LUSH LIFE: CELEBRATING BILLY STRAYHORN

Friday and Saturday Evening, June 10–11, 2016 at 8:00
Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
LUSH LIFE:
CELEBRATING BILLY STRAYHORN
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
WYNTON MARSALIS, Music Director, Trumpet
DAN NIMMER, Music Director, Piano
RYAN KISOR, Trumpet
KENNY RAMPTON, Trumpet
MARCUS PRINTUP, Trumpet
VINCENT GARDNER, Trombone
CHRIS CRENSHAW, Trombone
SAM CHESS, Trombone
SHERMAN IRBY, Alto Saxophone
SHAREL CASSITY, Alto Saxophone
VICTOR GOINES, Tenor Saxophone
WALTER BLANDING, Tenor Saxophone
PAUL NEDZELA, Baritone Saxophone
CARLOS HENRIQUEZ, Bass
ALI JACKSON, Drums
with
JOHNNY O’NEAL, Piano, Vocals
There will be one 15-minute intermission during this performance.
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Program
Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Strayhorn
June 10 & 11, 2016
BILLY STRAYHORN Charpoy
transcribed by David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN Day Dream
transcribed by David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN The Intimacy of the Blues
transcribed by Christopher Byars
DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN Isfahan (from Far East Suite)
transcribed by David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN Johnny Come Lately
transcribed by David Berger
DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN Lady Mac (from Such Sweet Thunder)
transcribed by Allan Campbell & David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN Lotus Blossom
arranged by Andy Farber
BILLY STRAYHORN Lush Life
BILLY STRAYHORN Raincheck
transcribed by David Berger
DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN Ready, Go! (from Toot Suite)
transcribed by David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN Smada
BILLY STRAYHORN Something to Live For
BILLY STRAYHORN Take the “A” Train
transcribed by David Berger
BILLY STRAYHORN Tapioca
transcribed by Chris Crenshaw
BILLY STRAYHORN U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
transcribed by David Berger
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Notes on the Program
By Greg Thomas
Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington‘s writing and
arranging companion from 1939 to May 31,
1967, is finally getting what Roy Eldridge
called “screen credits.” It’s about time.
Strayhorn would have turned 100 in 2015.
Affectionately called “Strays” and “Sweet
Pea,” Strayhorn may have been in the shadows while Duke took onstage bows, but
Ellington felt and knew that Strayhorn was
far more than the average collaborator.
“Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left
arm, all the eyes in the back of my head,
my brainwaves in his head, and his in
mine,” Ellington wrote in Music is my
Mistress. The masterly rapport and musical
marriage between the two birthed a corpus
elevating the Ellington Orchestra—already
in a class alone when Strayhorn joined
them—to an aesthetic grandeur the magnitude of which may take another century to
be grasped.
Strayhorn’s signature sound and rich harmonic voicing come through with clarity on
such classics as “Lotus Blossom,” “Lush
Life,” “Chelsea Bridge,” and the composition forever to be associated with the band
and jazz in general: “Take the “A” Train.” In
fact, those four Strayhorn compositions, in
that exact order, were the first mentioned
in separate conversations by Johnny
O’Neal—a splendid pianist and song stylist—
and Dan Nimmer, the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra’s pianist and tonight’s co-music
director. (Wynton Marsalis also serves as
co-music director.) Nimmer and O’Neal
both spoke of Strayhorn’s music and piano
playing in dulcet tones, but Nimmer first
spoke of O’Neal:
“A master of this music, Johnny O’Neal is
a true gem to the New York scene and the
whole music community. He’s a great
choice to deliver the message of Strayhorn.
He’s such a master of songs and playing
and connecting with the audience through
his voice and piano playing. He has a real
intimate approach to the music.” O’Neal,
whose credits you can read in bio form
in the succeeding pages, is doubly honored: “I’m so flabbergasted for them asking me to do this, and I will bring my best
efforts to represent and enhance Strayhorn’s music.”
Nimmer and O’Neal point to the influence
of Strayhorn’s early training in European
concert music, which came after
Strayhorn’s grandmother lit his musical
candle via church music and singing.
Strayhorn came into his musical own in
Pittsburgh, studying with the same piano
teacher as Mary Lou Williams and Errol
Garner, and composing in longer forms for
the musical stage. O’Neal, a long-acknowledged Art Tatum-esque keyboard virtuoso,
hears a Chopin and Schubert influence in
“the way he articulated those notes with
precision and definition.”
O’Neal so fits tonight’s show, Nimmer
says, because of that quality of intimacy:
“Strayhorn had a real intimate way with
melody. His style was always romantic. He
wrote beautiful music all the time and
never left a section untouched. He cared
about every part of the melody that he
wrote with the lyrics. His genius was that
he could make something complex sound
simple, but when you actually look at the
music, and figure out what he’s doing, it’s
very advanced—especially for that time.”
O’Neal agrees. “In his era, he was so harmonically advanced, so ahead of his time.
He had a beautiful, magnetic touch. He
was a full orchestral pianist. He wasn’t a
technical wizard; he played with finesse
and class. You have to really study him to
play him because he played with so many
textures and embellishments. Duke had
such a great respect and love for him musically. Strayhorn was an extension of Duke,
and Duke inspired him to become the most
creative writer. When you hear guys talking
about modern playing, Duke and Strayhorn
were playing that way back in the forties.”
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Center. The event raised more than $3 million for the Higher Ground Relief Fund to
benefit the musicians, music industryrelated enterprises, and other individuals
and entities from the areas in Greater New
Orleans who were affected by Hurricane
Katrina. Marsalis helped lead the effort to
construct Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home—
Frederick P. Rose Hall—the first education,
performance, and broadcast facility devoted
to jazz, which opened in October 2004.
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis (Music Director, Trumpet)
is the managing and artistic director of Jazz
at Lincoln Center and a world-renowned
trumpeter and composer. Born in New
Orleans, Louisiana in 1961, Marsalis began
his classical training on trumpet at age 12,
entered The Juilliard School at age 17, and
then joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He made his recording debut as a
leader in 1982, and has since recorded more
than 60 jazz and classical recordings, which
have won him nine Grammy Awards. In
1983 he became the first and only artist to
win both classical and jazz Grammys in the
same year and repeated this feat in 1984.
Marsalis is also an internationally respected
teacher and spokesman for music education, and has received honorary doctorates
from dozens of U.S. universities and colleges. He has written six books; his most
recent are Squeak, Rumble, Whomp!
