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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evening, May 1416, 2015, at 8:00

Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director

Greg Scholl, Executive Director

WAYNE SHORTER
WAYNE SHORTER, Saxophone

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

WYNTON MARSALIS, Music Director, Trumpet
RYAN KISOR, Trumpet
KENNY RAMPTON, Trumpet
MARCUS PRINTUP, Trumpet
VINCENT GARDNER, Trombone
CHRIS CRENSHAW, Trombone
ELLIOT MASON, Trombone
SHERMAN IRBY, Alto Saxophone
TED NASH, Alto Saxophone
VICTOR GOINES, Tenor Saxophone
WALTER BLANDING, Tenor Saxophone
PAUL NEDZELA, Baritone Saxophone
DAN NIMMER, Piano
CARLOS HENRIQUEZ, Bass
ALI JACKSON, Drums

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Program
to be selected from the following

WAYNE SHORTER Armageddon

arranged by Marcus Printup

WAYNE SHORTER Contemplation

arranged by Sherman Irby

WAYNE SHORTER Diana

arranged by Ted Nash

WAYNE SHORTER E. S. P.
arranged by Ali Jackson

JOSEPH VITARELLI & WAYNE SHORTER Endangered Species

arranged by Vincent Gardner

WAYNE SHORTER Hammer Head

arranged by Wynton Marsalis

WAYNE SHORTER Lost

arranged by Walter Blanding

WAYNE SHORTER Mama G aka Nellie Bly

arranged by Chris Crenshaw

WAYNE SHORTER The Three Marias

arranged by Carlos Henriquez

WAYNE SHORTER Yes or No

arranged by Victor Goines
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Notes on the Program
By Ted Panken
Waynes compositions can be shaped
completely differently in the hands of differ-
ent kinds of bands. Its rare to get a compo-
sition, much less a number of compositions
from a single composer, with such flexibil-
ity. His compositions sound human; they
touch you in a way that transcends the aca-
demics of musicality. Music is not sup-
posed to be about B-flat-VIIs and C-minor
chords. Its supposed to be an expression
of life and living. Thats whats in Waynes
compositions.Herbie Hancock
I think Wayne wants to make things that
are invisible, visible. Hes very studious and
philosophical, but theres a strong desire to
not be in the comfort zone, to be function-
ing at the highest creative mode that he
can in every way, at every second. Its
almost like the spirit of a child. He lives
constantly in that world of magic, I would
say.Danilo Perez
Wayne brings us [the Wayne Shorter
Quartet] things that are highly composed
and orchestrated. We play them. Invariably
he says, Okay, thats what it isnow I
want to delve into it and break it apart and
reconstruct it in many different ways. He
wants it new every time. The form of the
piece is cemented in everybodys mind, but
then the one rule, you could say, is that
there are no rules.John Patitucci
Music cannot stop wars, but, like the
judge says, What are your intentions? I
want the music to carry the good inten-
tions, the good dialogue, the impetus for
people to start thinking things they never
thought before.Wayne Shorter
***
In Harold and the Purple Crayon, a chil-
drens book from 1955, the intrepid hero, a
sturdy toddler, decides to take a moonlight
walk. There is no moon, and so, with his
purple crayon, Harold draws one, and then
decides to draw a straight path to walk
upon. When this leads him nowhere, he
follows his crayonunder the moons
watchful eyethrough a series of adven-
tures, conjuring a field, a forest, an apple
tree, a nasty dragon, an ocean, a sailboat, a
beach, a picnic lunch of pie, a moose and a
porcupine to join him in eating it, a moun-
tain to climb, a balloon to ferry him down it,
a house, a front yard, a city full of windows,
and a policeman to point the way home.
Then, finally, he draws his bedroom win-
dow around the moon, draws his bed,
draws himself under the covers, drops the
crayon, and goes to sleep.
This mutable, synesthetic narrative is an
interesting way to think about the process
Wayne Shorter followed in composing the
ten compositions from which the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra will cull for this
evenings celebration of Shorters sui
generis corpus, each reimagined by a sep-
arate arranger-instrumentalist from the
band. The repertoire is drawn from some
less-traveled Shorter contributions, the
respective books of Art Blakey and the Jazz
Messengers from 1959 until 1964 and the
Miles Davis Quintet from 1964 to 1970,
Shorters hard-swinging 1960s sessions for
Blue Note, and the longer-form, primarily
notated music of his 1990s albums for
Columbia. In the mix are such classics of
AABA-form hardbop as Hammerhead
and Nellie Bly, which Shorter wrote
during the 1950s while studying composi-
tion at New York University and serving in
the U.S. Armed Forces. Much attention
will also be paid to his cross-cultural
explorationsthe pool includes Diana,
The Three Marias, and Endangered
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Speciesand more open-ended works them for posterity a half-century ago. To me

like E.S.P. and Lost.
Tonights concert also offers an unprece-
dented opportunity to hear Shorter and the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra revisit the
beautiful melodies that their creator has
rarely, if ever, performed since recording
music is like working with clay, the 81-year-
old maestro once told me, describing the
philosophical default basis of operations that
will animate the proceedings. I dont deify
notes, and, Well, its got to be like when it
started. Music is mysterious. Everything
is. The unexpected is whats happening.

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Meet the Artists
ROBERT ASCROFT
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (Saxophone) was born in
Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1933.
As a teen, Shorter formed a band in
Newark called The Jazz Informers. He later
worked his way through college by playing
with the Nat Phipps orchestra and also
obtained invaluable bandstand experience
with the Jackie Bland Band, a progressive
Newark orchestra that specialized in
FRANK STEWART
bebop. He attended college at New York
University while also soaking up the
Manhattan jazz scene by frequenting popu-
lar nightspots like Birdland and Caf
Bohemia. Following his time in the Army,
Shorter had a brief stint in 1958 with
Horace Silver and later played in the house
band at Mintons Playhouse in Harlem. It
was around this time that Shorter began
jamming with fellow tenor saxophonists
John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. In 1959
Shorter had a brief stint with the Maynard
Ferguson Big Band before joining Art
Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in August
of that year. He remained with the Jazz
Messengers through 1963, becoming
Blakeys musical director and contributing
several key compositions to the bands
book during those years. Shorter made his
recording debut as a leader in 1959 for the
Vee Jay label and in 1964 cut the first of a
string of important recordings for the Blue
Note label. He joined the Miles Davis band
in 1964 and remained with the group
through 1970, when he co-founded the
group Weather Report with keyboardist and
Miles Davis alumnus, Joe Zawinul. It
remained the premier fusion group through
the 1970s and into the early 1980s before
disbanding in 1985. Shorter formed his own
group in 1986 and produced a succession
of electric jazz albums for the Columbia
label1986s Atlantis, 1987s Phantom
Navigator, and 1988s Joy Ryder. He re-
emerged on the Verve label with 1995s
Grammy Awardwinning High Life, and in
1997 worked once again with Hancock on
the Grammy Awardwinning 1+1. In 1998
Shorter was named an NEA Jazz Master,
and in 2001 he began touring as the leader
of a quartet featuring Danilo Perez, John
Patitucci, and Brian Blade. The group has
toured extensively and recorded numerous
Grammy Awardwinning albums, including
2013s Without A Net.
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 hon-
orary doctorates from dozens of U.S. uni-
versities and colleges. He has written six
books; his most recent are Squeak,
Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!, illus-
trated 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
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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,
Secretary-General 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 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 Centers homeFrederick P. Rose
Hallthe first education, performance,
and broadcast facility devoted to jazz,
which opened in October 2004.
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
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 sur-
rounded by music. When he started playing
piano at age three, his teachers and fellow
students noticed his aptitude for the instru-
ment. This love for piano led to his first gig
with Echoes of Joy, his father Caspers
group. He picked up the trombone at age 11
and hasnt put it down since. He graduated
from Thomson High School in 2001 and
received his bachelors 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 masters 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 Gods
Trombones, a spiritually focused work
which was premiered by the orchestra at
Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Vincent Gardner
Vincent Gardner (Trombone) was born in
Chicago in 1972 and was raised in
Hampton, Virginia. After singing and playing
piano, violin, saxophone, and French horn at
an early age, he decided on the trombone
at age 12. He attended Florida A&M
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University and the University of North
Florida. He soon caught the ear of Mercer
Ellington, who hired Gardner for his first
professional job. After graduating from col-
lege, he moved to Brooklyn, New York,
completed a world tour with Lauryn Hill in
2000, then joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. Gardner has served as instructor
at The Juilliard School, as visiting instructor
at Florida State University and Michigan
State University, and as adjunct instructor at
The New School. He has contributed many
arrangements to the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra and other ensembles. In 2009 he
was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln
Center to write The Jesse B. Semple
Suite, a 60-minute suite inspired by the
short stories of Langston Hughes. Gardner
is featured on a number of notable record-
ings and has recorded five CDs as a leader
for Steeplechase Records. He has per-
formed with The Duke Ellington Orchestra,
Bobby McFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr., The
Saturday Night Live Band, Chaka Khan, A
Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
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 2014s
Crescent City, premiered by the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra. He has recorded
and/or performed with noted jazz and pop-
ular 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 North-
western 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.
Carlos Henriquez
Carlos Henriquez (Bass) was born in 1979
in the Bronx, New York. He studied music
at a young age, played guitar through junior high
school and took up the bass while enrolled in
The Juilliard Schools Music Advancement
Program. He entered Fiorello H. LaGuardia
High School of Music & Art and Performing
Arts and was involved with the LaGuardia
Concert Jazz Ensemble which went on to
win first place in Jazz at Lincoln Centers
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band
Competition and Festival in 1996. In 1998,
swiftly after high school, Henriquez joined
the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra, touring the world
and featuring on more than 25 albums.
Henriquez has performed with artists,
including Chucho Valds, Paco De Lucia,
Tito Puente, the Marsalis Family, Willie
Nelson, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Lenny
Kravitz, Marc Anthony, and many others.
He has been a member of the music fac-
ulty at Northwestern University School
of Music since 2008, and was music
director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestras cultural exchange with the
Cuban Institute of Music with Chucho
Valds in 2010.
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 edu-
cation. In 1991 he joined Johnny ONeals
Atlanta-based quintet. In 1994 he moved to
New York City and recorded his first two
albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big Mamas
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
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to 1997. During that tenure he also recorded
and toured with Marcus Roberts and was
part of Betty Carters Jazz Ahead Program
and Roy Hargroves ensemble. After a four-
year 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 200311 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 Farbers This Could Be
the Start of Something Big. Since rejoining,
Irby has arranged much of the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestras 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 Michigans 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 con-
ductor Seiji Ozawa, Diana Krall, and New
York City Ballet. His production skills can be
heard on George Bensons 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 interpreta-
tions 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
Lincoln Centers 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 Institutes 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 Hadens 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
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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 fol-
lowing awards: Daily Telegraph Young Jazz
Soloist (under 25) Award, the prestigious
Frank Rosolino Award, the International
Trombone Associations Under 29 Jazz
Trombone competition, and Berklees Slide
Hampton Award in recognition of out-
standing performance abilities. He moved
to New York City after graduation and
in 2008 Mason joined Northwestern
Universitys 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 con-
tinues to co-lead the Mason Brothers
Quintet with his brother. The Mason
Brothers released their debut album, Two
Sides, One Story in 2011.
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-
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 tradi-
tional jazz. His group Odeon has often
been cited as a creative focus of jazz. Many
of Nashs recordings have received critical
acclaim, and have appeared on the best-
of 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, Nashs 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 graduat-
ing with honors and a degree in mathemat-
ics from McGill University in 2006, Nedzela
received the Samuel L. Jackson scholar-
ship 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 DRivera, Benny
Golson, Roy Haynes, Christian McBride,
and The Temptations. Nedzela also per-
formed in Twyla Tharps Broadway show,
Come Fly Away, as well as at major festi-
vals, 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 Chicagos
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
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appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno, The Late Show with David Letter-
man, 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 Printups life changed
when he met his mentor, the great pianist
Marcus Roberts. Roberts introduced him to
Wynton Marsalis, which led to Printups
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,
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 films
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 per-
forming 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 Finians 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 audi-
ences of all ages. These productions
include concerts, national and international
tours, residencies, weekly national radio
programs, television broadcasts, record-
ings, publications, an annual high school
jazz band competition and festival, a band
director academy, jazz appreciation cur-
riculum for students, music publishing, chil-
drens 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 Centers annual artistic, educational, and archival programs are supported
by the following generous contributors:

LEADERS
Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn Dalio Foundation Ann Tenenbaum and The Jack and Susan
The Ammon Foundation Diana and Joe DiMenna Thomas H. Lee Rudin Educational and
Helen and Robert J. Doris Duke Charitable Adam R. Rose and Peter Scholarship Fund
Appel Foundation R. McQuillan Rebecca and Arthur
Anonymous Gail and Al Engelberg National Endowment for Samberg
The Arnhold Family Mica Ertegun the Arts Lisa and David T. Schiff
Jody and John Arnhold Melanie A. Shorin and Jennifer and Michael Burwell and Chip Schorr
Siris Capital, LLC / Robin Greg S. Feldman Price Barry F. Schwartz
and Peter Berger The Ford Foundation Karen Pritzker/ Seedlings Dianne and David J. Stern
Jessica and Natan The Hearst Foundations Foundation Steward Family
Bibliowicz Joan and George Hornig Rockefeller Foundation Foundation
Lisa and Dick Cashin Mady Hornig Lisa Roumell and Mark Marlene Hess and James
The City of New York Rosenthal D. Zirin

GUARANTORS
Anonymous Peggy Cooper Davis and New York City The Shops at Columbus
The Argus Fund Gordon J. Davis Department of Cultural Circle at Time Warner
Bloomberg Philanthropies Entergy Affairs in partnership Center
Brooks Brothers Donna J. Astion and with the City Council Kimberly and Viqar Shariff
Valentino D. Carlotti Michael D. Fricklas Jacqueline L. Bradley and The Schow Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company Buzzy Geduld Clarence Otis SiriusXM
Mary Beth and Stephen Larry Gagosian Karen and Charles Phillips Surdna Foundation
S. Daniel HSBC Premier The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Faye Wattleton
Wynton Marsalis Samuels Foundation,
Inc.

BENEFACTORS
Altman Foundation John S. and James L. Movado Fredric E. Steck
Carnegie Corporation of Knight Foundation Prudential Financial/Mary The Harold and Mimi
New York Kari Gronberg and Little Kay and John Steinberg Charitable
Con Edison Johnny Koerber Strangfeld Trust
Jennifer and Viet The Ambrose Monell Therese S. Rosenblatt and World Stage
Dinh/Bancroft PLLC Foundation H. Marshall Sonenshine

