divas of the silver screen: celebrating lena horne, rosemary clooney

Friday and Saturday Evening, December 18 and 19, 2015 at 7:00 & 9:30
Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
DIVAS OF THE SILVER SCREEN:
CELEBRATING LENA HORNE,
ROSEMARY CLOONEY & ETHEL WATERS
ADRIANE LENOX, Vocals
TATIANA EVA-MARIE, Vocals
MARTINA DaSILVA, Vocals
SHENEL JOHNS, Vocals
CHRIS PATTISHALL, Music Director, Piano
ALPHONSO HORNE, Trumpet
COREY WILCOX, Trombone
PATRICK BARTLEY, Woodwinds
YASUSHI NAKAMURA, Bass
BRYAN CARTER, Drums
MICHELA MARINO LERMAN, Tap Dance
JOSEPH C. WIGGAN, Tap Dance
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Notes on the Program
By Will Friedwald
Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, and Rosemary
Clooney had certain important elements in
common: they all were major talents, key
figures in the development of American
culture whose primary medium was popular song, but whose talent and charm were
so overwhelming that Hollywood couldn’t
ignore them. All three had a major impact
on the movies and created unforgettable
roles that left an indelible impression on
viewers (on big screens at the time and on
television in the decades since), even
though their careers on the screen were
not particularly long. Who can forget Ethel
Waters in Cabin in the Sky, Rosemary
Clooney in White Christmas, or Lena Horne
in Stormy Weather or any of her dozen or
so classic MGM musicals?
Waters and Horne, famously, were tough
ladies who didn’t take any nonsense from
anybody—the kind necessary to make it as
a woman in a male-dominated world (a fact
true of show business no less than any
other business). In fact, the two of them costarred in Cabin in the Sky, playing rivals
fighting over the fate of the soul of the hero
and their on-screen competition is a fairly
accurate depiction of the two divas and their
off-camera relationship. Clooney, however,
had a much warmer persona—I don’t think
she had a competitive bone in her body.
Ethel Waters (1896–1977) was an uncategorizable entertainer who combined many different strains of American music into a
unique and distinctive musical style. She first
came to fame as a blues singer on the socalled “Race Records” of the 1920s, recordings that were made by African-American
artists to be sold to African-American audiences. Over the course of the Jazz Age,
Waters stardom rose to the point where she
graduated from the black vaudeville circuit
to revues on Broadway. At the height of the
Great Depression, Waters was the most
successful female entertainer in America; in
a thoroughly segregated nation, Waters was
the Jackie Robinson of show business, even
in an age long before either the armed
forces or professional sports were integrated. Spirited and sassy, Waters was perhaps the only singer to be equally skilled at
singing the blues and gospel music as well
as show tunes and standards. She was an
inspiration to multiple generations of
younger singers—not all of them AfricanAmerican and female—even if she was
fiercely competitive with them.
Lena Horne (1917–2010) was, in many
ways, Waters’ successor—though neither
one of them would have been particularly
happy to admit it. Horne was born in
Brooklyn but spent much of her youth in
Georgia and Pittsburgh. She started as a
chorus girl at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club
and soon became a vocalist with many of
the nation’s top swing bands, both black
(Noble Sissle) and, surprisingly, white
(Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw). She was the
first black entertainer to be treated regularly in the movies with the same kind of
dignity afforded to white actors, to have it
in her contract that she wouldn’t be playing
maids or domestics. Alas, she only had
cameo roles in most of her screen vehicles, with two major exceptions: Stormy
Weather, in which she was given her only
chance at playing an actual movie musical
leading lady, and Cabin in the Sky, in which,
as a supporting actress, she nearly stole
the show from the top-billed Ethel Waters.
Where Waters’ chief off-screen activity
involved the church, Horne’s principle personal pursuit was the Civil Rights
Movement, of which she was a most celebrated advocate.