Whomp! Whomp!, illustrated by Paul
Rogers and published by Candlewick Press
in 2012, and Moving to Higher Ground: How
Jazz Can Change Your Life with Geoffrey C.
Ward, published by Random House in 2008.
In 1997 Marsalis became the first jazz artist
to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize
in music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields,
which was commissioned by Jazz at
Lincoln Center. In 2001 he was appointed
Messenger of Peace by Mr. Kofi Annan,
Secretary-General of the United Nations,
and he has also been designated cultural
ambassador to the United States of America
by the U.S. State Department through their
CultureConnect program. Marsalis was
instrumental in the Higher Ground Hurricane
Relief concert, produced by Jazz at Lincoln
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Meet the Artists
Dan Nimmer
Dan Nimmer (Music Director, Piano) was
born in 1982 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
With prodigious technique and an innate
sense of swing, his playing often recalls
that of his own heroes Oscar Peterson,
Wynton Kelly, Erroll Garner, and Art Tatum.
Nimmer studied classical piano and eventually became interested in jazz. He began
playing gigs with renowned saxophonist
and mentor Berkley Fudge. Nimmer studied music at Northern Illinois University and
became one of Chicago’s busiest piano
players. A year after moving to New York
City, he became a member of the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton
Marsalis Quintet. Nimmer has worked with
Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, Dianne
Reeves, George Benson, Frank Wess,
Clark Terry, Tom Jones, Benny Golson,
Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Ed
Thigpen, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson,
Fareed Haque, and many more. He has
appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, The View, The Kennedy Center
Honors, Live from Abbey Road, and PBS’
Live From Lincoln Center, among other
broadcasts. He has released four of his
own albums on the Venus label (Japan).
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Johnny O’Neal
Johnny O’Neal’s (Piano, Vocals) appearance
in the 2004 blockbuster Ray elevated his
career to new levels. In the film, Ray Charles
goes to a nightclub to see legendary pianist
Art Tatum, a role performed by O’Neal to
great acclaim. Despite the common misconception that he was actually playing along to
a Tatum record, the scene was an authentic
live performance by O’Neal. After the
movie’s success, the Ray Charles Band
asked O’Neal to take the piano chair for its
major tour in 2005. Following his debut
record with Ray Brown, Coming Out (1983),
O’Neal enjoyed further stints with Ray
Brown, Milt Jackson, and Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers. He has also performed
with Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Nancy
Wilson, Anita O’Day, Lionel Hampton, Kenny
Burrell, Sonny Stitt, Benny Golson, Eddie
“Lockjaw” Davis, Clark Terry, and others.
Festival performances in Europe, Australia,
Japan, and South Africa have earned O’Neal
an international following. O’Neal is known
for his ability to interpret a wide range of
material with ease and sensitivity. This versatility was showcased in On the Montreal
Scene, his debut recording for Justin Time,
which soulfully interweaved gospel, blues,
and mainstream jazz. Largely self-taught,
O’Neal’s playing evokes the influences of his
idols Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum, and he
has reshaped these elements into his own
swinging and melodic approach. In live performances, he is apt to catch his audience
off-guard with soulfully rendered yet unpretentious vocalizations. Though O’Neal admittedly loves to shout the blues, he considers
himself a pianist first. Three notable events
in O’Neal’s career continue to inspire him:
opening for Oscar Peterson at Carnegie Hall
as a solo pianist early on in his career; his
1998 induction into the Alabama Jazz Hall of
Fame; and playing the role of Art Tatum in
Ray. O’Neal describes himself as a “tune
guy.” He knows 1,500 songs, and his father
was a pianist and singer who emphasized
that learning lyrics creates dynamics and a
better interpretation of melody. O’Neal honors the jazz ethos of instant composition,
always maintaining spontaneity and responding to cues from the audience. In his lyrical
compositions and innovative interpretations
of jazz classics, he preserves the style of the
great jazz masters.
Walter Blanding
Walter Blanding (Tenor Saxophone) was
born into a musical family on August 14,
1971, in Cleveland, Ohio. He began playing
the saxophone at age six and by age 16 he
was performing regularly with his parents at
the Village Gate. Blanding attended Fiorello
H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and
Performing Arts and continued his studies at
the New School for Social Research where
he earned a B.F.A. in 2005. His 1991 debut
release, Tough Young Tenors, was
acclaimed as one of the best jazz albums of
the year, and his artistry began to impress listeners and critics alike. He has been a
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra since 1998 and has performed,
toured and/or recorded with his own groups
and with such renowned artists as the Cab
Calloway Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Hilton
Ruiz, Count Basie Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet
Big Band, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts,
Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Isaac Hayes, and
many others. Blanding lived in Israel for four
years and had a major impact on the music
scene while touring the country with his own
ensemble and with U.S. artists such as Louis
Hayes, Eric Reed, Vanessa Rubin, and others
invited to perform there. He taught music in
several Israeli schools and eventually opened
his own private school in Tel Aviv. During this
period, Newsweek International called him a
“Jazz Ambassador to Israel.”
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Sharel Cassity
With six consecutive appearances on
DownBeat’s Rising Star Alto Saxophone
list, Sharel (pronounced shuh-Relle) Cassity
(Alto Saxophone) has been touring the
world with her quintet and her latest project, Elektra. Having released three albums
as a leader, Cassity maintains an impressive sideman roster of Cyrus Chestnut, the
Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience, and
Jimmy Heath’s Big Band. She has also had
the honor of sharing the stage with legendary artists Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole,
Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Roy
Hargrove, and James Moody, to name just
a few. With a passion for her art and an
unwavering will to evolve, Cassity continues to write and perform music that
pushes boundaries and surprises her listeners. Originally from Yukon, Oklahoma,
Cassity was inducted into the Oklahoma
Jazz Hall of Fame in 2011 and graduated
from the Juilliard Jazz program under full
scholarship with a master’s degree in 2007.
Sam Chess
Sam Chess (Trombone) is jazz trombonist
currently studying at The Juilliard School.
Although Chess is only 20 years old, he has
played at some of the world’s premiere jazz
festivals, including Monterey, Montreaux,
Montreal, and Marciac. Chess went to high
school in Tucson, Arizona and is a recent
alumnus of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
national Essentially Ellington High School
Jazz Band Competition & Festival.
Chris Crenshaw
Chris Crenshaw (Trombone) was born in
Thomson, Georgia on December 20, 1982.
