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OCTOBER 2015
JAZZBILL
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Friday and Saturday Evening, October 23 and 24, 2015, at 8:00
Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH
WYNTON MARSALIS
PLAYS MONK
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
WYNTON MARSALIS, Music Director, Trumpet
RYAN KISOR, Trumpet
KENNY RAMPTON, Trumpet
MARCUS PRINTUP, Trumpet
CHRIS CRENSHAW, Trombone
ELLIOT MASON, Trombone
ERIC MILLER, Trombone
SHERMAN IRBY, Alto Saxophone
TED NASH, Alto Saxophone
VICTOR GOINES, Tenor Saxophone
WALTER BLANDING, Tenor Saxophone
PAUL NEDZELA, Baritone Saxophone
DAN NIMMER, Piano
RUSSELL HALL, Bass
ALI JACKSON, Drums
with special guests
BRAD MEHLDAU, Piano
JOEY ALEXANDER, Piano
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Program
—Program to be selected from the following Thelonious Monk compositions—
Arranged by WALTER BLANDING Ask Me Now
Arranged by SHERMAN IRBY Brake’s Sake
Arranged by ALI JACKSON & WYNTON MARSALIS Bright Mississippi
Arranged by CHRIS CRENSHAW Brilliant Corners
Arranged by ALI JACKSON Criss Cross
Arranged by CHRIS CRENSHAW Epistrophy
Arranged by TED NASH Humph
Arranged by VINCENT GARDNER Light Blue
Arranged by VINCENT GARDNER Monk’s Mood
Arranged by TED NASH Skippy
Arranged by CHRIS CRENSHAW Thelonious
Arranged by WYNTON MARSALIS Ugly Beauty
Arranged by SHERMAN IRBY We See
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Notes on the Program
By Eugene Holley, Jr
“[Monk] demanded originality in others and
he embodied it…in his piano technique, in
his dress, in his language, his humor, in
the way he danced…and above all in his
compositions.”
—Robin D.G. Kelley
“I think Thelonious Monk was the greatest
musician from [the bebop] period. He was
the most sophisticated harmonically by far,
and rhythmically. The attention to detail in
his solos, the way he kept his concentration, is beautiful. He had a really original
sound, but it contained all of the past in it,
the blues and the church. Monk’s music
had a big effect on me.”
—Wynton Marsalis
“Monk’s virtuosity…has developed in the
specific techniques of jazz. As when Monk
offers a simultaneous ‘inside’ trill with the
first fingers of his right hand, while playing
melody notes with his outer fingers. Or
when Monk actually bends a piano note…
by a special manipulation of fingers, piano
keys and foot pedals, a true blue note, a
curving of the piano sound….”
—Martin Williams
“I don’t consider myself a musician who
has achieved perfection and can’t develop
any further…But I compose my pieces
with a formula that I created myself.”
—Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk’s sphere of influence permeates the entire history of Jazz at Lincoln
Center. His music—characterized by his
wide intervals, unique use of space, mazelike melodies, pointillistic dissonance,
humor, and that bone-deep, propulsive
pianism that is simultaneously down-home
and up-south—is an oracle that the
musicians of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra regularly consult. Simply put:
Monk is the brook of fire through which all
musicians who want to play jazz, or play
modern music, must pass. The fact that
Monk lived on West 63rd Street, in the socalled “San Juan Hill” section of Manhattan,
just a stone’s throw from Jazz at Lincoln
Center’s original headquarters, makes his
reach all the more real.
Monk ranks in the uppermost echelon of
jazz composers in terms of lasting and significant influence alongside such brilliant
minds as Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
His 70-plus compositions ingeniously exploit
a number of musical devices: “Straight, No
Chaser” features a single motif played
repeatedly in different parts of a measure;
“Misterioso” employs a succession of
eighth notes with no rest, in a series of alternating high and low notes, while the bouncy
“Thelonious” is arguably his best “riff”
tune. And, of course, Monk’s ballads
“‘Round Midnight” (co-composed by Cootie
Williams), “Ruby My Dear,” and “Pannonica” ring with the sensuous sonority that
makes them essential jazz standards.
But Monk’s music is more than the technical
sum of its parts: “Boo Boo’s Birthday,”
“Little Rootie Tootie,” and “Crepuscule with
Nellie” were about his family and friends;
“Coming On The Hudson” and “Hackensack” were about the places and spaces
that interested him; and “Bye-Ya” and
“Bemsha Swing” were influenced by the
Afro-Hispanic and West Indian musicians
and musical genres he heard in New York.
Monk is a major influence on pianists from
Randy Weston, Mal Waldron, and Abdullah
Ibrahim to Rodney Kendrick, Danilo Perez,
and Marcus Roberts. “In Walked Bud” is
Monk’s soulful shout-out to his most
famous protégé, Bud Powell.
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And well into the change of the 21st century, Monk would inspire a wunderkind half
a world away: the 12-year-old, Bali-born
Joey Alexander, who burst onto the scene in
2015 with his debut CD, My Favorite Things.
“I would listen to this song by Thelonious
Monk called ‘Well, You Needn’t,’” Alexander
said in The Boston Globe. “And then I
started to try the piano.”
As Marsalis once noted, “You can play
[Monk’s] music for children, they love it.”
So it is fitting that Alexander is featured in
tonight’s Monk program, which includes
evocative and arresting arrangements of
Monk’s music, including Vincent Gardner’s
vivid version of “Light Blue,” Sherman
Irby’s re-imagination of “We See,” and Ted
Nash’s take on “Skippy.” Monk’s music is
child-like, not because it is naïve, but
because it has the wonder and wide-open
vistas of imagination and possibility we all
had in our early years, before the downbeat
of adulthood.
