The Program - Lincoln Center`s American Songbook

The Program
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Saturday Evening, February 14, 2015, at 8:30
Dawn Landes
Thomas Bartlett, Musical Director and Piano
Kyle Sanna, Guitar
Tony Scherr, Bass
Ray Rizzo, Drums
Annie Nero, Vocals
Justin Kantor, Cello
Christiana Liberis, Violin
Marc Szammer, Violin
Yuiko Kamakari, Viola
This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be
performed without intermission.
Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off.
Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Amy & Joseph Perella.
Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center.
This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.
Steinway Piano
The Appel Room
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall
American Songbook
Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by The Brown
Foundation, Inc., of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The
Shubert Foundation, Jill and Irwin B. Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Performers
Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center.
Endowment support is provided by Bank of America.
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and zabars.com.
MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center.
WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center.
William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center.
UPCOMING AMERICAN SONGBOOK EVENTS IN THE APPEL ROOM:
Wednesday Evening, February 25, at 8:30
Joey Arias: A Centennial Tribute to Billie Holiday
Thursday Evening, February 26, at 8:30
Shovels & Rope
Friday Evening, February 27, at 8:30
People Get Ready’s Steven Reker
Saturday Evening, February 28, at 8:30
Barbara Cook
The Appel Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info
Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program
information.
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We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might
distract the performers and your fellow audience members.
In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must
leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking
of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.
SHERVIN LAINEZ
Meet the Artists
American Songbook I Meet the Artists
Dawn Landes
Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes has been writing songs for most of her
life and already has nearly a decade of experience as a recording artist.
Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Ms. Landes studied psychology and literature at New York University, which she left to begin honing her production
and engineering skills. She cut her teeth at Stratosphere Sound and at
Philip Glass’s personal recording studio before launching Saltlands Studio
in Brooklyn with partners Steve Salett and Gary Maurer. To date she has
released four critically acclaimed albums: Dawn’s Music (2005), Fireproof
(2008), Sweet Heart Rodeo (2010), and Bluebird (2014). Ms. Landes has
toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, and around the world, often sharing the stage with artists such as Ray LaMontagne, Bryan Ferry, and
Andrew Bird. In the studio she has collaborated with contemporaries such
as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Norah Jones, and composer Nico Muhly.
Ms. Landes’s new album, Bluebird (Western Vinyl), was produced in collaboration with Thomas Bartlett, who joins her this evening as musical
director. Her songs have been featured in commercials, popular films, and
TV shows, including Bored to Death, House, Gossip Girl, and The Good
Wife. She composed original scores for two feature films, Showtime’s
Familiar Strangers and Adam Rapp’s Blackbird, and penned the end-credit
song for Savage Grace starring Julianne Moore. In 2012 she released Mal
Habillée, a collection of original French songs packaged in interactive ebook form with illustrations by the artist Danica Novgorodoff. Ms. Landes
has also appeared with the Boston Pops and New York City Ballet. In
January she was featured as a guest singer on the album Road Trip by
London’s Aurora Orchestra (Sony Classics). Also forthcoming this year,
Ms. Landes will be finishing a new musical, a stage adaptation of the
adventure memoir A Pearl in the Storm, commissioned by New York’s
Public Theater.
American Songbook I Meet the Artists
Thomas Bartlett
Thomas Bartlett (musical director and piano), aka Doveman, is a producer and
songwriter best known for his work with The Gloaming, Glen Hansard, The
National, Antony and the Johnsons, and Nico Muhly.
Kyle Sanna
Guitarist and composer Kyle Sanna (guitar) has collaborated and performed
with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Mark Gould, and
Theodosii Spassov, with some of the greatest living interpreters of Irish music
(Kevin Burke, Martin Hayes, and Dennis Cahill), and with many veterans of
New York’s experimental scene. He has performed his original music throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Mr. Sanna studied
jazz at the University of Oregon and composition at the Université Lumière
Lyon 2 in France. He lives in Brooklyn and is a member of Uri Sharlin and the
DogCat Ensemble, Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy, Compagnia de’
Colombari, the Kinan Azmeh Quartet, We the Gleaners, and a duo with violinist Dana Lyn.
Tony Scherr
Tony Scherr (bass) plays bass with Bill Frisell and Sex Mob. He has also played
guitar and/or bass with many other artists, including John Lurie and the
Lounge Lizards, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, Dakota Staton,
Feist, and Aaron Neville with Keith Richards. Mr. Scherr can usually be found
locally on Mondays at Rockwood Music Hall with his trio featuring drummer
Anton Fier and Rob Jost on bass.