SUSTAINERS
Anonymous (2) Susan C. Gordon Mericos Foundation Fiona and Eric C. Rudin
Donna and William The Charles Evans MLGW LLP/Lester May and Samuel Rudin
Acquavella Hughes Memorial Weingarten CPA, Family Foundation, Inc.
Jolynn Schmidt and Scott Foundation, Inc. Partner The Shubert Foundation,
Anderson Caroline and Ed Hyman Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
Augustine Foundation M. Billie Lim and Stephen New York State Council Daniel Rozzi and Todd
Norman Benzaquen M. Ifshin on the Arts with the Yanuzzi/Morgan Stanley
Patricia Blanchet Eric and Sandy Krasnoff support of Governor Adam Silver/National
Diane M. Coffey Lincoln Center Corporate Andrew Cuomo and the Basketball Association
Judith and Jamie Dimon Fund New York State Laurie M. Tisch
Holly and Barry Feirstein Lostand Foundation Legislature Illumination Fund
Hugh Fierce Lauder Foundation Peter J. Solomon Barbara and John
The Ella Fitzgerald Bridget and John Company LLP Vogelstein
Charitable Foundation Macaskill Ashley and Mike Ramos Linda Wachner
Fribourg Family Foundation Sara Miller McCune Johanna Judah and Lief George T. Wein
The David Geffen Anne Welsh McNulty Rosenblatt
Foundation
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ANGELS
Amtrak Ms. Carolyn Katz and Mr. Laurie and Pierre LaPeyre Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Simi Ahuja and Kumar Michael Goldstein Lear Family Foundation Safra
Mahadeva Elizabeth M. Gordon Toby Devan Lewis Diane and Leo Schlinkert
Judy and John Angelo Valerie S. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Adolph and Ruth
Angelson Family Roberta Campbell and Lindsay and Family Schnurmacher
Foundation Richard N. Gray Casey Lipscomb Foundation, Inc
Anonymous (2) Myrna and Stephen Fern and Steven Loeb Chloe Breyer and Greg J.
Rose M. Badgeley Greenberg The Louis Armstrong Scholl
Charitable Trust Robin and Danny Educational Foundation Peter Schub Foundation
Leslie and Harrison Bains Greenspun James Lyle Gil Shiva
Judy and Ron Baron Amy and John Griffin Virginia Mancini Ron Simons
Brook and Roger Berlind Christiane and Jean- Nancy and Peter Meinig Sydney and Stanley
Barbara and Timothy Claude Gruffat Cindy and Chip Murphy Shuman
Boroughs Louise and Henry A. Judith E. Neisser Riva Ariell Ritvo
Ambassador and Mrs. W. Grunwald Alice K. Netter Slifka/Alan B. Slifka
L. Lyons Brown The Marc Haas Bette Kim and Steven J. Foundation
Betty and Philippe Camus Foundation Niemczyk The Jennifer and
Kathryn and Kenneth I. Arnetta and Eddie Mary Ann Oklesson Jonathan Allan Soros
Chenault Hamilton Cynthia and D. Jeffrey Foundation
Emilie Roy Corey and Lisa Meulbroek and Brent Penney Robert and Melissa Soros
Michael Corey R. Harris Christin and Jerome Ponz Katherine Farley and
Lise Scott and D. Ronald Dina Merrill and Ted Brian J. Ratner Jerry Speyer
Daniel Hartley Philanthropic Fund Mary Kay and John
Brenda Earl Liliane and Christian W.E. Rose-Lee and Keith Strangfeld
Cheryl and Blair Effron Haub Reinhard Kimberley and Paul
Irith Federmann-Landeau Julia Perry and Wolf Aileen and Robert Tanico
Stacey and Eric Flatt Hengst Rendine Nicki and Harold Tanner
Steve and Nicole Frankel Amabel and Tony James Marcus V. Ribeiro Eboni Marshall and
Carolyn Surgent and Susan and J. Alan Kahn Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Rossie E. Turman
Jacques Friedman Sandy and D. Jeffrey Eugene and Maxine Reginald Van Lee
Arlyn and Edward Kallenberg Rosenfeld Tania and Mark Walker
Gardner Craig Kallman Patricia and Edward John David Weiner
Jennifer and Gregory Keiko Matsuyama and Rosenwald Lester Weingarten
Geiling David S. Katz Esther and Steve Rotella The Weininger
Barbara Langaro and Julia and David Koch Richard Roth Foundation
Darin S. Goldstein M. Robin Krasny Ophelia and William Lola C. West
David B. Kriser Foundation Rudin
FRIENDS
Virginia and Andrew Peter D. and Julie Fisher Robert Kissane Jeremy Moss
Adelson Cummings Family Sally and Wynn Nancy Kuhn and Bernie
Danny Altschul Foundation Kramarsky Nussbaum
Anonymous (4) Sylvia Botero and Diane Forrest and Amelia and Adebayo
Robin and Arthur Aufses Norman Cuttler Nicholas J. LaHowchic Ogunlesi
The David Berg Susan and Mark Dalton Jeffrey and Nancy Lane Nnamdi Okike
Foundation, Inc. Carla Emil and Richard Betty and John A. Levin Rebecca and Daniel
Sandye Berger Sliverstein Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrew Okrent
Sol and Margaret Berger Anna and James Fantaci Levison Gabrielle and Michael
Foundation Laura and Lywall Salles Carolyn and Ed Lewis Palitz
Arthur M. Blank Family First Republic Bank Robin and Jay Lewis Paul Weiss Rifkind
Foundation Forbes Media LLC Robert C. Lieber Wharton & Garrison
Madeline and Alan Great Performances Amanda and Peter Low Mr. and Mrs. Joel Picket
Blinder Bruce Greenwald Lorraine Machiz Ellen B. Randall
Dr. William and Laurie Stanley and Alice Harris Nancy and Peter Meinig Carol and Don Randel
Bolthouse Dina Merrill and Ted Vincent Mai Jill and Alan Rappaport
Tina and Jeffrey Bolton Hartley Jacko Maree Aileen Ghee and Robert
Maria and Mark Boonie Ther Arthur and Janet Molly McGowan Rendine
Rhoda Bressler Hershaft Foundation The MCJ Amelior Clara and Walter Ricciardi
Mildred Brinn The DuBose and Dorothy Foundation Mary Ann Rich
Del Bryant/BMI Heyward Memorial Sonnet and Ian Mckinnon Avis and Bruce Richards
Catherine Castaldo and Fund Robert and Bethany Ropes & Gray LLP
Thomas Nobile Jennifer and Cameron Millard Heather Bandur and Dr.
Simona and Jerome Hillyer Scott and Jennifer Miller Michael Rosen
Chazen H.L. Brown Jr. Family Cheryl and Philip Milstein Daryl and Steven Roth
Sandra Guenther Clark Foundation Joan Weinberg and Alan Susan Cluff and Neil
Ann Colley Jane and Michael Horvitz Mirken Rudolph
Geoffrey and Marcia Joan and John Jakobson Adriana and Robert Barbara Saltzman
Colvin Jewish Communal Fund Mnuchin Pam and Scott Schafler
Corinthia Hotels James E. Johnson and Wendy Rothman and Ian Schaefer
Patricia Cook Nancy Northup Andrew Monness Jane Hartley and Ralph
Don Cornwell Christopher S. Jones Frosty Montgomery Schlosstein
Richard and Lisa Kendall Sharon Morris Frances and Glen Schor
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Donald Schupak Helen Sogoloff and Deirdre Stanley Warburg Pincus

