The first of two concerts at Frederick P. Rose Hall about the music of Thad Jones was reviewed by the New York Times on the web.
This night there will be the second concert, performed, as the first one, by Wynton and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Read the review on the New York Times (free registration needed)
The NY Times has published a review about Chivalrous Misdemeanors, the new music composed by LCJO trombonist Ron Westray, that swings the Man of La Mancha with a wry and contemporary jazz-infused take on the story of Don Quixote.
The concert took place in the Rose Theater on May 5, 6 and 7 played by the LCJO and Wynton Marsalis.
Read the review on New York Times (free registration needed)
The last concert at Rose Theater with Wynton Marsalis and Dave Douglas has a new article-review by the New York Times (free subscription needed)
The online edition of New York Times has posted a review about the thursday night concert titled “Full Steam Ahead“. (free subscription needed)
On the New York Times there’s a review of Jazz in motion, the Jazz at Lincoln Center presentation with works by four choreographers and music by Wynton Marsalis.
Jazz in motion took place on October 3 and 4 and will be repeated tonight at the Frederick P. Rose Theater.
Wynton and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra settled into their new home over the weekend.
This “celebration of human rights and social justice” offered six commissioned works for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Each piece was inspired by and tailored for the words of such luminaries as Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu (both read by Morgan Freeman), Vaclav Havel (Mario Van Peebles, Alfre Woodard), Lyndon Johnson (Glenn Close), Eleanor Roosevelt (Patricia Clarkson), Robert Kennedy (Keith David) and Martin Luther King Jr. (the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III).
“Each of these people took risks,” Wynton Marsalis said of the historic luminaries. The program itself was a risk. Could new music in a classic format inspire as much as the words being celebrated? For the most part, the results added up to an uneasy draw.
Read an article about the evening on the New York Times
The curtain was swept aside for the majestic opening of the new performing arts center for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. The day started with a parade down Broadway. The performance opened with an original composition called “Call to Prayer,” which featured Victor Goines on the sax and Top Professor Eric Lewis. The next tune was a Coltrane tune that Wynton dedicated to bass player Carlos whose wife had a baby an hour before the peformance.
Listen to the show NPR.org
The Parade on Newsday.com
Wynton at the New Orleans-esque Parade down Broadway.
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