Ray Rizzo
Ray Rizzo (drums) is a drummer, writer, actor, and producer. He is a member
of the bands Mesiko and Corporal, and has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma, Glen
Hansard, Days of the New, Trixie Whitley, Frogbelly and Symphony, Dawn
Landes, James Rago, Little Silver, and Julia Stone. Theater credits include
Twelfth Night (New York Shakespeare Festival), Balm in Gilead (Lake
Lucille/Beau Willimon production), and Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights
Horizons), for which Mr. Rizzo received a 2007 Drama Desk nomination for
Best Music in a Play. He is the founder of Motherlodge Live Arts Exchange.
Annie Nero
Annie Nero (vocals) has accompanied many musicians in all types of bands
around New York City since the early 2000s. An accomplished bassist and
American Songbook I Meet the Artists
singer, she has been a member of the Bandana Splits, Yellowbirds, and
Mesiko, to name just a few, and also heads her own project, A Nero, with
musician Josh Kaufman. Ms. Nero also works in the public-radio world, aiding
in the quest to make science programming fun, accessible, and free for science enthusiasts everywhere.
Justin Kantor
Justin Kantor (cello) is a co-founder of Le Poisson Rouge (LPR), a multimedia
performance space, art gallery, and cabaret in New York City’s Greenwich
Village. LPR has hosted artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Lou Reed, Yo-Yo
Ma, Florence & the Machine, Norah Jones, the Juilliard String Quartet, and
others. In addition to being an active partner in LPR, Mr. Kantor is a cellist who
has performed with the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Glenn Branca
Ensemble, Karen O, and Ensemble LPR.
Christiana Liberis
Born in Italy of Italian, Greek, and Polish heritage, violinist/violist Christiana
Liberis (violin) performs diverse musical genres, from classical to tango, jazz,
Broadway, electric improvisation, and other eclectic styles. Popular artists she
has performed on tours or shared the stage with recently include Jay Z, The
Roots, John Legend, Common, Beyoncé, Alicia Keye s, Josh Groban, Natalie
Merchant, James Franco, Il Divo, Pink Martini, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck,
Michael Bublé, and Alicia Keyes. Ms. Liberis has also performed at major concert venues like Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Joe’s
Pub, and Radio City Music Hall; in radio and television broadcasts including
Saturday Night Live and the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as on
film soundtracks. She has recorded for artists including Ricky Martin, Shakira,
and Gil Scott-Heron. Based in New York City, Ms. Liberis tours regularly on an
international circuit. Her debut solo CD will be released this year.
Marc Szammer
Marc Szammer (violin) has performed as a soloist and in chamber music
recitals across Europe and North America. As a New York–based freelancer, he
concertizes and records with numerous ensembles and independent artists.
He performs regularly at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as venues
such as Blue Note and Le Poisson Rouge. Mr. Szammer has appeared with pop
artists such as Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Patti LaBelle, Carlos Santana, John
Legend, the Miami Sound Machine, Amy Grant, Andrew Wyatt, members of
Sigur Rós, and Olivia Newton-John. Born in Quebec, Canada, Mr. Szammer
began his musical studies at age five. He continued his musical training at the
Mannes College of Music, receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees as a
student of Sally Thomas. A dedicated teacher, he is also a certified ski instructor and enjoys teaching both skiing and music to students of all ages.
American Songbook I Meet the Artists
Yuiko Kamakari
Yuiko Kamakari’s (viola) graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine
Arts and Music and holds a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of
Music. She has been studying violin since she was three years old. Ms.
Kamakari held the violin/keyboard chair in the Tony Award–winning Broadway
musical Next to Normal and performed in Karen O’s opera Stop the Virgens.
She has subbed for a number of other musicals, including Spiderman: Turn Off
the Dark, The Addams Family, Cinderella, and Kinky Boots. She was also the
concertmaster for the American premiere of Man and Boy: Dada, an opera by
Michael Nyman. On television and DVD, she has performed with Alice
Coltrane, Beyoncé, Fergie, will.i.am, Mary J. Blige, Tricia Yearwood, Arturo
Sandoval, Scott Weiland, Il Divo, Mick Jagger, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and
Paul Banks (Interpol), as well as numerous orchestral and chamber music
ensembles. Ms. Kamakari is also featured on recordings with Soul Cycle,
Charlie Haden, Nick Zinner, and many others.
American Songbook
In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the creative mastery of America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn of
the 19th century up through the present, American Songbook spans all styles
and genres, from the form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to the
eclecticism of today’s singer-songwriters. American Songbook also showcases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established and
emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter
of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals
including American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival,
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart
Festival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winning
Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of the
Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln
Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2
billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.