Irene and Bernard Alexander Shaknovich Barbara Carroll and Mark Diane and Geoffrey Ward
Schwartz John Shapiro Stroock Larry Satterfield and
Gregg G. Seibert Glenn Close and David Dhuanne and Doug Tansil Michael S. Ward
Katherine Seligman Shaw Judy and Alfred Taubman Cindy and Kenneth West
Michael H. Seligman Susan Moldow and Kendall Thomas Carol Winograd
Monica Seligman William M. Shinker Maggie and Amor Towles Patricia and Alfred Zollar
Lee Rhodes and Peter Laura J. Sloate/Hermione Barbara Walters Tara Kelleher and Roy J.
Seligman Foundation Jeanette and Paul Wagner Zuckerberg
Tracy and Jay Snyder

PATRONS
Diane and Arthur Abbey Ken and Caryl Field Fund Cathy and Walter J. Robert Mann, Jr.
Donna Ward and Greg of the Princeton Area Isaacson Katina and Ken Manne
Amato Community Foundation Andrea Montalbano and Justin Manus
Anonymous (3) Alfred and Harriet Diron Jebejian Monty March
Dorria Ball Feinman Foundation Jeffrey Kallenberg Susan and Morris Mark
Lillian Barbash Christine Ferer Marnee and Eric Kaltman Mark Family Foundation
Brook and Roger Berlind Christine and John Clarence Kam Tracy Stein and Marco
David Berman Fitzgibbons Katherine and Jerome Masotti
Mary Bernard Susan and Arthur Kauff Joan Lee and Robert
Theresa and Gerry Bernaz Fleischer, Jr. Ginny and Richard Keim Matloff
Arlene and Mark Charlotte Moss and Barry Risa Schifter and Edward Joanne and Norman
Bernstein Friedberg A. Kirtman Matthews
Keith Best Erin A. Pond and Peter H. Karen and David Kline Lady Va and Sir Deryck
Mary Billard Friedland Pat and John Klingenstein Maughan
The Black Alumni of Pratt Susan and Fred Friedman Theresa Knight Merridith and Robert
Barbara and James Block Fredrica and Stephen Chikako and Tomo McCarthy
Les Bluestone Friedman Kodama Raymond C. Mikulich
Meg and Owen Boger Ian Fuller Ginger and David L. Irene Weiss Miller and
Marcia and Kenneth Roy L. Furman Komar Jeffrey D. Miller
Brookler Alice and Nathan Ronald and Isobel Courtney Lee and Marcus
Amsale Aberra and Neil Gantcher Konecky Family Mitchell
Brown Henry Louise Gates, Jr. Foundation Brian Moriarty
Noreen and Kenneth Linda Gelfond Cynthia and Eric Korman Susan and Alan Morris
Buckfire Stuart Gelfond Diane Kranz Michelle and John Morris
James Burt Michael Gellert Lynn and Jules Kroll Lisa Caputo and Rick
Jeffrey Casey June and John Gibson Wendy and Jerry Morris
Ohn Choe Gladstein Family Labowitz Richard Moylan
Jill and Irwin Cohen Foundation Jill and Barry Lafer Gaya Vinay and Vinay Nair
Marian and James Cohen Claudia Glasser Hiroko Lange Kishwer Nehal
David Cole Charlene and Keith Eric Lax Judith E. Neisser
The Aaron Copland Fund Goggin Geraldine Laybourne Josiane and Thierry
for Music, Inc Linda Silberman and Elizabeth and Gavin Noufele
Linda Cote Victor Goldberg Leckie Nora Ann Wallace and
Larry Corio Arlene Goldman Laurie Zucker Lederman Jack Nusbaum
Dana Cranmer Jane and Budd S. and David Lederman Harry OMealia
Alice and Daniel Goldman Nyssa and Christen Lee Jason Olaine
Cunningham Patricia and Bernard Sandra Shahinian Leitner Lisbeth and Augustus
Joan and John DAddario Goldstein Denise and David Levine Oliver