The main interest of Rosemary Clooney
(1928–2002) when she wasn’t singing was
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family. She was famously close to her sister
and brother, all of her five children, and her
nephew, George Clooney. She got in at the
end of the big band era by singing with saxophonist Tony Pastor and, once on her own,
conquered the pop charts with a remarkable
string of hit singles in the early 1950s.
Clooney always sang like she had something to prove: first, that although originally
known as a pop star, she was as much of a
jazz singer as anybody, as she showed in her
collaborations with Benny Goodman and
Duke Ellington, and secondly, that she could
master such problems as an abusive husband and mounting mental health issues.
Editor’s Note: Since the time of this writing, we have expanded the repertoire to also
honor Dorothy Dandridge and Judy Garland,
two divas similarly renowned for their
groundbreaking work as singers, actresses,
and more. Additionally, the concert will now
feature classic dance numbers originally
performed by Jeni LeGon, Eleanor Powell,
and Ginger Rogers.
Tonight in the Appel Room, the strengths
and triumphs of all three of these quintessential musical icons will be celebrated by a
remarkable trio of young divas-in-the-making: Martina DaSilva, Tatiana Eva-Marie, and
Shenel Johns, under the leadership of
Adriane Lenox (known to TV viewers for
The Blacklist but to theater lovers for stealing the show night after night in After
Midnight). Together they’ll show that the
great divas, like diamonds, are forever.
Accompanying the vocalists will be music
director and pianist Chris Pattishall; tap
dancers Michela Marino Lerman and
Joseph C. Wiggan; and an instrumental
quintet featuring Alphonso Horne, Patrick
Bartley, Corey Wilcox, Yasushi Nakamura,
and Bryan Carter.
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JOE MARTINEZ
Meet the Artists
Adriane Lenox
RICHARD ZENITH
Adriane Lenox’s (Vocals) performance in
After Midnight earned her nominations for a
Tony Award and Drama Desk Award. Other
Broadway credits include Doubt—for which
she won a 2005 Tony Award, Lortel Award,
and Drama Desk Award—as well as
Chicago; Caroline, or Change; Kiss Me, Kate;
Ain’t Misbehavin’; Dreamgirls; How To
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying;
and The Buddy Holly Story. Off-Broadway
credits include No Regrets, Still Life, and
Dinah Was…, which earned her an Obie
Award. Television appearances include recurring roles on NBC’s The Blacklist, Damages,
Marvel’s Daredevil, and Hulu’s upcoming
series The Path. Lenox has made guest star
appearances on The Mysteries of Laura,
Nurse Jackie, 30 Rock, Law & Order and
Law & Order: SVU, Shark, Royal Pains, and
Lipstick Jungle. Films include The Blind Side,
Love is Strange, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The
Skeleton Twins, Lola Versus, Black Snake
Moan, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister, and
Pete, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
Chris Pattishall
Recently named by Wynton Marsalis as one
of the top five jazz musicians under 30 to
watch, Chris Pattishall (Music Director,
Piano) is quickly generating a powerful presence in the jazz world. Combining impressive
technique and patient sensitivity, Pattishall
embodies a music that is at once intelligent,
soulful and joyous. He has appeared with
Wynton Marsalis, Jon Hendricks, Jimmy
Heath, Donald Byrd, George Coleman, Billy
Hart, Jamey Aebersold, Wycliffe Gordon,
Fred Wesley, Steve Wilson, Steve Nelson,
Billy Kilson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Russell
Malone, Mark Whitfield, Sr., and Rafiq
Bhatia. Pattishall has toured internationally
as a l eader and sideman, presenting original
music as well as inventive readings of a
broad range of jazz repertoire. Recent programs have presented distinctive interpretations of the music of Nat King Cole,
Fletcher Henderson, and Mary Lou Williams.
Active as both a pianist and composer,
Pattishall holds an ASCAP Young Jazz
Composer’s Award and participated in the
Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter Jazz Ahead
Program and the Ravinia Festival Steans
Young Artist Program. Pattishall is an
engaged music educator, teaching privately
and in university settings. Chris also conducts masterclasses with high school jazz
ensembles throughout the United States,
and he regularly presents masterclasses on
jazz and its socio-historical context in the
New York City public school system. He currently resides in New York City, where he
performs at many of the city’s renowned jazz
clubs, including Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola,
Small’s, Mezzrow, Iridium, Smoke, the
Kitano, and the Blue Note. He holds a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from Florida
State University and a Master’s in jazz performance from William Paterson University. He
has studied with Harold Mabern, Mulgrew
Miller, and Marcus Roberts.
Tatiana Eva-Marie
Tatiana Eva-Marie (Vocals) was born into a
musical family to film composer Louis
Crelier and solo violinist Anca Maria. EvaMarie began her career as a singer at age
four, when she recorded a duo album with
children’s performer Henri Dès. Two years
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later, she recorded her first solo album and
performed in a professional theatre play.
Throughout her childhood, she performed
regularly in stage productions and also sang
as a guest star in her father’s band, The
Cotton Club Jazz Orchestra. At age 12 she
began training at the Théâtre Populaire
Romand in Switzerland and, a few years
later, at New York City’s American Academy
of Dramatic Arts. After graduating early from
a high school for young professional artists,
she moved to Paris and studied medieval
poetry at the Sorbonne University during the
day and performed in cabarets at night. She
has performed as a singer and actress in
some of France’s most renowned theaters.
Eva-Marie wrote and directed two musicals,
Rhapsodia and The Magic Violin, which
were well-received at the Avignon Theater
Festival. Now in New York City, she is the
lead singer of Avalon Jazz Band and collaborates with numerous artists on film, music,
and theater projects. Eva-Marie was
recently profiled in Vanity Fair, described as
“one of the finest rising jazz vocalists.
Martina DaSilva
Martina DaSilva (Vocals) is a New York City
native jazz and bossa nova singer. A recent
graduate of the New School for Jazz and
Contemporary Music, DaSilva is an active
member of New York City’s “early jazz”
scene, and she performs regularly around
the city as both a bandleader and vocalist.
DaSilva leads the Ladybugs Jazz Band, a traditional jazz harmony group with vocalist Kate
Davis. The Ladybugs are one of the most
original and sought-after bands of the hot jazz
revival. They have appeared at the New York
City Winter Jazzfest and the New York Hot
Jazz Festival, as well as numerous sold-out
performances at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.
Shenel Johns
Shenel Johns (Vocals) sings in a highly personal style that moves seamlessly from jazz
and R&B to soul and gospel. A native of
Hartford, Connecticut, she studied with
musical legends such as René McLean,
Jimmy Greene, and Nat Reeves. Performing
from an early age, she toured in the United
States, Russia, Africa, and her place of
national identity—Jamaica—by age 21.
Johns has shared the stage with Curtis Fuller,
Hank Jones, Dionne Warwick, and Sheila
Jordan. She recently returned from a residency at Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha in Qatar,
and she performs regularly around New York
City, including at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Her recent performance at the Museum of Modern Arts’
MoMA Nights focused on the music and
words of Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone.
Alphonso Horne
Alphonso Horne (Trumpet ) has performed
with many renowned jazz artists, including
Wynton Marsalis, Wess Anderson, Marcus
Roberts, Delfeayo Marsalis, Dianne Reeves,
Michael Feinstein, and Jane Monheit. In
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2013–14 season,
Horne toured with the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra for the 2013 25th anniversary tour. He holds degrees from Florida
State University and The Juilliard School. He
has also received many awards, including
first place in the jazz category at the National
Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia
(2009). Horne most recently performed on
the Tony Award–winning Broadway show
After Midnight, featuring a 17-piece
orchestra and guest artists Fantasia Barrino,
Dulé Hill, k.d. lang, Babyface, Toni Braxton,
Vanessa Williams, and Patti LaBelle. The
orchestra was also featured performing with
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater for their PBS
special, Cheek to Cheek LIVE!
