Hailed as "an extraordinarily versatile orchestra" by The Los Angeles Times,
the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is composed of 15 of jazz music's
leading soloists under the leadership of musical director Wynton Marsalis.
Drawing from an extensive repertoire that includes original compositions by
Mr. Marsalis, Ted Nash, and other members of the orchestra, as
well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other great jazz
composers, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis concerts are internationally
critically-acclaimed. "The finest big
band in the world today," said the Daily Telegraph, UK.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra personnel includes: Wynton Marsalis (Music Director, Trumpet), Sean Jones (Trumpet), Ryan Kisor (Trumpet), Marcus Printup (Trumpet), Vincent R. Gardner (Trombone), Elliot Mason (Trombone), Chris Crenshaw (Trombone), Sherman Irby (Saxophones), Ted Nash (Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet), Walter Blanding (Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet), Victor Goines (Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Bb and Bass Clarinets), Joe Temperley (Baritone and Soprano Saxophones, Bass Clarinet), Dan Nimmer (Piano), Carlos Henriquez (Bass) and Ali Jackson (Drums). [Artists subject to change.]
While Jazz at Lincoln Center features the versatile JLCO in nearly all
aspects of its programming the JLCO also performs and leads educational
events in New York, across the U.S., and around the globe; in concert halls,
dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, river boats, and churches; and with
symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, students, and an ever-expanding roster
of guest artists.
Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra spends over a third of the year on tour. The big band performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Sy Oliver, Oliver Nelson and many others.
Jazz at Lincoln Center also regularly premieres works commissioned from a variety of composers including Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Joe Lovano, Chico O'Farrill, Freddie Hubbard, Charles McPherson, Marcus Roberts, Geri Allen, Eric Reed, Wallace Roney, and Christian McBride, as well as from current and former Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon and Ted Nash.
Over the last few years, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has performed collaborations with many of the world’s leading symphony orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston, Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestra Esperimentale in São Paolo, Brazil and others. In 2006, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra collaborated with Ghanaian drum collective Odadaa!, led by Yacub Addy, to perform “Congo Square,” a composition Mr. Marsalis and Mr. Addy co-wrote and dedicated to Mr. Marsalis’ native New Orleans. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has also been featured in several education and performance residencies in the last few years, including those in Vienne, France; Perugia, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; London, England; Lucerne, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Yokohama, Japan and others.