Editor’s note: Though unannounced at the
time of this writing, tonight’s performance
will also feature renowned pianist, composer, and improviser Brad Mehldau, himself a fan and disciple of Thelonious Monk,
whom he describes as one of his “compositional heroes.”
Mehldau has discussed at length the ways
in which Monk has informed his approach
to improvisation, noting a distinct challenge
posed by performing Monk’s material: “…
a Monk tune seems to ask more of the
soloist, because what has just taken place
on the head [of the composition] is so striking and full of meaning…It’s instructive to
look at the way Monk fused his writing and
his improvising together… Monk, like Bach
in his time, managed to break through that
dialectic of musical form and content. The
two become one fused entity…when it is
used throughout the duration of the solo
[the musical content of the initial melody] is
no mere performative utterance; it is more
architectural in nature. Monk set the bar for
an approach to improvisation in which form
itself becomes an expressive means.”
Eugene Holley, Jr. contributes to Hot House,
Wax Poetic, and DownBeat. His work is
featured in Albert Murray: The Aesthetic
Imagination of a Nation and in Jump For
Joy: Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates the
Ellington Centennial, 1899–1999.
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instrumental in the Higher Ground
Hurricane Relief concert, produced by Jazz
at Lincoln Center. The event raised more
than $3 million for the Higher Ground Relief
Fund to benefit the musicians, music
industry-related enterprises, and other individuals and entities from the areas in
Greater New Orleans who were impacted
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, SecretaryGeneral 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
MICHAEL WILSON
JOE MARTINEZ
Meet the Artists
Brad Mehldau
Over the last two decades, Brad Mehldau
(Piano) has forged a unique path that
embodies the essence of jazz exploration,
classical romanticism, and pop allure. His
unquestionable leadership across domains
has grown quietly as he has transformed the
paradigm of jazz and classical performance.
For the foreseeable future, Mehldau will be
performing solo and with his long-standing
trio collective, which features Larry
Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on
drums. Mehldau’s special projects will
include duets with Joshua Redman and
Christian McBride, a quartet project with
John Scofield, and his ongoing collaboration with prodigious drummer Mark
Guiliana in Mehliana: Taming the Dragon.
Although inventive diversity remains his
focus, the near future will reveal more of
Mehldau’s solo piano output, composed
with his penchant for a more classicalcrossover sourced dialect. In that realm, a
new commission, Three Pieces After Bach,
premiered at Carnegie Hall in October
2015. In recent years Mehldau has
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expanded his international exposure in
genre-crossing commissions and notable
collaborations with Pat Metheny, Anne
Sofie von Otter, Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, Renee Fleming, Britten Sinfonia,
Kevin Hays, Jeremy Denk, Chris Thile, and
Joshua Redman. With his rigorous intellect
feeding an inspired range of expression and
intensity, Mehldau leaves his worldwide
audience eager for his next foray.
Joey Alexander
Born in Bali in 2003, Joey Alexander (Piano)
first encountered a piano at the age of six.
By ear, he immediately picked out the
melody of jazz standards from his father’s
record collection, including Thelonious
Monk’s “Well, You Needn’t.” His father,
also a musician, introduced Alexander to
more classic recordings and began taking
him to jam sessions in Bali and Jakarta.
Learning by listening, Alexander’s early
influences include Duke Ellington,
Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, and John
Coltrane, as well as such trumpet players
as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Miles
Davis, and Wynton Marsalis. Despite his
lack of formal training, Alexander developed
an authoritative technique and improvisatory spirit, and with his depth of musicality he quickly rose in the Indonesian jazz
scene and beyond. At age eight, UNESCO
invited him to play solo piano in front of an
enthusiastic Herbie Hancock. At age ten,
Joey was featured at jazz festivals in
Jakarta and Copenhagen, and he won the
international improvisation contest in
Odessa, Ukraine, beating over 200 jazz professionals from 17 countries. In 2014 he
performed at star-studded galas in New
York City for Jazz at Lincoln Center in Rose
Theater, the Jazz Foundation of America at
The Apollo, and the Arthur Ashe Learning
Center at Gotham Hall. On May 12, 2015,
he released his debut album, My Favorite
Things, on Motema Music, featuring original compositions and classic tunes by
artists ranging from Coltrane to Rodgers &
Hammerstein. My Favorite Things was produced by Grammy Award–winning producer
Jason Olaine, and the album features Larry
Grenadier, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Russell
Hall, Sammy Miller, and Alphonso Horne.
Alexander’s imagination, sophisticated
arrangements, and dazzling playing make
My Favorite Things a soulful and joyful
musical adventure. It is also a statement of
intent, a compelling introduction to a budding young leader, performer, and composer. From his impressionistic introduction
to “Giant Steps” and the spirited interplay
with his bandmates on “It Might as Well
Be Spring,” to his remarkable rendition of
“Over the Rainbow,” Alexander proves
himself a true and distinctive jazz professional. He has performed at venues including the Rochester Jazz Festival, Newport
Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and a
TED conference.
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
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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.”
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
which was premiered by the orchestra at
Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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.
Russell Hall
Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, bassist
and composer Russell Hall (Bass) has been
hailed as one of the most promising artists
of his generation. His musical instruction
began at the renowned Dillard Center for
the Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where
he honed his skills and met older musicians
in the South Florida area. Hall participated
in the Essentially Ellington High School
Jazz Band Festival and Competition and
placed second in 2010 and first in 2011 and
2012. Hall was cited by Wynton Marsalis
as “one of the leaders of his generation.”
With Marsalis, he also participated in the
Emmy Award nominated HBO program
Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts Masterclass. Since moving to New York City, Hall
has performed and recorded with Branford
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Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Herlin Riley, Ali Jackson, Joshua
Redman, Harold Mabern, Terence Blanchard, Russell Malone, Jon Batiste,
Michael Mwenso, Aaron Diehl, and many
more in venues throughout the United
States and abroad. Hall is currently attending The Juilliard School under the tutelage
of the master bassist Ron Carter.
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 fouryear 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, 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
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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.
Elliot Mason
Elliot Mason (Trombone ) was born in
England in 1977 and began trumpet
lessons at age four with his father. At age
seven he switched his focus from trumpet
to trombone. At age 11 he was performing
in various venues, concentrating on jazz
and improvisation. By 16, Mason left
England to join his brother Brad Mason at
the Berklee College of Music on a full
tuition scholarship. He has won the following awards: Daily Telegraph Young Jazz
Soloist (under 25) Award, the prestigious
Frank Rosolino Award, the International
Trombone Association’s Under 29 Jazz
Trombone competition, and Berklee’s Slide
Hampton Award in recognition of outstanding performance abilities. He moved
to New York City after graduation and
in 2008 Mason joined Northwestern
University’s faculty as the jazz trombone
instructor. He has performed with Count
Basie Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the
Maria Schneider Orchestra, and the
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau. A
member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra since 2006, Mason also continues to co-lead the Mason Brothers
Quintet with his brother. The Mason
Brothers released their debut album, Two
Sides, One Story in 2011.
Eric Miller
Starting at age 14, Eric Miller (Trombone)
spent five years as first trombonist and
soloist with the Nassau Suffolk Jazz
Ensemble. As first trombonist in the
Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble,
he performed with such artists as McCoy
Tyner and James Moody. In 2006 Miller
was selected to participate in Betty
Carter’s Jazz Ahead program at The
Kennedy Center. In 2010 he won the
International Trombone Association’s Carl
Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition and
was a featured guest artist at Italian festival
Jazzopolis. Miller has performed with
Jonathan Batiste, Michael Dease, the Dizzy
Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band, the
Christian McBride Big Band, John Ellis, and
many more. He received a bachelor’s
degree in jazz studies at the Manhattan
School of Music, as well as a master’s
degree in jazz studies from University of
California Los Angeles, while studying at
the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. The
student group performed at the 2013 and
2014 UNESCO International Jazz Day
Celebrations. Institute alumni have collectively formed a band called Holophonor,
whose debut album was released in 2014.
Ted Nash
Ted Nash (Alto Saxophone) was born into a
musical family in Los Angeles. His father,
Dick Nash, and uncle, the late Ted Nash,
were both well-known jazz and studio musi-
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cians. The younger Nash exploded onto the
jazz scene at 18, moved to New York and
released his first album, Conception
(Concord Jazz). He is co-leader of the Jazz
Composers Collective and is constantly
pushing the envelope in the world of “traditional jazz.” His group Odeon has often
been cited as a creative focus of jazz. Many
of Nash’s recordings have received critical
acclaim, and have appeared on the “bestof” lists in the New York Times, New
Yorker, Village Voice, Boston Globe, and
Newsday. His recordings, The Mancini
Project (Palmetto Records) and Sidewalk
Meeting (Arabesque Recordings), have
been placed on several “best-of-decade”
lists. His album Portrait in Seven Shades
was recorded by the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra and was released in 2010. The
album is the first composition released by
the JLCO featuring original music by a band
member other than bandleader Wynton
Marsalis. Chakra, Nash’s most recent big
band recording, came out in late 2013.
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.
Dan Nimmer
Dan Nimmer (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).
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,
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Jazz at Lincoln Center
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.
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is dedicated to
inspiring and growing audiences for jazz.
With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra and a comprehensive
array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln
Center advances a unique vision for the
continued development of the art of jazz by
producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events
for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national
radio programs, television broadcasts,
recordings, publications, an annual high
school jazz band competition and festival, a
band director academy, jazz appreciation
curriculum for students, music publishing,
children’s concerts and classes, lectures,
adult education courses, student and educator workshops, and interactive websites.
Under the leadership of Managing and
Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis,
Chairman Robert J. Appel, and Executive
Director Greg Scholl, Jazz at Lincoln Center
produces thousands of events each season
in its home in New York City, Frederick P.
Rose Hall, and around the world. For more
information, visit jazz.org.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual artistic, educational, and archival programs are supported
by the following generous contributors:
Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn
Helen and Robert J.
Appel
Anonymous
The Arnhold Family
Jody and John Arnhold
Siris Capital, LLC / Robin
and Peter Berger
Jessica and Natan
Bibliowicz
Lisa and Dick Cashin
The City of New York
Betsy and Alan D. Cohn
Dalio Foundation
Diana and Joe DiMenna
LEADERS
Doris Duke Charitable
R. McQuillan
Foundation
National Endowment for
Gail and Al Engelberg
the Arts
Mica Ertegun
Jacqueline L. Bradley and
Melanie A. Shorin and
Clarence Otis
Greg S. Feldman
Jennifer and Michael
The Ford Foundation
Price
The Hearst Foundations Jay Pritzker Foundation
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
Adam R. Rose and Peter 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
Marlene Hess and James
D. Zirin
GUARANTORS
Herb Alpert Foundation
The Ammon Foundation
Anonymous
The Argus Fund
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Brooks Brothers
Valentino D. Carlotti
Robert Sterling Clark
Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of
New York
The Coca-Cola Company
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
HSBC Premier
Wynton Marsalis
New York City
Department of Cultural
Affairs in partnership
with the City Council
Karen and Charles Phillips
The Fan Fox & Leslie R.
Samuels Foundation,
Inc.