Corey Wilcox
Corey Wilcox (Trombone) is 27 years old. He
grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he
began studying trombone at age 13. Wilcox
attended high school in Jacksonville at the
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, which
attracts talented students from all over
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north Florida. While he was a student, the
Douglas Anderson Jazz Ensemble took first
place at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band
Competition and Festival. Wilcox won one
of the two Outstanding Soloist Awards in
that competition. After high school, he
studied at both the Oberlin Conservatory
(studying trombone with Robin Eubanks)
and Jacksonville University. Wilcox has produced one album of his own, I Could
Imagine, and now performs in The Modern
Jazz Generation.
Love of Duke with New York City Ballet; a
2010 tour of the Middle East for Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s “Kings of the Crescent
City” project, directed by Victor Goines;
and a 2009 performance for Bill Cosby’s
Mark Twain Award PBS show at The
Kennedy Center. He has performed at
major festivals and with jazz stars such Carl
Allen, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Wess Anderson,
Brian Blade, Jimmy Cobb, Benny Golson,
Benny Green, Jon Hendricks, Hank Jones,
and many more.
Bryan Carter
Patrick Bartley
Patrick Bartley (Woodwind) was born and
raised in Broward Country, Florida, where he
began clarinet at age nine and started playing saxophone at age 12. Bartley’s influences come from a variety of sources,
including video game music, J-rock/J-pop,
hip-hop, R&B, and rock, but he found his primary voice through jazz. Bartley has performed and/or recorded with Mulgrew
Miller, Victor Lewis, Melton Mustafa, and
Wynton Marsalis, and was a steady member of the Winard Harper Sextet. Bartley is
now a student at the Manhattan School of
Music. In 2014 he won the DownBeat
Student Award for Jazz Instrumentalist Solo.
Yasushi Nakamura
Yasushi Nakamura (Bass ) plays regularly in
New York City’s premier jazz venues,
including Birdland, The Jazz Standard, Blue
Note, Village Vanguard, and Dizzy’s Club
Coca-Cola. Nakamura was born in Tokyo,
Japan and grew up in Seattle. Nakamura
studied jazz at Berklee College of Music,
received his degree in performance, and
then graduated from The Juilliard School in
2006 on a full scholarship. Recent highlights include a 2014 performance with Joe
Lovano and Dave Liebman at the NEA Jazz
Masters Concert; 2013’s Ellington at
Christmas: Nutcracker Suite performance
at the Apollo Theater with David Berger,
Savion Glover, and more; 2011’s For the
Having recently studied at The Juilliard
School, drummer and composer Bryan
Carter (Drums) has already played or
recorded with artists including Clark Terry,
McCoy Tyner, Wynton Marsalis, Branford
Marsalis, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Barron,
and he currently tours with vocalists
Michael Feinstein and Kurt Elling. He has
received both the Irene Diamond Scholarship and the Samuel L. Jackson Scholarship.
Carter has performed at such iconic venues
as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The
Staples Center, and the Chicago Symphony
Center. He also continues to travel and perform at clubs, festivals, and concert halls
around the world. The Bryan Carter Quintet’s
first album, Enchantment (2011) peaked in
the top 15 of the Jazz Week Radio Charts
and CMJ Jazz Charts. Carter also conducts
clinics, masterclasses, and workshops
around the world. He currently serves as a
teaching artist for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Jazz for Young People program in New York
City. For his next appearance in The Appel
Room, Carter will be the music director of
Body & Soul: America’s Unforgettable
Crooners on May 20–21, 2016.
Michela Marino Lerman
Michela Marino Lerman (Tap Dance) first
appeared on Sesame Street at age five. In
2002 she was showcased on the cover of
Dance Teacher magazine with Gregory
Hines. In 2005, she was named by Dance
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Spirit magazine as one of the 20 hottest tap
dancers under 20, and in 2008, Dance magazine named her as the only female tap
dancer in its “25 to Watch in 2008.”