Since birth, he has been driven by and surrounded by music. When he started playing
piano at age three, his teachers and fellow
students noticed his aptitude for the instrument. This love for piano led to his first gig
with Echoes of Joy, his father Casper’s
group. He picked up the trombone at age 11
and hasn’t put it down since. He graduated
from Thomson High School in 2001 and
received his bachelor’s degree with honors
in jazz performance from Valdosta State
University in 2005. He was awarded Most
Outstanding Student in the VSU music
department and College of Arts. In 2007
Crenshaw received his master’s degree in
jazz studies from The Juilliard School where
his teachers included Dr. Douglas Farwell
and Wycliffe Gordon. He has worked with
Gerard Wilson, Jiggs Whigham, Carl Allen,
Marc Cary, Wessell Anderson, Cassandra
Wilson, Eric Reed, and many more. In 2006
Crenshaw joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra and in 2012 he composed “God’s
Trombones,” a spiritually focused work that
was premiered by the orchestra at Jazz at
Lincoln Center.
Vincent Gardner
Vincent Gardner (Trombone) was born in
Chicago in 1972 and was raised in Hampton,
Virginia. After singing and playing piano,
violin, saxophone, and French horn at an
early age, he decided on the trombone at
age 12. He attended Florida A&M University
and the University of North Florida. He soon
caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, who
hired Gardner for his first professional job.
After graduating from college, he moved to
Brooklyn, New York, completed a world tour
with Lauryn Hill in 2000, then joined the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Gardner has
served as instructor at The Juilliard School,
as visiting instructor at Florida State
University and Michigan State University,
and as adjunct instructor at The New School.
He has contributed many arrangements to
the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and
other ensembles. In 2009 he was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center to write
“The Jesse B. Semple Suite,” a 60-minute
suite inspired by the short stories of
Langston Hughes. Gardner is featured on a
number of notable recordings and has
recorded five CDs as a leader for
Steeplechase Records. He has performed
with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby
McFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr., the Saturday
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Night Live Band, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called
Quest, and many others.
Victor Goines
Victor Goines (Tenor Saxophone) is a native
of New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been a
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet
since 1993, touring throughout the world
and recording more than 20 albums. As a
leader, Goines has recorded seven albums
including his most recent release Twilight
(2012) on Rosemary Joseph Records. A
gifted composer, Goines has more than 50
original works to his credit, including
2014’s Crescent City, premiered by the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He has
recorded and/or performed with noted jazz
and popular artists including Ahmad Jamal,
Ruth Brown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray
Charles, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny
Kravitz, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis,
Dianne Reeves, Willie Nelson, Marcus
Roberts, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and a
host of others. Currently, he is the director of
jazz studies and professor of music at Northwestern University. He received a bachelor
of music degree from Loyola University in
New Orleans in 1984, and a master of music
degree from Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond in 1990.
Carlos Henriquez
Carlos Henriquez (Bass) was born in 1979
in the Bronx, New York. He studied music
at a young age, played guitar through junior
high school and took up the bass while
enrolled in The Juilliard School’s Music
Advancement Program. He entered
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music
& Art and Performing Arts and was
involved with the LaGuardia Concert Jazz
Ensemble which went on to win first place
in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially
Ellington High School Jazz Band
Competition and Festival in 1996. In 1998,
swiftly after high school, Henriquez joined
the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra, touring the world
and recording on more than 25 albums.
Henriquez has performed with artists,
including Chucho Valdés, Paco De Lucia,
Tito Puente, the Marsalis Family, Willie
Nelson, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Lenny
Kravitz, Marc Anthony, and many others.
He has been a member of the music faculty at Northwestern University School of
Music since 2008, and was music director
of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s
cultural exchange with the Cuban Institute
of Music with Chucho Valdés in 2010. His
debut album as a bandleader, The Bronx
Pyramid, comes out September 18 on Jazz
at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records.
Sherman Irby
Sherman Irby (Alto Saxophone) was born
and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He found
his musical calling at age 12 and in high
school he played and recorded with gospel
immortal James Cleveland. He graduated
from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in
music education. In 1991 he joined Johnny
O’Neal’s Atlanta-based quintet. In 1994 he
moved to New York City and recorded his
first two albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big
Mama’s Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note. Irby
toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the
Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995, and was a
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra from 1995 to 1997. During that
tenure he also recorded and toured with
Marcus Roberts and was part of Betty
Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program and Roy
Hargrove’s ensemble. After a four-year
stint with Roy Hargrove, Irby focused on
his own group in addition to being a member of Elvin Jones’ ensemble in 2004 and
then Papo Vazquez’ Pirates Troubadours
after Jones’ passing. From 2003–11 Irby
was the regional director for JazzMasters
Workshop, mentoring young children, and
he has served as artist-in-residence for
Jazz Camp West and an instructor for
Monterey Jazz Festival Band Camp. He is a
former board member for the CubaNOLA
Collective. He formed Black Warrior
Records and released Black Warrior, Faith,
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Organ Starter, Live at the Otto Club, and
Andy Farber’s This Could Be the Start of
Something Big. Since rejoining, Irby has
arranged much of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra’s music, and he has been commissioned to compose new works, including Twilight Sounds and his Dante-inspired
ballet, Inferno.
Ali Jackson
Ali Jackson (Drums ) developed his talent on
drums at an early age. In 1993 he graduated
from Cass Tech High School and in 1998
was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigious
Artserv Emerging Artist award. As a child,
he was selected as the soloist for the
“Beacons Of Jazz” concert which honored
legend Max Roach at New School
University. After earning an undergraduate
degree in music composition at the New
School University for Contemporary Music,
he studied under Elvin Jones and Max
Roach. Jackson has been part of Young
Audiences, a program that educates New
York City youth on jazz. He has performed
and recorded with artists including Wynton
Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha
Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr.,
KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman,
Vinx, Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor Seiji
Ozawa, Diana Krall, and New York City
Ballet. His production skills can be heard on
George Benson’s GRP release Irreplaceable.
Jackson is also featured on the Wynton
Marsalis Quartet recordings The Magic
Hour (Blue Note, 2004) and From the
Plantation to the Penitentiary (Blue Note,
2007). Jackson collaborated with jazz greats
Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Veal, and James
Carter on Gold Sounds (Brown Brothers,
2005), which transformed songs by indie
alternative rock band Pavement into unique
virtuosic interpretations with the attitude of
the church and juke joint. He has been a
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra since 2005. Jackson currently
performs with the Wynton Marsalis
Quintet, Horns in the Hood, and leads the
Ali Jackson Quartet. He also hosted
“Jammin’ with Jackson,” a series for
young musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Dizzy Club Coca-Cola. He is also the voice
of “Duck Ellington,” a character in the
Penguin book series Baby Loves Jazz that
was released in 2006.
Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor (Trumpet ) was born on April 12,
1973. in Sioux City, Iowa, and began
playing trumpet at age four. In 1990 he
won first prize at the Thelonious Monk
Institute’s first annual Louis Armstrong
Trumpet Competition. Kisor enrolled in
Manhattan School of Music in 1991 where
he studied with trumpeter Lew Soloff. He
has performed and/or recorded with the
Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra,
Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie
Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, the
Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Philip Morris
Jazz All-Stars, and others. In addition to
being an active sideman, Kisor has
recorded several albums as a leader,
including Battle Cry (1997), The Usual
Suspects (1998), and Point of Arrival
(2000). He has been a member of the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1994.
Paul Nedzela
Paul Nedzela (Baritone Saxophone) was born
in New York City in 1984 and has quickly
become one of the top baritone saxophone
players around. After graduating with honors
and a degree in mathematics from McGill
University in 2006, Nedzela received the
Samuel L. Jackson scholarship and continued his musical studies at The Juilliard
School. He has studied with baritone saxophone legends Joe Temperley, Gary
Smulyan, and Roger Rosenberg, and has
played with renowned artists and ensembles, including Wess Anderson, Paquito
D’Rivera, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes,
Christian McBride, and The Temptations.
Nedzela also performed in Twyla Tharp’s
Broadway show, Come Fly Away, as well as
at major festivals, such as The Monterey
Jazz Festival and The Banff Music Festival.
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Marcus Printup
Marcus Printup (Trumpet) was born and
raised in Conyers, Georgia. His first musical
experiences were hearing the fiery gospel
music his parents sang in church. While
attending the University of North Florida on
a music scholarship, he won the
International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet
competition. In 1991 Printup’s life changed
when he met his mentor, the great pianist
Marcus Roberts. Roberts introduced him to
Wynton Marsalis, which led to Printup’s
induction into the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra in 1993. Printup has recorded
with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric
Reed, Madeline Peyroux, Ted Nash, Cyrus
Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, and Roberts,
among others. He has recorded several
records as a leader: Song for the Beautiful
Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal
Traces, The New Boogaloo, Peace in the
Abstract, Bird of Paradise, London Lullaby,
Ballads All Night, and A Time for Love. He
made his screen debut in the 1999 movie
Playing by Heart and recorded on the film’s
soundtrack. August 22 has been declared
“Marcus Printup Day” in his hometown of
Conyers, Georgia.
Kenny Rampton
Kenny Rampton (Trumpet ) joined the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 2010. He
also leads his own sextet in addition to performing with the Mingus Big Band, the
Mingus Orchestra, the Mingus Dynasty,
George Gruntz’ Concert Jazz Band, and the
Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (under the direction of Dave Matthews). In 2010 Rampton
performed with the Scottish National Jazz
Orchestra at the Edinburgh International
Festival, and was the featured soloist on
the Miles Davis/Gil Evans classic version of
Porgy and Bess. He toured the world with
the Ray Charles Orchestra in 1990 and with
the legendary jazz drummer Panama
Francis, the Savoy Sultans, and the Jimmy
McGriff Quartet, with whom he played for
ten years. As a sideman, Rampton has performed with Mingus Epitaph (under the
direction of Gunther Schuller), Bebo Valdez’
Latin Jazz All-Stars, Maria Schneider, the
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Charles Earland,
Dr. John, Lionel Hampton, Jon Hendricks,
Illinois Jacquet, Geoff Keezer, Christian
McBride, and a host of others. Most
recently, he was hired as the trumpet voice
on Sesame Street. Some of his Broadway
credits include Finian’s Rainbow, The Wiz,
Chicago: The Musical, In The Heights, Hair,
Young Frankenstein, and The Producers.
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Joan and George Hornig Karen Pritzker/ Seedlings
Mady Hornig
Foundation
Ann Tenenbaum and
Louise and Len Riggio
Thomas H. Lee
Rockefeller Foundation
The George Lucas Family Lisa Roumell and Mark
Foundation
Rosenthal
The Jack and Susan
Rudin Educational
Scholarship Fund
Rebecca and Arthur
Samberg
Lisa and David T. Schiff
Burwell and Chip Schorr
Barry F. Schwartz
Dianne and David J. Stern
Steward Family
Foundation and World
Wide Technology
Foundation
Marlene Hess and James
D. Zirin
GUARANTORS
Herb Alpert Foundation
The Ammon Foundation
Anonymous
The Argus Fund
Bank of New York Mellon
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Brooks Brothers
Valentino D. Carlotti
Robert Sterling Clark
Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
The Coca-Cola Company
Diane M. Coffey
Mary Beth and Stephen
S. Daniel
Peggy Cooper Davis and
Gordon J. Davis
Entergy
Donna J. Astion and
Michael D. Fricklas
Buzzy Geduld
Larry Gagosian
National Endowment for
the Arts
Wynton Marsalis
Janice and Steve Miller
Karen and Charles Phillips
The Fan Fox & Leslie R.
Samuels Foundation,
Inc.
Chloe Breyer and Greg J.
Scholl
The Shops at Columbus
Circle at Time Warner
Center
Kimberly and Viqar Shariff
SiriusXM
Surdna Foundation
United Airlines
Faye Wattleton
BENEFACTORS
Altman Foundation
Augustine Foundation
Con Edison
The Crosby Family
Fiona and Stanley J.
Druckenmiller
Howard Gilman
Foundation|
Anonymous (2)
Amy and David Abrams
Simi Ahuja and Kumar
Mahadeva
Jeffrey Altman
Paxton K. Baker
Patricia Blanchet
Emily and Leonard
Blavatnik
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Hugh Fierce
The Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation
Fribourg Family
Foundation
HSBC Premier
M. Billie Lim and
Stephen M. Ifshin
Susan and J. Alan Kahn
Ronald D. McCray
John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation
Kari Gronberg and Little
Johnny Koerber
Morgan Stanley
Movado
Therese S. Rosenblatt
and H. Marshall
Sonenshine
SUSTAINERS
Lostand Foundation
The David Geffen
Lauder Foundation
Foundation
Sara Miller McCune
Susan C. Gordon
Merrill Lynch
Scharff Weisberg
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson New York State Council
on the Arts with the
Hill
support of Governor
The Charles Evans
Andrew Cuomo and
Hughes Memorial
the New York State
Foundation, Inc.
Legislature
Sonia and Paul T. Jones
Perelman Family
Susan and J. Alan Kahn
Foundation
Eric and Sandy Krasnoff
Peter J. Solomon
Carolyn and Ed Lewis
Company LLP
Lincoln Center Corporate
Ashley and Mike Ramos
Fund
Katherine Farley and
Jerry Speyer
Fredric E. Steck
The Harold and Mimi
Steinberg Charitable
Trust
Daria and Eric Wallach
World Stage
Rose-Lee and Keith
Reinhard
Fiona and Eric C. Rudin
May and Samuel Rudin
Family Foundation, Inc.
Laura and Lywall Salles
The Shubert Foundation,
Inc.
Time Warner, Inc
Laurie M. Tisch
Illumination Fund
Reginald Van Lee
Linda Wachner
George T. Wein
Amtrak
Angelson Family
Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Rose M. Badgeley
Charitable Trust
Dorria Ball
Judy and Ron Baron
Norman Benzaquen
Sandye Berger
Arthur M. Blank
Foundation
Betty and Philippe Camus
Valentino D. Carlotti
Ralph M. Cestone
Foundation
Kathryn and Kenneth I.
Chenault
Emilie Roy Corey and
Michael Corey
Barbara Dalio
Lise Scott and D. Ronald
Daniel
Ellen and Gary Davis
Judith and Jamie Dimon
Jeremy Feigelson
Lucille Ferrero
Stacey and Eric Flatt
Steve and Nicole Frankel
ANGELS
Carolyn Surgent and
David B. Kriser
Jacques Friedman
Foundation
Marjorie and Roy Furman Blanche and Irving Laurie
Henry Louise Gates, Jr.
Foundation
Jennifer and Gregory
Toby Devan Lewis
Geiling
Casey Lipscomb
Ms. Carolyn Katz and Mr. James Lyle
Michael Goldstein
Crystal McCrary and
Elizabeth M. Gordon
Raymond J. McGuire
Valerie S. Grant
Judith E. Neisser
Roberta Campbell and
Alice K. Netter
Richard N. Gray
Bette Kim and Steven J.
Myrna and Stephen
Niemczyk
Greenberg
Mary Ann Oklesson
Christiane and JeanRichard Parsons
Claude Gruffat
Cynthia and D. Jeffrey
The Marc Haas
Penney
Foundation
Christine and Jerome
Lisa Meulbroek and Brent Ponz
R. Harris
Carol and Don Randel
Julia Perry and Wolf
Brian J. Ratner
Hengst
Philanthropic Fund
L.D. Putnam and James Clara and Walter Ricciardi
E. Jamar Trust
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Amabel and Tony James Eugene and Maxine
Jaishri and Vikas Kapoor
Rosenfeld
Keiko Matsuyama and
Patricia and Edward John
David S. Katz
Rosenwald
M. Robin Krasny
Adolph and Ruth
Schnurmacher
Foundation, Inc
Peter Schub Foundation
Gregg G. Seibert
Jeanne and Herb Siegel
Ron Simons
SJS Charitable Trust
Riva Arielle Ritvo
Slifka/Alan B. Slifka
Foundation
Beatrice Snyder
Foundation
The Jennifer and
Jonathan Allan Soros
Foundation
Nicki and Harold Tanner
Ann and Andrew Tisch
Sandra and Bruce Tully
Tania and Mark Walker
David Weiner
Martin Weinstein
Lola C. West
Dr. J. Douglas White and
the King-White Family
Foundation
Patricia and Alfred Zollar
FRIENDS
Virginia and Andrew
Adelson
Danny Altschul
Anonymous (4)
Robin and Arthur Aufses
The David Berg
Foundation, Inc.
Gene and Richard Bindler
Arthur M. Blank Family
Foundation
Dr. William and Laurie
Bolthouse
Tina and Jeffrey Bolton
Maria and Mark Boonie
Rhoda Bressler
Marcia and Kenneth
Brookler
Del Bryant/BMI
Catherine Castaldo and
Thomas Nobile
Ralph M. Cestone
Foundation
Simona and Jerome
Chazen
City of Houston CASE
CONNECTIONS
Sandra Guenther Clark
Geoffrey and Marcia
Colvin
Corinthia Hotels
W. Don Cornwell
Peter D. and Julie Fisher
Cummings Family
Foundation
Sylvia Botero and
Norman Cuttler
Susan and Mark Dalton
Cheryl McKissack Daniel
Carla Emil and Richard
Silverstein
Anna and James Fantaci
First Republic Bank
Forbes Media LLC
Great Performances
Stanley and Alice Harris
The Arthur and Janet
Hershaft Foundation
The DuBose and Dorothy
Heyward Memorial
Fund
Kenneth Hirsh
Jane and Michael Horvitz
Arthur Indursky
Joan and John Jakobson
Jewish Communal Fund
James E. Johnson and
Nancy Northup
Christopher S. Jones
Robert Kissane
Lisa Kohl
Vivienne LabordeLuyombya
Diane Forrest and
Nicholas J. LaHowchic
Jeffrey and Nancy Lane
Kate Lear
Jennifer Scully-Lerner
and Richard Lerner
Betty and John A. Levin
Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrew
Levison
Robin and Jay Lewis
Robert C. Lieber
Madeleine Long
Chester Lott
Amanda and Peter Low
Vincent Mai
Jacko Maree
Molly McGowan
The MCJ Amelior
Foundation
Sonnet and Ian McKinnon
Renee Petrofes and
Gerald McNamara
Nancy and Peter Meinig
Karen Karlsrud and
Raymond C. Mikulich
Robert and Bethany
Millard
Scott and Jennifer Miller
Cheryl and Philip Milstein
Joan Weinberg
Frosty Montgomery
Sharon Morris
Jeremy Moss
Amelia and Adebayo
Ogunlesi
Nnamdi Okike
George Olsen
Gabrielle and Michael
Palitz
Pamela and Edward
Pantzer
Paul Weiss Rifkind
Wharton & Garrison
David Pedowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Picket
Thomas Platt
Ellen B. Randall
Carol and Don Randel
Jill and Alan Rappaport
Cheryl and Louis Raspino
Bonnie and Richard Reiss
Jennifer and Tim Rice
Avis and Bruce Richards
Ropes & Gray LLP
Heather Bandur and Dr.
Michael Rosen
Esther and Steve Rotella
Daryl and Steven Roth
Susan Cluff and Neil
Rudolph
Barbara Saltzman
Pam and Scott Schafler
Ian Carleton Schaefer
Jane Hartley and Ralph
Schlosstein
Frances and C. Glen
Schor
Donald Schupak
Irene and Bernard
Schwartz
Katherine Seligman
Michael H. Seligman
Monica Seligman
Lee Rhodes and Peter
Seligman
Helen Sogoloff and
Alexander Shaknovich
John Shapiro
Glenn Close and David
Shaw
Katherine and Stephen
Sherrill
Susan Moldow and
William M. Shinker
Lauren and Randall Eron
Shy
Karen Simons
Laura J. Sloate/Hermione
Foundation
Helena and Steve
Sokoloff
Joan and Michael
Steinberg
Barbara Carroll and Mark
Stroock
Pamela and Allen B.
Swerdlick
Dhuanne and Doug Tansil Warburg Pincus
Cindy and Kenneth West Carol Winograd
Benjamin Winter
Judy and Alfred Taubman Diane and Geoffrey Ward Janice Savin Williams
Judy Zankel
and Christopher
Barbara Walters
The Weininger
Williams
Jeanette Wagner
Foundation
Diane and Arthur Abbey
Robin and John Abott
Anne and Michael Aboff
Kenneth Allen
Alexandra Alpaugh
Peg Alston
Donna Ward and Greg
Amato
Jolynn Schmidt and Scott
Anderson
Anonymous (3)
Semhal Tadesse Araya
Hector Baldonado
Lillian Barbash
Jennifer and David
Barnard Charitable
Fund
Renee and Robert Belfer
Brook and Roger Berlind
Mary Bernard
Theresa and Gerry
Bernaz
Arlene and Mark
Bernstein
Anurag Bhargava
Mary Billard
The Black Alumni of Pratt
Madeline and Alan
Blinder
Les Bluestone
Meg and Owen Boger
Roy Bostock
Alexis Brown
Scott Bullock
Aline Campos Camargo
Jonathan Capehart
Lakesha Cash
Jacqueline Cervantes
Jill and Irwin Cohen
Marian and James Cohen
Dorcas Colas
David Cole
Patrice Coleman
Dr. Patricia Cook
Patrick Cook
The Aaron Copland Fund
for Music, Inc
Carolyn and Neil Coplan
Linda Cote
Norma and Larry Corio
Alice and Daniel
Cunningham
Marilyn and Anthony De
Nicola
Jane and William
Donaldson
John DiCarlo
Frank Dix
Chris and Jim Drost
Jacqueline Moline and
Antoine Drye
Robert and Mercedes
Eichholz Foundation
Marsha and James
Ellowitz
Jeffrey B. Fager
PATRONS
Randy Klein
Joseph Fazio
Pat and John
Charlotte Feng Ford
Klingenstein
Ken and Caryl Field Fund
Dr. Theresa Knight
of the Princeton Area
Community Foundation Chikako and Tomo
Kodama
Christine and John
Jini Koh
Fitzgibbons
Isobel Konecky
Susan and Arthur
Sally and Wynn
Fleischer, Jr.
Kramarsky
Dr. Steven Frankel
Erin A. Pond and Peter H. Diane Kranz
Deborah and Peter
Friedland
Krulewitch
Susan and Fred Friedman
Wendy and Jerry
Fredrica and Stephen
Labowitz
Friedman
Diane Forrest and Nick
Judith M. Gallent
LaHowchic
Alice and Nathan
Hiroko Lange
Gantcher
Seth Lapidow
Jay Geneske
Bonnie Lautenberg
Gladstein Family
Elizabeth and Gavin
Foundation
Leckie
Claudia Glasser
Laurie Zucker Lederman
Charlene and Keith
and David Lederman
Goggin
Karen Collias and
Linda Silberman and
Geoffrey Levitt
Victor Goldberg
Ira Levy
Arlene Goldman
James and Beth Lewis
Jane and Budd S.
Cher Lewis and
Goldman
Daughters Charitable
Nancy and Gary
Trust
Goodenough
Barbara and Harry Gould Mary and John Libby
Ava Seave and Bruce C. Rita Fishman and
Leonard Lichter
Greenwald
Sharon Horn and Jeffrey
Terry and Michael Groll
Lichtman
Lori E. Gross
Lynn Staley and Marty
Brad Grossman
Linsky
Christofer Guarino
Diane and William Lloyd
Randy Hall
H. Christopher Luce
Charles Hamowy
Lynn Davidson and Jon
Leonard Harlan
Lukomnik
Sanjeanetta Harris
John Lummis
Laurie Hawkes
Ninah and Michael Lynne
Anne Farley and Peter
Sean Madden
Hein
Susan and Roger Hertog Mark Mandel
J. Robert Mann, Jr.
Alan D. Holtz
Katina and Kenneth
Audrey Sokoloff and
Manne
Timothy Hosking
Justin Manus
Shari Hyman
Susan and Morris Mark
Donna Raftery and
Mark Family Foundation
Vincent Inconiglios
Etienne Martel
Joy Ingham
Mr. and Mrs. George
Adam Inselbuch
Martin
Mitchell Jacobson
Kerri Mason
Evan Janovic
Andrea Montalbano and Joan Lee and Robert
Matloff
Diron Jebejian
Joanne and Norman
Kenneth Kahaner
Matthews
Marnee and Eric Kaltman
Lady Va and Sir Deryck
Clarence Kam
Maughan
Jeanne and Robert Kane
Richard and Lisa Kendall Merridith and Robert
McCarthy
Elaine and Mark Kessel
Risa Schifter and Edward Robert Meltzer
Dina Merrill and Ted
A. Kirtman
Hartley
Cheryl and Michael
Minikes
Adriana and Robert
Mnuchin
Michelle and John Morris
Adele Morrissette
Kimberly and David
Morse
Ornella and Robert
Morrow
Gaya Vinay and Vinay
Nair
Nobuko Narita
Nancy and Michael
Neuman
Josiane and Thierry
Noufele
Nora Ann Wallace and
Jack Nusbaum
Nancy Kuhn and Bernie
Nussbaum
Rusty O’Kelley
Rebecca and Daniel
Okrent
Robert Opatrny
Susan and Stanley
Oppenheim
Saundra Parks
Margot Bridger and
Joseph G. Paul
Michael Peffer
Daniel Pelletier
Albert Penick Fund
Paula and Dominic Petito
Caroline Wamsler and
DeWayne Phillips
Wayne Phillips
Daniel Pincus
Anne Martha and John
Pitegoff
Andrew and Mark Pitts
Jamie and Mark Pollack
Dr. Robert Press
Jonelle Procope
Karen and Timothy
Proctor
Keith Richards
Megan and William Ried
Barbara J. Riley
David Robbins
Alicia and William
Robertson IV
Laura and James Ross
Fred Rubinstein
Elizabeth Sackler
Monica Kirkland and
Marcelo Sanchez
Hayley Gorenberg and Dr.