The Shops at Columbus
Circle at Time Warner
Center
Kimberly and Viqar Shariff
The Schow Foundation
SiriusXM
Surdna Foundation
Faye Wattleton
BENEFACTORS
Altman Foundation
Movado
Con Edison
Prudential Financial/Mary
Mihaela and Harry Crosby Kay and John
The Ambrose Monell
Strangfeld
Foundation
Therese S. Rosenblatt
Anonymous (2)
Donna and William
Acquavella
Jolynn Schmidt and Scott
Anderson
Augustine Foundation
Paxton Baker
Patricia Blanchet
Emily and Leonard
Blavatnik
Betty and Philippe Camus
Diane M. Coffey
Judith and Jamie Dimon
Holly and Barry Feirstein
Hugh Fierce
The Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation
and H. Marshall
Sonenshine
Katherine Farley and
Jerry Speyer
The Harold and Mimi
SUSTAINERS
Bridget and John
Fribourg Family
Macaskill
Foundation
Sara Miller McCune
The David Geffen
Anne Welsh McNulty
Foundation
Mericos Foundation
Susan C. Gordon
MLGW LLP/Lester
The Charles Evans
Weingarten CPA,
Hughes Memorial
Partner
Foundation, Inc.
Neiman Marcus Group
Caroline and Ed Hyman
New York State Council
M. Billie Lim and
on the Arts with the
Stephen M. Ifshin
support of Governor
Susan and J. Alan Kahn
Andrew Cuomo and
Eric and Sandy Krasnoff
the New York State
Carolyn and Ed Lewis
Legislature
Lincoln Center Corporate
Peter J. Solomon
Fund
Company LLP
Lostand Foundation
Ashley and Mike Ramos
Lauder Foundation
Steinberg Charitable
Trust
World Stage
Rose-Lee and Keith
Reinhard
Johanna Judah and Lief
Rosenblatt
Fiona and Eric C. Rudin
May and Samuel Rudin
Family Foundation, Inc.
The Shubert Foundation,
Inc.
Fredric E. Steck
Harold and Mimi
Steinberg Charitable
Trust
Time Warner, Inc
Barbara and John
Vogelstein
Linda Wachner
George T. Wein
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Amtrak
Simi Ahuja and Kumar
Mahadeva
Judy and John Angelo
Angelson Family
Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Rose M. Badgeley
Charitable Trust
Judy and Ron Baron
Brook and Roger Berlind
Arthur M. Blank
Foundation
Barbara and Timothy
Boroughs
Kathryn and Kenneth I.
Chenault
Emilie Roy Corey and
Michael Corey
Lise Scott and D. Ronald
Daniel
Brenda Earl
Cheryl and Blair Effron
Irith Federmann-Landeau
Stacey and Eric Flatt
Steve and Nicole Frankel
Carolyn Surgent and
Jacques Friedman
Arlyn and Edward
Gardner
Jennifer and Gregory
Geiling
Barbara Langaro and
Darin S. Goldstein
ANGELS
Ms. Carolyn Katz and Mr. Blanche and Irving Laurie
Michael Goldstein
Foundation
Elizabeth M. Gordon
Laurie and Pierre LaPeyre
Valerie S. Grant
Lear Family Foundation
Roberta Campbell and
Toby Devan Lewis
Richard N. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Myrna and Stephen
Lindsay and Family
Greenberg
Casey Lipscomb
Robin and Danny
The Louis Armstrong
Greenspun
Educational Foundation
Amy and John Griffin
James Lyle
Christiane and JeanNancy and Peter Meinig
Claude Gruffat
Cindy and Chip Murphy
Louise and Henry A.
Judith E. Neisser
Grunwald
Alice K. Netter
The Marc Haas
Bette Kim and Steven J.
Foundation
Niemczyk
Lisa Meulbroek and Brent Mary Ann Oklesson
R. Harris
Cynthia and D. Jeffrey
Dina Merrill and Ted
Penney
Hartley
Christin and Jerome Ponz
Liliane and Christian W.E. Brian J. Ratner
Haub
Philanthropic Fund
Julia Perry and Wolf
Aileen and Robert
Hengst
Rendine
Amabel and Tony James Marcus V. Ribeiro
Sandy and D. Jeffrey
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Kallenberg
Eugene and Maxine
Rosenfeld
Keiko Matsuyama and
Patricia and Edward John
David S. Katz
Rosenwald
Julia and David Koch
Esther and Steve Rotella
M. Robin Krasny
Richard Roth
David B. Kriser
Ophelia and William
Foundation
Rudin
Danny Altschul
Anonymous (4)
Robin and Arthur Aufses
The David Berg
Foundation, Inc.
Sandye Berger
Sol and Margaret Berger
Foundation
Arthur M. Blank Family
Foundation
Madeline and Alan
Blinder
Dr. William and Laurie
Bolthouse
Tina and Jeffrey Bolton
Maria and Mark Boonie
Rhoda Bressler
Mildred Brinn
Del Bryant/BMI
Catherine Castaldo and
Thomas Nobile
Ralph M. Cestone
Foundation
Simona and Jerome
Chazen
Sandra Guenther Clark
Ann Colley
Geoffrey and Marcia
Colvin
Corinthia Hotels
Patricia Cook
W. Don Cornwell
Peter D. and Julie Fisher
Cummings Family
Foundation
Sylvia Botero and
Norman Cuttler
Susan and Mark Dalton
Carla Emil and Richard
Sliverstein
Anna and James Fantaci
Laura and Lywall Salles
First Republic Bank
Forbes Media LLC
Great Performances
Bruce Greenwald
Stanley and Alice Harris
Ther Arthur and Janet
Hershaft Foundation
The DuBose and Dorothy
Heyward Memorial
Fund
Jennifer and Cameron
Hillyer
Jane and Michael Horvitz
Joan and John Jakobson
Jewish Communal Fund
James E. Johnson and
Nancy Northup
Christopher S. Jones
Richard and Lisa Kendall
Robert Kissane
Sally and Wynn
Kramarsky
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Safra
Diane and Leo Schlinkert
Adolph and Ruth
Schnurmacher
Foundation, Inc
Chloe Breyer and Greg J.
Scholl
Peter Schub Foundation
Gil Shiva
Ron Simons
Sydney and Stanley
Shuman
Riva Ariell Ritvo
Slifka/Alan B. Slifka
Foundation
Beatrice Snyder
Foundation
The Jennifer and
Jonathan Allan Soros
Foundation
Robert and Melissa Soros
Katherine Farley and
Jerry Speyer
Kimberley and Paul
Tanico
Nicki and Harold Tanner
Reginald Van Lee
Tania and Mark Walker
David Weiner
Lester Weingarten
The Weininger
Foundation
Lola C. West
Patricia and Alfred Zollar
FRIENDS
Diane Forrest and
Nicholas J. LaHowchic
Jeffrey and Nancy Lane
Betty and John A. Levin
Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrew
Levison
Robin and Jay Lewis
Robert C. Lieber
Amanda and Peter Low
Vincent Mai
Jacko Maree
Molly McGowan
The MCJ Amelior
Foundation
Sonnet and Ian Mckinnon
Robert and Bethany
Millard
Scott and Jennifer Miller
Cheryl and Philip Milstein
Joan Weinberg and Alan
Mirken
Adriana and Robert
Mnuchin
Frosty Montgomery
Sharon Morris
Jeremy Moss
Nancy Kuhn and Bernie
Nussbaum
Amelia and Adebayo
Ogunlesi
Nnamdi Okike
Rebecca and Daniel
Okrent
Gabrielle and Michael
Palitz
Paul Weiss Rifkind
Wharton & Garrison
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Picket
Ellen B. Randall
Carol and Don Randel
Jill and Alan Rappaport
Aileen Ghee and Robert
Rendine
Clara and Walter Ricciardi
Mary Ann Rich
Avis and Bruce Richards
Ropes & Gray LLP
Heather Bandur and Dr.
Michael Rosen
Daryl and Steven Roth
Susan Cluff and Neil
Rudolph
Barbara Saltzman
Pam and Scott Schafler
Ian Schaefer
Jane Hartley and Ralph
Schlosstein
Frances and Glen Schor
Donald Schupak
Irene and Bernard
Schwartz
Gregg G. Seibert
Katherine Seligman
Michael H. Seligman
Monica Seligman
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Lee Rhodes and Peter
Seligman
Helen Sogoloff and
Alexander Shaknovich
John Shapiro
Glenn Close and David
Shaw
Susan Moldow and
William M. Shinker
Laura J. Sloate/Hermione
Foundation
Tracy and Jay Snyder
Deirdre Stanley
Barbara Carroll and Mark
Stroock
Diane and Arthur Abbey
Donna Ward and Greg
Amato
Anonymous (3)
Dorria Ball
Lillian Barbash
Brook and Roger Berlind
Mary Bernard
Theresa and Gerry
Bernaz
Arlene and Mark
Bernstein
Keith Best
Mary Billard
The Black Alumni of Pratt
Barbara and James Block
Les Bluestone
Meg and Owen Boger
Marcia and Kenneth
Brookler
Amsale Aberra and Neil
Brown
Noreen and Kenneth
Buckfire
Judd Burstein
James Burt
Jeffrey Casey
Ohn Choe
Jill and Irwin Cohen
Marian and James Cohen
David Cole
Patrice Coleman
The Aaron Copland Fund
for Music, Inc
Carolyn and Neil Coplan
Linda Cote
Larry Corio
Alice and Daniel
Cunningham
Joan and John D’Addario
Ellen and Gary Davis
Elizabeth de Cuevas
Marilyn and Anthony De
Nicola
Jane and William
Donaldson
Chris and Jim Drost
Jacqueline Moline and
Antoine Drye
Robert and Mercedes
Eicholz Foundation
Marsha and James
Ellowitz
Evelyn and Arthur Estey
Jeffrey B. Fager
Joseph Fazio
Ken and Caryl Field Fund
of the Princeton Area
Community Foundation
Alfred and Harriet
Feinman Foundation
Christine Ferer
Christine and John
Fitzgibbons
Stacey and Eric Flatt
Susan and Arthur
Fleischer, Jr.
Charlotte Moss and Barry
Friedberg
Erin A. Pond and Peter H.
Friedland
Susan and Fred Friedman
Fredrica and Stephen
Friedman
Ian Fuller
Roy L. Furman
Alice and Nathan Gantcher
Henry Louise Gates, Jr.
Linda Gelfond
Stuart Gelfond
Michael Gellert
June and John Gibson
Gladstein Family
Foundation
Claudia Glasser
Charlene and Keith
Goggin
Linda Silberman and
Victor Goldberg
Arlene Goldman
Jane and Budd S.
Goldman
Patricia and Bernard
Goldstein
Robert S. Goldstein
Nancy and Gary
Goodenough
Barbara and Harry Gould
Terry and Michael Groll
Lori E. Gross
Agnes Gund
Sanjeanetta Harris
Laurie Hawkes
Alexandra Herzan
Tania Higgin
Alan D. Holtz
Audrey Sokoloff and
Timothy Hosking
Donna Raftery and
Vincent Inconiglios
Adam Inselbuch
Cathy and Walter
Isaacson
Andrea Montalbano and
Diron Jebejian
Jeffrey Kallenberg
Marnee and Eric Kaltman
Katherine and Jerome
Kauff
Ginny and Richard Keim
Risa Schifter and Edward
A. Kirtman
Randy Klein
Karen and David Kline
Dhuanne and Doug Tansil
Judy and Alfred Taubman
Barbara Walters
Jeanette and Paul
Wagner
Warburg Pincus
Diane and Geoffrey Ward
The Weininger
Foundation
Cindy and Kenneth West
Carol Winograd
Tara Kelleher and Roy J.