Lerman has appeared in both the Tap
Extravaganza and Tap City numerous times.
She won first prize in the Harlem Jazz
Dance Festival’s “Hoofer’s Challenge” in
2002 and 2003. In 2002 Lerman performed
on Broadway in Nothing Like A Dame and in
21 Below a t Town Hall. In 2003, she was
inducted into the Copasetics as their only
female lifetime honorary member. From
2004–06 Lerman toured Spain and Japan
with Rafael Amargo’s Enramblao. In 2005,
her choreography was featured in the opening number for the Bermuda Music Festival.
At the age of 19, she was commissioned by
Dixon Place to create and direct her show
AM+bu$h+ED. 2007 saw Lerman tour
Europe as a lead d ancer in Magic of the
Dance, and appear in Sarah Savelli and
Ayodele Casel’s Tappy Holidays. In 2008–09
she was featured in Chris Scott’s show WL-U-V, and Wonderland, a tap show set to
Stevie Wonder’s music. In 2008 she
appeared on CBS’s Secret Talents of the
Stars with Mya. Since 2007 Lerman has
been a featured performer at New York
City’s The Box. She recently danced with
Roy Hargrove at the Jazz Gallery a nd the
Village Vanguard. She has also been commissioned by the American Tap Dance
Foundation and Harlem Stage to show her
new work, Tapsploitation.
Joseph C. Wiggan
Joseph C. Wiggan (Tap Dance) is a native
of Los Angeles. At age ten, as a member of
the Kennedy Tap Company, he began performing internationally. Wiggan then joined
the Jazz Tap Ensemble and later became a
member of Jason Samuels Smith’s tap
company, A.C.G.I. He has performed and
instructed at tap and jazz dance festivals in
such countries as Guatemala, Sweden,
Germany, Russia, France, Japan, Lithuania,
and Spain. Wiggan is a 2003 Spotlight
Award winner, 2004 Presidential Scholar in
the Arts, and winner of the 2005 Princess
Grace-USA Award for outstanding artistic
achievement. He performed in the musical
Imagine Tap! (2006) and toured for two
years in the Parisian production of Looking
for Josephine. He has since performed in
concert as a featured guest with Orlando
Poleo, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Strickland,
and Wynton Marsalis. Wiggan works in a
tap duo act, The Double J’s, with his older
sister Josette, and recently performed in
Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel and
Michael Jackson: The Immortal World
Tour. He attends the New School for Jazz
and Contemporary Music.
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Stroock
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Goldstein
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and David Lederman
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Daughters Charitable
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Shuman
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Simmons
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Stern
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
December 2015
ROSE THEATER
Big Band Holidays
December 17–18 at 8pm
December 19 at 2pm & 8pm
In this much-anticipated annual tradition, the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
offers swinging performances and new arrangements of familiar holiday songs, both sacred and
secular. Selections include Count Basie’s “Jingle
Bells” and classics like “White Christmas” and
“Sleigh Ride.” Extraordinary guest vocalists Audrey
Shakir and Denzal Sinclaire join the festivities.
January 2016
Our Love is Here to Stay:
The George Gershwin Songbook
January 28–30 at 8pm
A true giant of American song, the music of
George Gershwin is celebrated by the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in
a program that makes evident Gershwin’s perpetual significance in American culture. While
Gershwin’s thousands of compositions span the
sweep of American music, the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra will treat you to a contemporary
feast of jazz-influenced pieces by one of the most
inventive and iconic songwriters of all times.
THE APPEL ROOM
ROSE THEATER
Jazz in the Key of Life
January 15–16 at 8pm
Led by Music Director and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra lead trombonist Vincent Gardner, the
JLCO with Wynton Marsalis will perform new jazz
arrangements of the most skillfully crafted and
sophisticated songs in popular music from the
1960s to today. Among others, they will revisit
the hits of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway.