George H. Sands
Phyllis Bertin and
Anthony Saytanides
Mark Scharfman
Amy Katz and Irving
Scher
Marcia and Irwin Schloss
Shari and Jay Schuster
Annette Mitchell Scott
Deborah and Phillip Scott
Emma Scully
Kathy and Joel Segall
Sumana Setty
Javier Seymore
Sandra Shahinian
Guarav Sharma
Robert B. Shepler
Ruth and Jerome Siegel
Susan Singer
Carra Sleight
Phyllis and Richard Slocum
Lorie A. Slutsky
Jill and Robert Smith
Leonard I. Solondz
Andre and Anne Rosen
Spears
Jan and Jimmie E. Spears
Denise Spillane
Louise A. Springer
Barbara and Mitchell
Stein
Joanna and Joseph Stein
Leonore and Walter
Stern
Bonnie and Thomas
Strauss
Joseph Sullivan
David Swope
Gloria and Phillip Talkow
Jay Tanenbaum
Tides Foundation
The Wilma S. and
Laurence A. Tisch
Foundation
Michael Tuch Foundation,
Inc.
Joan and Barry Tucker
Ann and Thomas
Unterberg
Jacqueline Uter
Cheryl Vollweiler
Margaret Vranesh
Ellen and Barry
Wagenberg
Dr. Raymond
Wedderburn
Josephine and Richard
Weil
Joan and Howard
Weinstein
Naida S. Wharton
Foundation
As of May 19, 2016
Katherine C. Wickham
Anita and Byron Wien
Amelia Wierzbicki
Michael E. Wiles
Shelley and Robert
Willcox
Charlie and May Wilson
Audrey Strauss and John
Wing
Richard M. Winn III
Benjamin Winter
The Craig E. Wishman
Foundation
Michael Wojcik
Wolfensohn Family
Foundation
Tara Kelleher and Roy J.
Zuckerberg
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz and Broadway Gala Donors
Gala Underwriter
Helen and Bob Appel
Jody and John Arnhold
Diana and Joseph
DiMenna
Gala Co-Chairmen
Lisa and Dick Cashin
Betsy Cohn
Fiona and Stanley
Druckenmiller
Wynton Marsalis
Jenny and Michael Price
Burwell and Chip Schorr
Gala Vice Chairmen
Amy and David Abrams
Shahara AhmadLlewellyn
Jessica and Natan
Bibliowicz
Emily and Len Blavatnik /
Blavatnik Family
Foundation
BNY Mellon
Richard Gilder and Lois
Chiles
Gail and Al Engelberg
Larry Gagosian
Peter T. Grauer
Marlene Hess and
James D. Zirin
Tania and Brian Higgins /
Brian J. Higgins
Charitable Trust
Merrill Lynch Wealth
Management
Ronald D. McCray
Karen and Charles
Phillips / Infor
Susan and Jack Rudin
Rebecca and Art
Samberg
Barry F. Schwartz / The
Perelman Family
Foundation Inc.
Souede & Hodge
Associates
Ann Tenenbaum and
Thomas H. Lee
Anonymous
Gala Benefactors
The Jeffrey Altman
Foundation
Donna J. Astion and
Michael D. Fricklas
Sarah Arison
Daniel C. Benton
Robin and Peter Berger
Patricia Blanchet
Bloomberg
Philanthropies
Jacqueline L. Bradley
and Clarence Otis, Jr.
Kevin and Elaine Cannon
Gordon Davis / Venable
LLP
Empirical Research
Partners LLC
Mica Ertegun
Gagnon Securities
Buzzy Geduld
Goldman Sachs
Sonia and Paul T. Jones
Tom Keyes and Keith Fox
Rose-Lee and Keith
Reinhard
Diana and Jonathan F.P.
Rose
Lisa Roumell and Mark
Rosenthal
Fiona and Eric Rudin
May and Samuel Rudin
Family Foundation, Inc.
Lisa and David T. Schiff
Kimberly Ayers Shariff
and Viqar Shariff
Shearman & Stearling
LLP
Sirius XM
Therese and Marshall
Sonenshine
Dianne and David Stern
Laura Teixeria and Lywal
Salles
Daria and Eric Wallach
George Wein
Overture
Michele and Timothy
Barakett
Judy and Ron Baron
Brook and Shawn Byers
Betty and Philippe
Camus
Beth Carney and Josh
Struzziery
Anla and Mark Cheng/
Kingdon Foundation
Maria and Frank Chiodi
Monique and Frank
Cordasco
Neil Crespi
Cravath, Swaine &
Moore LLP
Mihaela and Harry
Crosby
Mary Beth and Stephen S.
Daniel
The Durst Organization
Susan and William Foley
Alice and Nathan
Gantcher
Valerie and Garry Grant
Amy and John Griffin
Foundation
Caroline and Ed Hyman
Anne and Phil Isom
Elaine and Ken Langone
Nancy Lazar and George
Zachar
Kate Lear and Jon
LaPook
Billie Lim and Stephen
N. Ifshin
Granum A/I / Patrick
McGranaghan and
Rhea Lee
Elisabeth and John A.
Levin
Carolyn and Edward
Lewis
Greg Marcus / Marcus
Corporation
Foundation
Caroline and Paul
McCaffery / Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Michelle McCrea /
Viacom
Janice and Steve Miller
Morgan Stanley
The Moore Charitable
Foundation
Alice K. Netter
Nancy E. and Michael J.