Zuckerberg
PATRONS
Pat and John Klingenstein
Theresa Knight
Chikako and Tomo
Kodama
Ronald and Isobel Konecky
Family Foundation
Cynthia and Eric Korman
Diane Kranz
Wendy and Jerry
Labowitz
Jill and Barry Lafer
Diane Forrest and Nick
LaHowchic
Hiroko Lange
Geraldine Laybourne
Elizabeth and Gavin
Leckie
Laurie Zucker Lederman
and David Lederman
Nyssa and Christen Lee
Sandra Shahinian Leitner
Denise and David Levine
Karen Collias and
Geoffrey Levitt
Ira Levy
Cher Lewis and
Daughters Charitable
Trust
Loida Nicolas Lewis
Rita Fishman and
Leonard Lichter
Sharon Horn and Jeffrey
Lichtman
Lynn Staley and Marty
Linsky
Diane and William Lloyd
Tina and Michael Lobel
Madeleine Long
H. Christopher Luce
Lynn Davidson and Jon
Lukomnik
Ninah and Michael Lynne
James Manges
J. Robert Mann, Jr.
Katina and Ken Manne
Justin Manus
Monty March
Susan and Morris Mark
Mark Family Foundation
Tracy Stein and Marco
Masotti
Joan Lee and Robert
Matloff
Joanne and Norman
Matthews
Lady Va and Sir Deryck
Maughan
Merridith and Robert
McCarthy
Raymond C. Mikulich
Irene Weiss Miller and
Jeffrey D. Miller
Courtney Lee and
Marcus Mitchell
Brian Moriarty
Susan and Alan Morris
Michelle and John Morris
Lisa Caputo and Rick
Morris
Adele Morrissette
Richard Moylan
Gaya Vinay and Vinay
Nair
Judith E. Neisser
Josiane and Thierry
Noufele
Nora Ann Wallace and
Jack Nusbaum
Lisbeth and Augustus
Oliver
Margot Bridger and
Joseph G. Paul
Michael Peffer
Albert Penick Fund
James Penrose
Joseph Perella
Paula and Dominic Petito
Caroline Wamsler and
DeWayne Phillips
Wayne Phillips
Dr. Robert Press
Karen and Timothy
Proctor
Cheryl and Louis Raspino
Megan and William Ried
Barbara J. Riley
Nancy and Marc Roberts
Alicia and William
Robertson IV
Margaret Robson
Lila Ross
Laura and James Ross
Steven and Daryl Roth
Laura Sachar
Monica Kirkland and
Marcelo Sanchez
George H. Sands, MD
Phyllis W. Bertin and
Anthony M. Saytanides
Mark Scharfman
Amy Katz and Irving Scher
Marcia and Irwin Schloss
Shari and Jay Schuster
Deborah and Phillip Scott
Kathy and Joel Segall
Javier Seymore
Lynn Povich and Stephen
Shepard
Robert B. Shepler
Stephanie and Alfred
Shuman
Ruth and Jerome Siegel
Nancy and Andrew
Simmons
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Carra Sleight
Helena and Steve
Sokoloff
Yuriko and Leonard
Solondz
Jimmie E. Spears
Denise Spillane
Louise A. Springer
Barbara and Mitchell
Stein
Joan and Michael
Steinberg
Sonja Steptoe
Leonore and Walter
Stern
James Stevens
Joe Sullivan
Gloria and Phillip Talkow
Jay Tanenbaum
Lynne Tarnopol
Aulston Taylor
The Wilma S. and
Laurence A. Tisch
Foundation
Barbara and Donald
Tober
Michael Tuch Foundation,
Inc.
Eboni Marshall and
Rossie E. Turman
Ann and Thomas
Unterberg
Jacqueline Uter
Ellen and Barry
Wagenberg
Cathy and James Wallick
Dr. Raymond
Wedderburn
Jane L. Overman and
Paul Weltchek
Joan and Howard
Weinstein
Mildred Weissman
Robert C. Wesley, Jr.
As of August 27, 2015
Naida S. Wharton
Foundation
Katherine C. Wickham
Michael E. Wiles
Shelley and Robert
Willcox
Audrey Strauss and John
Wing
Richard M. Winn III
Benjamin Winter
The Craig E. Wishman
Foundation
Wolfensohn Family
Foundation
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Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn,
Vice Chair
John Arnhold
Jessica M. Bibliowicz
Robert H. Burns
Valentino D. Carlotti
Richard M. Cashin
Diane M. Coffey,
Vice Chair
Stephen S. Daniel
Gordon J. Davis,
Founding Chairman
Diana Roesch DiMenna
Viet Dinh
Gail May Engelberg,
Vice Chair
Mica Ertegun
June Noble Larkin
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert J. Appel, Chairman
Hughlyn F. Fierce
Michael D. Fricklas,
Secretary
Larry Gagosian
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Buzzy Geduld
Valerie S. Grant
Marlene Hess
Thomas H. Lee
Edward T. Lewis
Wynton Marsalis
Steven Miller
Clarence Otis,
Treasurer
Mark R. Patterson
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
Michael F. Price
Keith Reinhard
Mark Rosenthal,
Chair, Executive Committee
Jack Rudin,
Vice Chair
Arthur J. Samberg
Lisa Schiff,
Chairman Emeritus
Paul C. Schorr, IV
Barry F. Schwartz
Kimberly Ayers Shariff
Melanie Shorin,
Co-Chair, Chairman’s Circle
H. Marshall Sonenshine
David J. Stern
Faye Wattleton
George Wein
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Albert Murray†
Jonathan F. P. Rose
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Hon. Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the City of New York
Stephen R. Aiello, Designee
Hon. Gale Brewer, President of the Borough of Manhattan
Lola C. West, Designee
Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker of the New York City Council
Alan D. Cohn†
EXECUTIVE
Wynton Marsalis, Managing & Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
Jazz at Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges the following:
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD
Deirdre Davis (Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP)
OFFICE OF WYNTON MARSALIS
Edith Bolton, Vice President, Administration
Jonathan Kelly, Music Supervisor
Luigi Beverelli, Web Producer & Videographer
Personal and Financial Management of Wynton Marsalis
The Management Ark; Edward C. Arrendell II, President
Jazz at Lincoln Center salutes Agnes Varis for her generous underwriting support of
the Rose Theater stage and the facility’s infrared listening system.
