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On November 13, 2006 at 7pm, Jazz at Lincoln Center will celebrate the music of the great American composer George Gershwin at the organization’s fall gala entitled Manhattan Rhapsody: A Celebration of George Gershwin.
Hosted by CBS News Correspondent and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board member Ed Bradley, the concert will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the American Composers Orchestra, Patti Austin, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Michael Feinstein, Angela Lansbury, Marcus Roberts, Brian Stokes Mitchell and other special guests.
The concert will be followed by a festive dinner held throughout the Frederick P. Rose Hall.

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates John Coltrane’s 80th Birthday with performance and education events September 14, 15, 16 & 20, throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall

Ecstatic and somber, secular and sacred, John Coltrane’s musical sermons transform Rose Theater into a place of healing and celebration with orchestrations of his small group masterpieces “My Favorite Things,” “Giant Steps,” “Naima” and more. The LCJO with Wynton marks the 80th year since the birth of one of the most admired, influential and adventurous artists in the history of jazz.

More info about tickets on JALC web site

New Orleans will observe the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as only America’s most musical city can, with a jazz funeral.
Wynton Marsalis and Mayor Ray Nagin announced Friday afternoon the three-day observance, set for Aug. 27-29, promising details later.
Wynton and the city’s musicians will lead the procession from the Convention Center to the Superdome in the tradition of a jazz funeral. The grand marshal will be Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, who arrived the Thursday after the Aug. 29 storm to lead the federal troops who followed.
“These three days will be one of rebirth, remembrance and renewal,” the mayor’s announcement said.

Observances will include prayer breakfasts, an evening of fine dining in the city’s famed restaurants, a gospel concert in the Convention Center and a two-hour nationally televised jazz concert led by Wynton in the refurbished New Orleans Arena.
There will also be charity auctions, an Ambassadors of Swing talent search, a big-donor Masquerade Gala at Harrah’s and a giant fireworks display on the riverfront.

There will be a ringing of the city’s church bells at 9:38 a.m. Aug. 29, the hour at which the first levee breach was reported. Wreaths will be laid at the site of each levee breach throughout the city.
Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse and Wynton will present an educational program of food and music for children.
Chairs of the event are Seletha Nagin, New Orleans’ first lady; Bill McFarlin, executive director of the International Association for Jazz Education; and Dan Carlin, chairman emeritus of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

On Tuesday 11, Wynton played with Paco de Lucia in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It has been a wonderful concert, with Wynton playing perfectly with the guitar of Paco de Lucia. A perfect and elegant mix between flamenco and jazz.
Check out some article about the event on El Pais, ABC.es

Yesterday Wynton also played in Vitoria with the JLCO. He composed a new suite just for Vitoria. And the city dedicated him a bronze statue in the Parque de la Florida !

Check out some articles about it on TeleCinco, Noticias de Navarra, El Correo Digital, Noticias de Alava.

P.S.: all the articles are in spanish. We hope to translate them for you as soon as possible.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to celebrate the jazz cities of America with a special concert series entitled Los Angeles: Central Avenue Breakdown featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on February 23-25 at 8pm at Frederick P. Rose Hall on Broadway at 60th St. in New York City.
Gerald Wilson, who arranged music for Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, leads the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in this celebration, joined by fellow Los Angeles natives Plas Johnson, the sultry tenor sax voice of Mancini’s “Pink Panther” theme.
Tickets are $30, $50, $75, $100, $130 and available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via www.jalc.org

Known for being exceptionally light and relaxed in feeling, thoughtful and uncluttered in conception, a style of Los Angeles jazz that emerged in the 1940s was called “cool.” The music gained popularity in the ‘50s, and was made famous by composers such as Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, and Gerry Mulligan.
Together, the LCJO and guest artists Gerald Wilson and Plas Johnson will explore the lyrical style of Los Angeles jazz.

Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to celebrate the tributary cities of jazz with the From The Heart of Steeltown: Pittsburgh Festival on February 16, 17 & 18 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Broadway at 60th St. in New York City. This festival focuses on Pittsburgh’s long history in jazz and the many famous names that have come from Steeltown including Billy Strayhorn, songwriter Billy Eckstine, Mary Lou Williams and percussionist Art Blakey, with whom Wynton spent his early days.

In Rose Theater at 8pm, the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis welcomes special guest artists Jeff “Tain” Watts and Steve Nelson to perform some of the best of jazz emanating from Pittsburgh. Tickets are $30, $50, $75, $100, $130 and available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via www.jalc.org

The Washington Post has published an article about the album recorded live at JALC: Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert.