vancouver, Istanbul, North Sea, Paris, Nice,
Marciac, Lugano, Antibes-Juan-les-Pins,
and Vitoria; and top international venues like
the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center,
the House of Music (Moscow), and the
Athens Opera House. Valle wo n “best
recording in Cuba” in 2006 and 2009 by
Cubadisco’s national contest, and Passport
won Album of the Year by EGREM (Cuba’s
oldest record label and competition).
Valle has also arranged and composed for
Cesaria Evora, Leonid Agutin, Cubanismo,
the Afro-Cuban all-stars, Orlando Poleo,
Valdès,
Yumurí,
and
Valle just finished recording two new
albums: All or Nothing (Latin jazz) and
Suspend Comments (Cuban dance music).
Valle collaborates with some of the world’s
best musicians as special guest of Russian
pop star Leonid Agutin, jazz trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis, and guitarist Al di Meola.
For Reencuentros: Live at the Grand
Theatre of Havana, he forged Cuba’s rich
musical traditions into genre- and classbending jazz and chamber hybrids with allstar Latin musicians and supporting chamber arrangements. DownBeat magazine
gave the double CD/DVD five stars and
listed it among the best of 2011. The show
sold out in hours and marked the first time
that such huge names from the Latin jazz
world combined with Cuban heavyweights
and virtuous chamber music in Cuba.
FRANK STEWART
PATRICK BONNARD
Meet the Artists
Edmar Castaneda
Edmar Castaneda (Harp) was born in 1978 in
the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Since his
move to the United States in 1994,
Castaneda has taken New York and the
world stage by storm with the sheer force of
his virtuosic command of the harp, revolutionizing the way audiences and critics alike
consider an instrument commonly relegated
to the “unusual category.” He is a master at
realizing beautiful complexities of time,
while skillfully drawing out lush colors and
dynamic spirit. The legendary Paquito
D’Rivera, a frequent collaborator, has said
that “Edmar is an enormous talent. He has
the versatility and the enchanting charisma
of a musician who has taken his harp out of
the shadow to become one of the most
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Times Top Ten Jazz Records of the Year:
Edward Simon (1995) and Simplicitas
(2005). His recording Unicity was voted
Best CD of 2007 by DownBeat magazine.
He has appeared as a guest artist on more
than 50 recordings, including Paquito
D’Rivera’s Grammy Award–winning Funk
Tango (Best Latin Jazz Album, 2007) and
several Grammy Award–nominated albums.
original musicians from the Big Apple.”Even
now, on stages across the globe,
Castaneda’s body seemingly engulfs his
Colombian harp as he crafts almost unbelievable feats of cross-rhythms layered with
chordal nuances that rival even the most celebrated flamenco guitarist’s efforts.
Simon is a 2014 Doris Duke Impact Award
nominee. In 2010 he was named Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. That
same year he became a member of the
SFJAZZ Collective, a prominent musician/
composer jazz ensemble dedicated to creating new work and highlighting the music of
historically significant jazz composers of the
modern era. His recent recording with the
SFJAZZ Collective, Wonder, received the
2014 NAACP Image Award. He is currently
professor of piano at the New England
Conservatory and visiting jazz artist at
Western Michigan University.
Simon’s recent album Trio Live in New York
at Jazz Standard (Sunnyside Records), featuring John Patitucci and Brian Blade, was
selected among Best Releases of 2013 by
All About Jazz. His latest release, Venezuelan
Suite (Sunnyside Records), received four and
a half stars from DownBeat magazine.
Edward Simon
Award-winning pianist and composer
Edward Simon ( Piano) hails from
Venezuela. He made his first recording as a
leader in 1994 (Beauty Within, Audioquest),
giving birth to the Edward Simon Trio.
Since then, he founded several other
ensembles such as the Edward Simon
Quartet, Ensemble Venezuela, and
Afinidad. Today, the Edward Simon Trio has
become an established voice with five
recordings and recent performances at
well-known jazz venues around the world.
Simon has recorded 13 critically acclaimed
albums as a leader, including two New York
FRANK STEWART
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
His latest recording, Double Portion, which
features Miguel Zenón, Gonzalo Rubalcaba,
and Hamilton de Holanda, has caught the
attention of reviewers and his legion of
fans. In addition to his acclaimed performing career as an instrumentalist, which has
included features at D’Rivera’s Carnegie
Hall tribute, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the
Kennedy Center, the Tanglewood Jazz
Festival, and the tenth annual World Harp
Congress, he has also performed with the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis, John Scofield, Marcus
Miller, John Patitucci, and Chico O’Farrill‘s
Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. Castaneda has
also gained recognition as a composer.
Luques Curtis
Luques Curtis (Bass) was born in 1983 in
Hartford, Connecticut. After receiving formal training on piano and percussion, he
found himself wanting to play the bass.
Curtis studied at the Greater Hartford
Academy of Performing Arts, Artist
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Collective, and Guakia, Inc. with Dave
Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, and
Paul Brown. After high school, Curtis
earned a full scholarship to the prestigious
Berklee College of Music, where he studied with John Lockwood and Ron Mahdi.
While in Boston, he was able to work with
great musicians such as Gary Burton, Ralph
Peterson, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott,
and Francisco Mela. Curtis also worked
with his brother Zaccai, with whom he
formed a group called Insight.
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
Now living in New York City, Curtis has been
performing nationally and internationally
with artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Brian
Lynch, Ralph Peterson, Christian Scott,
Sean Jones, Gary Burton, Stefon Harris,
Donald Harrison, Etienne Charles, Albert
Rivera, Elio Villafranca, Francisco Mela, and
others. He recently released an album with
his brother on Truth Revolution Records
called Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom.
He was also part of Brian Lynch’s Grammy
Award–winning Simpático. You can hear
Curtis on Gary Burton’s Next Generations;
Dave Valentin’s Come Fly With Me; Sean
Jones’ Roots, Kaleidoscope, and The Search
Within; Christian Scott’s Rewind That and
Anthem; Albert Rivera’s Re-Introduction;
and Etienne Charles’ Folklore.
Daniel Freedman
Daniel Freedman (Drums, Percussion) was
born and raised in New York City and grew
up in a musical family. In high school he studied with masters Max Roach, Billy Higgins,
and Vernel Fournier and later traveled to
study drumming in West Africa, Cuba, and
the Middle East. Freedman came up in the
Smalls jazz club scene of the 1990s and during that time was a member of Jason
Lindner’s acclaimed big band and Omer
Avital’s sextet. Freedman is currently touring
the world as a member of Grammy
Award–winning singer Angelique Kidjo’s
band. He has played and recorded with
artists such as Sting, Youssou N’Dour,
Dianne Reeves, Omara Portuondo, Tom
Harrell,
Wynton
Marsalis,
Meshell
N’degeocello, and many more. He is a coleader of acclaimed band Third World Love
with Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital, and
Yonatan Avishai, and he tours frequently with
the band of clarinetist and saxophonist Anat
Cohen. As a composer and producer for
New York–based music house Wicked
Music, Freedman has written and produced
dozens of spots for television and the web.
His record Bamako By Bus was released in
2012 on the Anzic Record label, featuring
Avishai Cohen, Mark Turner, Lionel Loueke,
Jason Lindner, and Meshell N’degeocello.
His record, Trio (2002), on the Fresh Sound
label, with Jason Lindner, Omer Avital, and
guests Myron Walden and Joshua Levitt,
received nine stars in Modern Drummer
magazine, and Freedman was featured in
the same magazine in the article “Jazz
Lions.” Freedman was selected as one of
five drummers changing jazz drumming in
the New York Times article “Propelled by
Different Drummers.”
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As of October 1, 2014
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Live in Cuba Exhibit
On View Now
Free and open to the public during scheduled performances
In celebration of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Across the Americas season, our
current exhibit—Live in Cuba—tells the story of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra’s week-long residency in Cuba in October, 2010. This historic tour
included five performances at the Teatro Mella in Havana, Cuba, in addition to
educational workshops throughout the country. The exhibit, located on the fifth floor
of Frederick P. Rose Hall, features the photography of Frank Stewart and Ayano
Hisa, plus rare video footage from the tour. In addition to an illustrious and
international career as a professional photographer, Frank Stewart serves as senior
staff photographer for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Ayano Hisa, a 2013 fellow of the New
York Foundation for the Arts, is a freelance photographer whose clients include Jazz
at Lincoln Center, Newport Jazz Festival, and Savannah Music Festival. Please stop
by the free exhibit to learn more!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
December 2014
Ring In The Swing:
A New Year’s Eve Dance Party
ROSE THEATER
December 31, doors open at 8:30pm
Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Lena Horne famously
posed the timeless question: “What Are You Doing New
Year’s Eve?” Jazz at Lincoln Center invites you in from
the cold and the crowd to ring in the New Year with
swing and style. Now in its third year, our New Year’s
Eve Dance Party is a not-to-be-missed event. Dance the
night away with live music from premier artists, Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s own Michael Mwenso and the Late
Night Session Big Band, and Lavay Smith and the Red
Hot Skillet Lickers. Also enjoy a Southern-style buffet
dinner, open bar, champagne toast, and party favors, all
while taking in the awe-inspiring view of Central Park
from the majestic Appel Room. There’s no city with
more allure on New Year’s Eve than New York, so
whether you’re having a romantic night out or celebrating with friends or family, Jazz at Lincoln Center is the
place to be for an unbeatable countdown to 2015.
Big Band Holidays
December 18–19 at 8pm,
December 20 at 2pm and 8pm
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis and special guest vocalist Cécile McLorin
Salvant celebrate “The Most Wonderful Time of the
Year” with Big Band Holidays, a jazzy celebration now
in its fourth year. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
will explore the canon of holiday standards with signature arrangements of Yuletide favorites, with Sherman
Irby’s clear sense of swing, Victor Goines’ New
Orleans-flavored nuances, Chris Crenshaw’s deeply
soulful and complex church-rooted grooves, and much
more. Augmenting this special event is 2010
Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition
winner and Mack Avenue recording artist Cécile
McLorin Salvant, who is one of the most commanding
new voices in jazz. Big Band Holidays kicks off the season with messages of peace and good cheer.
THE APPEL ROOM
January 2015
ROSE THEATER
Birth of the American Orchestra
January 9–10 at 8pm
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton
December 19 at 7pm, December 20 at 9:30pm
Marsalis delves into this American phenomenon
Guitarist Anthony Wilson, saxophonist Jonathan
through the syncopated dance beats of New Orleans,
Ragonese, pianist Amina Figarova, bassist Ben Wolfe,
innovative ensemble virtuosity, and the monumenand drummer Clarence Penn perform together for the
tality of swing and the blues. They will also explore the
first time, debuting new works written specifically for
roles of orchestral instrumentation and the expansion
this freshly assembled group. Each artist brings his or
of harmonic prospects, the evolution of the rhythm
her distinctive compositional sensibility to the forefront in
section, and the distinctiveness of the master comthese performances. Anthony Wilson is a Grammy
posers and arrangers involved. At the forefront of this
Award nominated guitarist, composer, and arranger.
celebration are Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Bill
Saxophonist Jonathan Ragonese has worked with Terell
Challis, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Eddie Durham,
Stafford, Jimmy Heath, and James Moody. Amina
Chico O’Farrill, and Gil Fuller.
Figarova, among other pieces, composed the moving
Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.