Neuman
Aisha and Gbenga
Oyebode
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison
LLP
Paige and Martin Pepa
Yesim and Dusty Philip
Betsy and Robert Pitts
Karen Pritzker /
Seedlings Foundation
Melissa and David Raso
Jennifer and Tim Rice
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Meryl Rosofsky and
Stuart H. Coleman
Seedlings Foundation
Hillary Beard Schafer
and Mark G. Shafir
Melanie A. Shorin and
Greg S. Feldman
Peter Atkins / Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
Riva Arielle Ritvo Slifka
Emily and Scott Stackman
Twin Beeches Foundation
Angela Vallot and James
Basker
Celeste and Jeff Wecker
Martin Weinstein /
Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
LLP
Anita and Byron Wien /
Wien Family Fund
Susan and Benjamin
Winter
World Stage
William D. and Deborah
Zabel
Judy Zankel and
Norman S. Benzaquen
Libretto
Renee and Robert Belfer
Reginald and Aaliyah
Browne
Hannah F. Buchan
Noreen and Kenneth
Buckfire
Valentino D. Carlotti
As of May 19, 2016
Brenda M. Earl
Ennead Architects LLP
Judy and Tony Evnin
Susan and Arthur
Fleischer
Slavka B. Glaser
Barbara and Alan Glatt
Susan and Roger Hertog
Kathy and Jerome Kauff /
Kauff McGuire &
Margolis LLP
Hans and Antoinette
Kertess
Pat and John Klingenstein
Maria and Kerry
Kourepenos
Lear Family Foundation
Ninah and Michael
Lynne
Susan and Morris Mark
Louise Mirrer
Nobuko C. Narita
Laura Newcomb and
Timothy Curro
Nancy Kuhn and Bernard
Nussbaum
E. Denise Perry
Laura and James Ross
Pam and Scott Schafler
Darren Schlanger
Laura J. Sloate /
Hermione Foundation
Helena and Steve
Sokoloff
Joan and Michael
Steinberg
The Ruth and Jerome A.
Siegel Foundation
Nicki and Harold Tanner
Ann and Thomas
Unterberg
Faye Wattleton
Carol Winograd
Chorus
Christina and Robert
Baker / Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Baker Family
Foundation
Arlene and Harvey Blau
BMI
Isobel Konecky
Lewis Lehrman / The
Lehrman Insitute
The Arthur Loeb
Foundation
Dina Merrill and Ted
Hartley
Susan and David
Rockefeller
James Roe / Orchestra
of St. Luke’s
Susan Rubinstein
Ronald K. Simons
Denise Spillane
U.S. Trust
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
June 2016
September 2016
THE APPEL ROOM
ROSE THEATER
Swing! A Summer Cocktail Party
June 27 at 6:30pm
Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts the third annual
Swing! A Summer Cocktail Party. Swing! honors
the next generation of jazz artists and is specifically geared toward our culturally diverse young
professional audience. This year’s honorees are
Etienne Charles, Aaron Diehl, and Charenee
Wade. Join us for an evening of cocktails, live
jazz, and more. Proceeds will support Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s education programs.
Handful of Keys: A Century of Jazz Piano
September 22–24 at 8pm
This season-opening concert features the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
and today’s top pianists. Performing definitive
compositions by geniuses like Jelly Roll Morton,
Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, and
Marcus Roberts, tonight’s special guests will
showcase an evolution of jazz piano that now
spans over 100 years. Guest musicians range in
age from 13-year-old prodigy Joey Alexander
(recently featured on 60 Minutes) to 89-year-old
American treasure Dick Hyman, met in the middle by pianist/composer Helen Sung, Aaron
Diehl, and Isaiah J. Thompson.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.
July 2016
ERTEGUN ATRIUM
WeBop Family Jazz Party
Jazz is Feeling
“Ever feel like tapping your foot, shaking your
hips, clapping your hands, or bopping your head
because the music makes you want to do more
than just dance on the inside? That’s what jazz
is. Jazz is feeling.” Join WeBop’s Ms. Riza Printup
for a WeBop Family Jazz Party featuring Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter Marcus
Printup, WeBop pianist Mika Nishimura, drummer
Alvin Atkinson, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura.
Recommended for children eight months to eight
years of age; all children must be accompanied
by an adult.
THE APPEL ROOM
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Songs We Love
September 23–24 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Superstar vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater takes you
through 100 years of jazz song. On Friday (9/23),
she will sing the early blues and jazz of the 1920s
through the 1950s, joined by music director/trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and vocalists Vuyo Sotashe
and Brianna Thomas. On Saturday (9/24), she will
start with the socially conscious music of the
1950s and end with the songs of today, featuring
music director/drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. and
vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Alicia Olatuja.
Free pre-concert discussions nightly at 6pm and
8:30pm.
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
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
June 2016
Dion Parson & 21st Century Band
with Ron Blake, Melvin Jones, Victor Provost,
Reuben Rogers, Carlton Holmes, and Alioune
Faye
June 10–12
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Monday Nights with WBGO: Ali Jackson Trio
with Emmet Cohen and Yasushi Nakamura
June 13
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Ali Jackson Trio
with Emmet Cohen and Yasushi Nakamura
June 14–15
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Tom Harrell Quintet: 70th Birthday
Celebration
with Wayne Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna
Okegwo, and Johnathan Blake
June 16–19
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Lucas Pino’s No Net Nonet
Golden Rule, Turing Test: “Empathy in the
Digital Age”
with Mat Jodrell, Alex LoRe, Nick Finzer,
Andrew Gutauskas, Rafal Sarnecki, Glenn
Zaleski, Desmond White, Jimmy MacBride, Vuyo
Sotashe, Nancy Harms, and Jeremy Siskind
June 20
7:30pm & 9:30pm
The Steve Davis Quintet Featuring Larry Willis
with Mike DiRubbo, Gerald Cannon, and Joe
Farnsworth
June 21
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Jazztopad Festival Presents: Marcin
Wasilewski Trio
Presented in partnership with the Polish
Cultural Institute New York
June 22
7:30pm
Jazztopad Festival Presents: Lutoslawski
Quartet with Uri Caine and Piotr
Damasiewicz Quintet
Presented in partnership with the Polish
Cultural Institute New York
June 22
9:30pm
Jazztopad Festival Presents: Piotr
Damasiewicz Quintet
Presented in partnership with the Polish
Cultural Institute New York
June 23
7:30pm
Jazztopad Festival Presents: Lutoslawski
Quartet with Uri Caine and Marcin
Wasilewski Trio
Presented in partnership with the Polish
Cultural Institute New York
June 23
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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