The Steinway is the official piano of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Great Performances is the exclusive caterer of Frederick P. Rose Hall.
†deceased
(as of September 1, 2015)
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Wynton Marsalis, Managing & Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
LEGAL
Daphnée Saget Woodley, Vice President &
General Counsel
Jae K. Lee, Deputy General Counsel
Angelo Miranda, Counsel
EDUCATION
Todd Stoll, Vice President
Dr. Michael Albaugh, Director,
Education Operations
Maegan McHugh, Assistant Director,
Secondary/Higher Education Programs
Justin Poindexter, Assistant Director,
Educational and Community Programs
Seton Hawkins, Manager, Education
Resources & Public Programming
Asata Viteri, Manager, MSJA Outreach
Eli Yamin, Head of Instruction MSJA
Matt Buttermann, Coordinator, Youth Programs
Jake Blasini, Associate, Educational &
Community Programs
Alison Magistrali, Associate
Oliver Beardsley, Administrative Assistant,
Jazz for Young People
Juan Montoya, Assistant, MSJA
EXECUTIVE
Phil Schaap, Curator
Kate Schlesinger, Executive Assistant
BRAND AND AUDIENCE
DEVELOPMENT
Gabrielle Armand, Vice President
Mary Fiance, Director, Archives and
Cultural Affairs
Aaron Bisman, Director, Audience Development
Eugenia Han, Director, Video Production
Jake Cohen, Manager, Content Strategy and
Marketing
Michael Crino, Manager, Social Media
Valerie Florville, Product Manager
Jonathon Fricke, Assistant, Audience
Development
CREATIVE SERVICES
Casey Walter, Director
Frank Stewart, Senior Photographer
Maya Sariahmed, Senior Designer
James Thigpen, Jr., Designer
Lawrence Sumulong, Photo Editor
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Zooey T. Jones, Director
Danielle Bias, Assistant Director
Christina Riley, Associate
DEVELOPMENT
Dwayne Ashley, Vice President
Paul A. Allen, Director, Foundations &
Government Relations
Crystal Fields-Sam, Director, Corporate
Partnerships
Stacie Middleton Crawford, Director,
Special Events
Jennifer Weil, Director, Major Gifts
R. Darian Suggs, Senior Manager
Louise Diamond, Manager,
Foundations & Government Relations
DEVELOPMENT (cont’d)
Mary-Elizabeth Mitchell, Manager, Capital
Campaign
Rosemary Rutledge, Manager, Membership
Mary Beth McGee, Manager, Corporate
Sponsorships
Shayne Kao, Manager, Special Events
Divya Kantamneni, Coordinator, Special Events
Katie Lander, Officer, Major Gifts
Mallika Bhargava, Research Coordinator
Hilda Cabrera, Associate, Foundations &
Government Relations
Miles Freeman, Associate
Lance Hueston, Associate, Donor Database
FINANCE
Susan Gordon, Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
Ed Buller, Controller
Ellen Wong, Manager, Budget and Reporting
Donna James, Manager, Accounts Payable
Kristy Bridgewater, Senior Accountant
Kristina Renard, Staff Accountant
Queenie Tsang, Staff Accountant
Alexis Melendez, Analyst, Budget and Reporting
Madina Hosein, Assistant
FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL
Doug Hosney, Vice President
Nancy Gallagher, Vice President, Sales
Ken Luciano, Director, Facilities Operations
Richard Williams, Director, Security
Zakaria Al-Alami, Director, Lighting
John Starmer, Director Production
David Taylor, Director Production
Michael Givey, Manager, Production
Michael Leslie, Manager, Production
Sarah Peterson, Manager, Production
Nate Terracio, Manager, Production
Nancy Karimi, Associate Director, Marketing,
Sales and Scheduling
Dan Mueller, Associate Director, Sales,
Sales and Scheduling
Arlise Ellis, Senior Associate, Systems,
Sales and Scheduling
Marin Addis, Associate, Sales and Scheduling
Domingo Cabrera, Manager, Front of House
Nicholas Adler, Associate Manager, Front
of House
Indio Melendez, Assistant Manager, Front
of House
Vincent Bly, Treasurer, Box Office
Danel Verdugo, Assistant Treasurer, Box Office
Leonard Johnson, Ticket Seller
Karen Reeves, Ticket Seller
Richard Cruz, Manager, Operations
Joseph Miele, Janitorial Supervisor
Juan Carlos Andrews, Stage Technician
Robert Biasetti, Stage Technician
Federico Diaz, Stage Technician
Phil Hirsch, Stage Technician
Scott Schilk, Stage Technician
Jeffrey Turner, Stage Technician
John Uhl, Stage Technician
Robert Bass, Stage Technician
Paul Kelly, Chief Engineer
Kevin Rutledge, Building Mechanic
Luis Silva, Building Mechanic
FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL (cont’d)
George Dombrosky, Building Mechanic
William Wund, Building Mechanic
TECHNOLOGY
Scott Anderson, Vice President & Chief
Technology Officer
Fred Murphy, Director, Information Technology
Desmond Lyons, Administrator, Systems
Margaret Stockton, Administrator, Applications
Mrinalini Kamath, Specialist, Applications
Tarayna Kinard, Assistant
HUMAN RESOURCES AND
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
Angelica Rivera, Vice President
Shayla Alexander, Generalist
Kaeli Varden, Generalist
Melanie Savall-Williams, Associate, Office
Administration
Muyi Adebanjo, Administrator, Office
Administration
CONCERTS AND TOURING
Cat Henry, Vice President
Jason Olaine, Director, Programming & Touring
Eric Wright, Director, Concerts and Touring
Operations
Kay Wolff, Director, Music Administration
Christianna English, Manager, Music
Administration
Alex Ball, Associate
Omar Little, Assistant, Audio Archivist
Tim Carter, Music Preparation
Justin Bias, Assistant Director, Audio &
Video Capture
Georgina Javor, Assistant Director,
Programming
Roland Chassagne, General Manager,