The multitalented Gardner has considerable jazz
experience with our own orchestra, The Count
Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra,
Harry Connick, Jr., and more, and he has also performed with such diverse artists as Lauryn Hill,
Matchbox 20, Chaka Khan, and A Tribe Called
Quest. If we’re lucky, we might also hear a sampling of why Gardner was the 2014 DownBeat
“Rising Star” Critic’s Poll Nominee for Male
Vocalist. For music fans new to jazz, this concert
is an opportunity to hear familiar melodies with
fresh ears, and fans of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra already know that they can arrange any
material for big band, make it swing hard, and lace
it with mind-blowing improvisation.
Fred Hersch & Friends: Intimate Moments
January 15–16 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Acclaimed pianist and composer Fred Hersch has
put forth some of the most arrestingly beautiful
solo and trio projects in the last ten years. To that,
add the most gorgeous backdrop in New York City
via The Appel Room, and you’ve got the recipe for
an evening of unmatched elegance. The eighttime Grammy Award nominee enlists a multigenerational ensemble of world-class players in a variety of combinations, including several intimate
duos. At the start of the show, Sullivan Fortner –
Hersch’s protégé and winner of the 2015 Cole
Porter Fellowship—will perform both solo and in
duet with vibraphonist extraordinaire Stefon
Harris. Hersch will then take the stage for the rest
of the evening, treating audiences to one of his
renowned solo performances as well as duets
with two exemplary musicians: clarinetist Anat
Cohen and guitarist Julian Lage. It’s “You and the
Night and the Music” on one of the most sensuous evenings of the season.
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: Visit jazz.org or call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. 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 (jazzatlincolncenter), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and
Instagram (jazzdotorg).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Coca-Cola Generations in Jazz Festival
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
December 2015
DIVA Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s
“Swingin’ Christmas”
Featuring vocalists Camille Thurman, Christine
Fawson, and Sue Giles
December 18–20
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Monday Nights with WBGO:
Dick Hyman Solo Piano
December 21
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Dick Hyman Solo Piano
December 22
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Ted Rosenthal Trio: “Wonderland” Holiday Show
with Noriko Ueda and Tim Horner
December 23
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Chris Potter Trio
with Drew Gress, Adam Cruz (12/26–27), Scott
Colley, and Jonathan Blake (12/28–29)
December 26–29
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Winard Harper & Jeli Posse
with Tadataka Unno, Anthony Ware, Ted Chubb,
Momadou Konate, Vince DuPont, and Michela
Lerman
December 30
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Paquito D’Rivera: Pan-American Fiesta
New Year’s Eve Celebration
with Alex Brown, Victor Provost, Eric Doob, Zach
Brown, Arturo Stable, and Eduardo Coma
December 31
7:30pm & 11pm
Special pricing applies
January 2016
ELEW Trio featuring Reginald Veal and Jeff
“Tain” Watts
January 1–3
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra with
Special Guest Ted Nash
January 4
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra
featuring Marquis Hill
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; doors open at 11:15pm
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 (DizzysClubCocaCola), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and
Instagram (jazzdotorg).
jazz at lincoln center
january
fred hersch & friends:
intimate moments
JAN 15–16 • 7PM & 9:30PM | THE APPEL ROOM
Pianist Fred Hersch joined by pianist Sullivan Fortner, clarinetist
Anat Cohen, guitarist Julian Lage, and vibraphonist Stefon Harris
jazz in the key of life
JAN 15–16 • 8PM | ROSE THEATER
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and
music director Vincent Gardner plays the music of Stevie Wonder,
Donny Hathaway, and more
our love is here to stay:
the george gershwin songbook
JAN 28–30 • 8PM | ROSE THEATER
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
charles lloyd & the marvels
featuring bill frisell
JAN 29–30 • 7PM & 9:30PM | THE APPEL ROOM
NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Charles Lloyd with guitarist Bill Frisell,
drummer Eric Harland, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz, and bassist
Reuben Rogers
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Broadway at 60th Street
Box Office: Ground Floor
CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
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