American Songbook
Lincoln Center Programming Department
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director
Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming
Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming
Jill Sternheimer, Acting Director, Public Programming
Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager
Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming
Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming
Claudia Norman, Producer, Public Programming
Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming
Julia Lin, Associate Producer
Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator
Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Luna Shyr, Programming Publications Editor
Olivia Fortunato, House Seat Coordinator
For American Songbook
Matt Berman, Lighting Design
Scott Stauffer, Sound Design
Angela Fludd, Wardrobe Assistant
Sara Sessions, Production Assistant
Matt Berman
Matt Berman is the resident lighting designer for Lincoln Center’s American
Songbook. He continues his design work for Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Minnelli,
Kaye Ballard, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Salonga, and Elaine Paige on the road.
Through his work with the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP) and several U.S.-based charities, Mr. Berman has designed
for a starry roster that includes Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Reba
McEntire, Melissa Errico, Deborah Voigt, Michael Urie, Stevie Wonder, India
Arie, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and Sting. His international touring schedule has
allowed him to design for iconic venues such as Royal Albert Hall, the Paris
Opera, the Olympia Theater in Paris, Royal Carré Theater in Amsterdam, the
Sporting Club in Mo nte Carlo, the Acropolis, the Taormina Amphitheater in
Sicily, Luna Park in Buenos Aires, the Sydney Opera House, and, closer to
home, the Hollywood Bowl, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Berman’s
television work includes Chenoweth’s recently released special Coming Home,
as well as seven Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts and the Tony
Award–winning Liza’s at the Palace, which he also designed for Broadway.
Other Broadway credits include Bea Arthur on Broadway, Nancy LaMott’s Just
in Time for Christmas, and Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony at the Belasco Theater.
Scott Stauffer
Scott Stauffer has been the sound designer for Lincoln Center’s American
Songbook (1999–2015); the Actors Fund concerts of Frank Loesser, Broadway
101, Hair, and On the Twentieth Century; and Brian Stokes Mitchell at Carnegie
American Songbook
Hall. His Broadway credits include A Free Man of Color, The Rivals, Contact
(also in London and Tokyo), Marie Christine, Twelfth Night, and Jekyll & Hyde.
Off-Broadway Mr. Stauffer has worked on Hereafter, A Minister’s Wife,
Bernarda Alba, Third, Belle Epoque, Big Bill, Elegies, Hello Again, The Spitfire
Grill, Pageant, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His regional credits include productions at the Hanger Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chicago
Shakespeare Theater, and Alley Theatre. As a sound engineer, Mr. Stauffer has
worked on The Lion King, Juan Darién, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Carousel,
Once on This Island, and Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
February 2015
THE APPEL ROOM
Sherman Irby’s Journey Through Swing
February 20 at 7pm
February 21 at 9:30pm
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra saxophonist
Sherman Irby debuts an ensemble made up of the
“swinging-est” musicians on the East Coast to
explore the migration, development, and evolution of
jazz through the lens of swing. Irby first performed
with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1995,
making his mark with Roy Hargrove and Elvin Jones
along the way. In this performance highlighting
important and differing regions of jazz, Irby will cover
Chicago (Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin), Kansas
City (Count Basie and Charlie Parker), West Coast
cool jazz (Chet Baker and Dave Brubeck), New
Orleans (Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton), New
York City (Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Freddie
Hubbard), and more. Joining Irby will be saxophonist
and clarinetist Victor Goines, trumpeter Bruce Harris,
trombonist Vincent Gardner, violinist Eli Bishop, guitarist James Chirillo, pianist Charles Craig, Sr., bassist
Gerald Cannon, and drummer Alvester Garnett.
Free pre-concert discussions at 6pm (2/20) and
8:30pm (2/21).
Elio Villafranca’s Music of the Caribbean
Featuring Jon Faddis and Leyla McCalla
February 20 at 9:30pm
February 21 at 7pm
An artist who incorporates elements of Bebo Valdés,
Perez Prado, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Elio Villafranca
is a leading voice of music today and part of an extraordinary lineage of Cuban pianists. Villafranca pos-
sesses a unique gift of conceptualizing projects that
fuse the jazz idiom with his extensive knowledge of
percussion and Latin rhythms. Along with his band
the Jass Syncopators and special guests trumpeter
and Dizzy Gillespie protégé Jon Faddis and singer, cellist, and banjo player Leyla McCalla, Villafranca will
present Cinqué- Suite of the Caribbean, a debut work
focusing on the influences of the Congolese traditions
of rhythms, melodies, and dances through the music
of Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Jamaica, and
Cuba. Via this six-movement work with Congolese
drumming and costumed dancers, Villafranca will
showcase unifying elements of these islands, which
share similar cultures despite their diverse histories.
Free pre-concert discussions at 8:30pm (2/20) &
6pm (2/21).
ROSE THEATER
New Orleans Songbook
February 20-21 at 8pm
Pianist Aaron Diehl and vocalists Cyrille Aimée and
Milton Suggs kick off the evening by celebrating the
composers and inspired songs of New Orleans, the historic epicenter of jazz. The prodigious Diehl, who has reimagined the music of masters like New Orleans’ own
Jelly Roll Morton, serves as Music Director. DownBeat
calls Suggs, “A commanding singer... steeped in tradition... but with modern sensibilities." The Washington
Post describes Thelonious Monk International Vocal
Competition finalist Aimée as possessing “a voice like
fine whiskey – oaky and smooth, with a hint of smokiness.” The evening continues with The New Orleans
Jazz Orchestra’s premiere of founding Artistic Director
Irvin Mayfield’s “New Orleans Jazz Market,” a composition celebrating the orchestra’s soon-to-be-built permanent home of the same name.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 7pm.
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.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
February 2015
Kim Nalley Sings Songs of Love
with Tammy Hall, Greg Skaff, Ray Drummond, and
Alvin Atkinson
February 12–15
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Special pricing and set times apply on Saturday
evening.
Terry Waldo Gotham City Band:
From Ragtime to Jazz
with Jon Erik-Kellso, Mike Davis, Jim Fryer,
Evan Arntzen, Howard Alden, Brian Nalepka, and
Rob Garcia
February 16
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Mardi Gras Stomp
with Joe Saylor and Alphonso Horne
February 17
7:30pm & 9:30pm
T.S. Monk Sextet
with Helen Sung, Willie Williams, Kenny Davis, Josh
Evans, and Patience Higgins
February 18–19
7:30pm & 9:30pm
William Paterson University Jazz Ensembles &
Orchestra
February 24
7:30pm & 9:30pm
The Amigos and Ken Peplowski
with Justin Poindexter, Sam Reider, Noah
Garabedian, and Will Clark
February 25
7:30pm & 9:30pm
The Music of Dexter Gordon: A Celebration
The Dexter Gordon Legacy Ensemble
with George Cables, Gerald Cannon, Lewis Nash,
Joe Locke, Abraham Burton, and Craig Handy
February 26–March 1
7:30pm & 9:30pm
March 2015
Eastman Jazz Ensemble with Dave Glasser
Tribute to Billy Strayhorn
March 2
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
March 3–5
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Sounds of Brazil: Mario Adnet
with Duduka Da Fonseca, Eduardo Belo, Vitor
Gonçalves, and Billy Drewes
February 20–22
7:30pm & 9:30pm
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
March 6–8
Featuring Calvin Keys & Yotam Silberstein
with Andrew Renfroe, Adam Moezing, and
Brian Charette
MONDAY NIGHTS WITH WBGO
Jimmy Greene Quartet: Beautiful Life
with David Bryant, Luke Sellick, and Jimmy
MacBride
February 23
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Chihiro Yamanaka Trio
with Yasushi Nakamura and Kush Abadey
March 9
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.
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jazz at lincoln center
february
family concert: who is billie holiday?
FEB 7 • 1PM, 3PM • JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SERIES
With Aaron Diehl and Charenee Wade
dianne reeves
FEB 13–14 • 8PM
Vocalist Dianne Reeves returns for Valentine’s Day. Join us
for a special pre-concert Valentine’s Day dinner (2/14 only).
sherman irby’s journey through swing
FEB 20 • 7PM | FEB 21 • 9:30PM
Sherman Irby and friends explore the music of Charlie Parker,
Freddie Hubbard, and more
elio villafranca’s music of the caribbean
FEB 20 • 9:30PM | FEB 21 • 7PM
With Elio Villafranca, Jon Faddis, Leyla McCalla,
and the Jass Syncopators
new orleans songbook
FEB 20–21 • 8PM
Cyrille Aimée, Milton Suggs, Aaron Diehl, and The New Orleans
Jazz Orchestra with Irvin Mayfield
jazz across the americas
FEB 27–28 • 8PM
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Broadway at 60th Street
Box Office: Ground Floor
CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
jazz.org
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7:30pm & 9:30pm sets
late night session 11:30pm, tuesday–saturday
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