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Desmond Prass, Assistant Manager, Dizzy’s
Club Coca-Cola
Naeemah Hicks, Manager, Line Producer
Kristopher Kandel, Manager, Line Producer
Dan Israel, Manager, Programming & Touring
Kathleen Murray, Manager, Operations
Michael Mwenso, Curator/Programming
Associate
Raynel Frazier, Associate, Programming
and Touring
Yunie Mojica, Assistant
John Denion, Stage Manager
Terry Hampton, Assistant Stage Manager
Jay Sgroi, Tour Associate
Raymond Murphy, Tour Manager
Jessica Barrios, Wardrobe Stylist
Angela Fludd, Wardrobe Assistant
MARKETING
Sara Villagio, Director
India Haggins, Assistant Director
Leif Ellington, Manager, Subscriptions and
Ticketing
Frances Howorth, Associate
David LeBlanc, Associate, Customer Relations
Benjamin Mickelson, Associate
Emma Zeger, Associate
Jazz at Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges the following:
David Robinson, Rob Macomber, James P. Nichols, Mike Taylor, Jeff Jones, Billy Banks, Matt Hilgenberg, Kate Sain, Geoff Burke,
Jonathan Kelly, Jennifer Hayes, Jon Irabagon, René Lopez, Jenny McGrath, Kyle Nix, Lewis Porter, Kenneth Rea, Kathy Tingum,
Taylor Watson, Megumi Yonezawa, Joe Young, James Sapione, Joe Locarro.
(as of September16, 2015)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
November 2015
SYMPHONY SPACE
2537 Broadway, New York, New York
Family Concert: Who is Duke Ellington?
November 21 at 11am & 1pm
This season, the Jazz for Young People series
begins with the greatest jazz composer: Duke
Ellington. Through interactive performances and
lessons, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis will illustrate how Duke’s discovery of the blues and the development of his
own innovative ideas created a new vernacular
that would forever change the musical landscape
of jazz. His legacy as a composer, a leader, and a
vanguard of American music is celebrated
through this hour-long, youth-oriented event.
actress and vocalist Adriane Lenox, whose brilliance in the Broadway hit After Midnight was
met with critical acclaim. The concert also features fresh new voices Martina DaSilva, Tatiana
Eva-Marie, and Shenel Johns, with music direction by pianist Chris Pattishall. He will lead a
group of today’s finest New York jazz musicians,
including Alphonso Horne, Patrick Barlet, Corey
Wilcox, Joe Saylor, and Yasushi Nakamura.
Together they explore classics such as “Stormy
Weather” and “Taking a Chance on Love.” Tap
dancers Michela Marino Lerman and Joseph C.
Wiggan add a rare spin to the show with dance
routines from iconic scenes in the golden era of
stage and screen.
January 2016
ROSE THEATER
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.
THE APPEL ROOM
Divas of the Silver Screen: Celebrating Lena
Horne, Rosemary Clooney & Ethel Waters
December 18–19 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, and Rosemary Clooney
are honored in our opening Singers Over Manhattan performance, led by Tony Award–winning
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.
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).
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
October 2015
John Handy Quintet
50th Anniversary of Live at Monterey Jazz
Festival
with David Hazeltine, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis,
and Tiffany Austin
October 23–25
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Monday Nights with WBGO:
Ben Williams & Sound Effect
Coming of Age
with Christian Sands, John Davis, Marcus
Strickland, and Gilad Hekselman
October 26
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
With Pablo Menares and Allan Mednard
October 27
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Israeli Jazz Festival:
Yotam Silberstein
October 28
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Israeli Jazz Festival:
Gadi Lehavi Trio with Special Guest Ravi
Coltrane
with Tal Mashiach and Shachar Elnatan
October 29
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Oran Etkin’s Re-imagining Benny Goodman
80 Years of Swing
with Steve Nelson, Sullivan Fortner, and
Matt Wilson
October 30
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Etienne Charles Presents:
A Calypso Masquerade Ball
with Keith ‘Keet Styla’ Prescott, Paul Nedzela,
Victor Gould, Marvin Dolly, Ben Williams,
McClenty Hunter, and Kareem Thompson
October 31
7:30pm & 9:30pm
November 2015
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola will be closed for
renovations from November 1–16.
Dominick Farinacci: Short Stories
November 17
7:30pm & 9:30pm
James Morrison Quartet featuring Marian
Petrescu
with Gordon Rytmeister and Phil Stack
November 18
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
November 19–22
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.
$10 food and beverage minimum per person applies.
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).
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DEC 18–19 • 7PM & 9:30PM
Featuring TONY Award winning
vocalist Adriane Lenox, vocalists
Martina DaSilva, Tatiana EvaMarie, and Shenel Johns; tap
dancers Michela Marino Lerman
and Joseph C. Wiggan; and
pianist Chris Pattishall
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Box Office: Broadway at 60th, Ground Fl.
CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
jazz.org
ADRIANE LENOX • BY JOE MARTINEZ
divas of the silver
screen: celebrating
lena horne, rosemary
clooney & ethel waters
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