September Suite as a tribute to victims of the 9/11 terror
attacks. Ben Wolfe is a composer, band leader, educator, IRENE DIAMOND EDUCATION CENTER
and former member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. Clarence Penn is one of the most active Swing University
drummers on the scene and a film and commercial com- Jazz at Lincoln Center’s jazz education program, Swing
poser. This all-star ensemble represents five dynamic University, offers students of all ages a chance to learn
voices in jazz songwriting
about jazz from musicians and scholars. JALC curator
and WKCR personality Phil Schaap and friends share
insights, expertise, and stories as they lead classes
through jazz’s storied past and vibrant present. Winter
Term classes include Jazz 101, Jazz 201, Sidney Bechet,
Charlie Parker, and Jelly Roll Morton.
Please visit jazz.org/swingu, call 212-258-9922, or
email [email protected] for more information. Single
tickets are available. Starts January 5.
New Jazz Standards
Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Time Warner Center, 5th floor
Tickets starting at $10
To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jazz.org. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office
is located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.
For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups.
For more information about our education programs, visit academy.jazz.org.
For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
December 2014
Chris Pattishall and Holiday Swing with Michael
Mwenso, Brianna Thomas, Charenee Wade
with Jamison Ross, Chris Smith, Riley Mulherkar,
Shareef Clayton, Coleman Hughes, Tivon Pennicott,
and Godwin Louis
December 18–21
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Dick Hyman Solo Piano:
Variations on the Great American Songbook:
Standards and Stride
December 22–23
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Nuevo Jazz Latino All-Stars
with Pedrito Martinez, Yosvany Terry, Mike
Rodriguez, Elio Villafranca, Carlos Henriquez, and
Dafnis Prieto
December 26–30
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Wynton Marsalis Quintet with special guests
Jared Grimes and Kate Davis
with Walter Blanding, Carlos Henriquez, Ali Jackson,
and Dan Nimmer
Special pricing applies
December 31
7:30pm & 11pm
January 2015
Peter Bernstein Quartet Featuring Brad Mehldau
Greg Hutchinson, and Christian McBride
January 2–4
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra
January 6
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Marcus Roberts’ Modern Jazz Generation
with Joey Alexander, solo piano, from 7-7:30pm
January 7–11
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Eli Yamin and Evan Christopher:
For Our Jazz Heroes
January 12
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Christian Sands Trio
with Matthew Rybicki and Ulysses Owens
January 13
7:30pm & 9:30pm
René Urtreger Trio/Opening: Jean-Michel Pilc
Co-presented by the French Quarter 2015
with Yves Torchinsky and Simon Goubert
January 14
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Clarice Assad/OFF THE CLIFF
Kieta Ogawa, João Luiz Rezende, Beat Kaesth, and
Shin Sakain
January 15
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Walter Blanding: Tick Tock
With Warren Wolf, Mark Whitfield, Sr., Bruce Harris,
Russell Hall, Dan Nimmer, and Ulysses Owens
January 16–18
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra
with conductor/performer Sean Jones
January 5
7:30pm & 9:30pm
In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
are encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.
Artists and schedule subject to change.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.
Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys-reservations
Nightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm.
Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday at 11:30 pm.
Cover Charge: $20–45. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.
Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get
50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.
Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theater
and The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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jazz at lincoln center
a new year’s eve dance party
with Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers and
Michael Mwenso and the Late Night Session Big Band
DECEMBER 31 • doors open at 8:30pm
includes open bar and Southern style buffet
frederick p. rose hall
5th floor
box office
ground floor
centercharge
212-721-6500
jazz.org
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jazz at lincoln center
2014–15
jazz for young people series
family concert:
who is tito puente?
NOV 22 • 1PM, 3PM
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis
family concert:
who is billie holiday?
FEB 7 • 1PM, 3PM
Aaron Diehl and Charenee Wade celebrate
the music of Lady Day
Tickets start at $10!
OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER
THE JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CONCERT SERIES IS FUNDED
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF MICA AND AHMET ERTEGUN
Venue Frederick P. Rose Hall
Box Office Broadway at 60th St., Ground Fl.
CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
jazz.org