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Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tuesdays, 2:06pm
Program Website: http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/j_radio.asp
The Peabody Award-winning series of concerts is broadcastfrom the Frederick
P. Rose Hall, the new jazz performance space at Lincoln Center in New
York.
May 6
Kenny Barron solo redux. Pianist Kenny Barron, a behemoth
of modern jazz improvisation, built his legacy as a sideman with Yusef
Lateef and Dizzy Gillespie, but playing solo is where he truly shines.
At the Stanley Kaplan Penthouse, he sweeps through standards and originals,
with a touch that is the envy of classical players. We'll hear "Well
You Needn't," "Gone with the Wind," and "Song for
Abdullah."
May 13
Essentially Ellington. The nation's top high school jazz
bands and the young men and women who make them swing converge on Avery
Fisher Hall to Duke it out in our Essentially Ellington competition. This
year, it's a bi-coastal showdown: ensembles from Massachusetts, California,
Washington, and Oregon take the bandstand to compete for the crown. And
check out this fierce generation of players. This "battle" rocks!
May 20
Jazz and Art. From the "Utility Wild Man" of the Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra. saxophonist Ted Nash - a commission
inspired by 20th century paintings from the Museum of Modern Art in New
York. Nash renders Monet, Van Gogh, Dali, Matisse, and more in the language
of jazz - from the canvas to the stage in seven movements.
May 27
Guitarists Galore: Russell Malone, Ron Affif, Jim Hall, Romero
Lubambo. Listeners to Jazz at Lincoln Center, adjust your ears
- as we bring you performances from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, an intimate
jazz club overlooking romantic Central Park. Guitarist Jim Hall joins
alto saxophonist Greg Osby in a duo. Then, Russell Malone and Ron Affif
share a six-string session. To cap the session, we've got jazz sambas
by Trio da Paz with the innovative Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo.
Those strings can swing.
June 3
Brad Mehldau. There isn't a pianist more rigorous or
imaginative in his repertoire than Brad Mehldau. He's adapted material
ranging from Radiohead to Brahms, and he just keeps absorbing. This performance
marks a departure for this phenom, as Mehldau breaks away from his trio,
and brings Nick Drake's "Riverman" and Thelonious Monk's "Think
of One" to a compelling solo performance.
June 10
Dianne Reeves. Dianne Reeves scats off the roof of Rose
Theater in a virtuoso vocal performance only she can deliver. You'll want
to bring your syllabary along for these textbook renditions of "Skylark,"
"I Want To Testify," and her unforgettable version of Thelonious
Monk's "Green Chimneys," performed with the Wynton Marsalis
Septet.
June 17
Monty Alexander: Lords of the West Indies. The Jamaican-born
pianist Monty Alexander pays tribute to his West Indian heritage with
an evening of calypsos, mentos, and sun-kissed improvisations in the Allen
Room. Get caught up in the lilting rhythms of Lord Invader, Sir Lancelot,
and other West Indian royalty.
June 24
Trumpets and Trombones. The brilliant trumpeter Tom Harrell
and legendary altoman Charles McPherson lead off with Jimmy Cobb (drums),
Ray Drummond (bass), and Ronnie Matthews (piano). Then inventive New Orleans
trumpeter Nicholas Payton brings his quintet, and trombonists Wycliffe
Gordon and Ronald Westray lead their ensemble in "Bone Structure."
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