Ellen and Gary Davis Robert S. Goldstein Karen Collias and Gideon Panter
Elizabeth de Cuevas Nancy and Gary Geoffrey Levitt Margot Bridger and
Marilyn and Anthony De Goodenough Ira Levy Joseph G. Paul
Nicola Barbara and Harry Gould Cher Lewis and Michael Peffer
Jane and William Terry and Michael Groll Daughters Charitable Albert Penick Fund
Donaldson Lori E. Gross Trust James Penrose
Chris and Jim Drost Rhoda and Edwin Loida Nicolas Lewis Joseph Perella
Jacqueline Moline and Guinsburg Rita Fishman and Paula and Dominic Petito
Antoine Drye Agnes Gund Leonard Lichter Caroline Wamsler and
Cheryl and Blair Effron Sanjeanetta Harris Sharon Horn and Jeffrey DeWayne Phillips
Robert and Mercedes Laurie Hawkes Lichtman Wayne Phillips
Eicholz Foundation Anne Farley and Peter C. Lynn Staley and Marty Joel Picket
Marsha and James Hein Linsky Dr. Robert Press
Ellowitz Alexandra Herzan Diane and William Lloyd Karen and Timothy
Evelyn and Arthur Estey Tania Higgin Tina and Michael Lobel Proctor
Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Alan D. Holtz Madeleine Long Cheryl and Louis Raspino
Eveillard Audrey Sokoloff and H. Christopher Luce Caryl Ratner
Judy and Tony Evnin Timothy Hosking Lynn Davidson and Jon Richard Reitknecht
Dolores Eyler Donna Raftery and Lukomnik Rodney Reid
Joseph Fazio Vincent Inconiglios Ninah and Michael Lynne Megan and William Ried
Adam Inselbuch James Manges Barbara J. Riley
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Nancy and Marc Roberts Javier Seymore Joan and Michael Cathy and James Wallick
Alicia and William Lynn Povich and Stephen Steinberg Ellen and Barry Wagenberg
Robertson IV Shepard Sonja Steptoe Dr. Raymond
Margaret Robson Robert B. Shepler Leonore and Walter Stern Wedderburn
Donna and Benjamin M. Gil Shiva James Stevens Jane L. Overman and
Rosen Stephanie and Alfred Sabin C. Streeter Paul Weltchek
Carla and H. David Shuman Joe Sullivan Joan and Howard
Rosenbloom Randall Eron Shy Gloria and Phillip Talkow Weinstein
Lila Ross Ruth and Jerome Siegel Jay Tanenbaum Mildred Weissman
Laura and James Ross Nancy and Andrew Lynne Tarnopol Robert C. Wesley, Jr.
Steven and Daryl Roth Simmons Aulston Taylor Naida S. Wharton
Ethel Rubinstein Carra Sleight The Wilma S. and Foundation
Laura Sachar Dana Anderson and Laurence A. Tisch Katherine C. Wickham
Monica Kirkland and Aaron Smidt Foundation Michael E. Wiles
Marcelo Sanchez Helena and Steve Barbara and Donald Tober Shelley and Robert
George H. Sands, MD Sokoloff Michael Tuch Foundation, Willcox
Phyllis W. Bertin and Yuriko and Leonard Inc. Audrey Strauss and John
Anthony M. Saytanides Solondz Ann and Thomas Wing
Mark Scharfman Jimmie E. Spears Unterberg Richard M. Winn III
Amy Katz and Irving Scher Denise Spillane Jacqueline Uter Benjamin Winter
Marcia and Irwin Schloss Louise A. Springer Cheryl Vollweiler The Craig E. Wishman
Shari and Jay Schuster Deirdre Stanley Margaret and George Foundation
Deborah and Phillip Scott Barbara and Mitchell Vranesh Wolfensohn Family
Kathy and Joel Segall Stein Foundation

As of March 16, 2015

Essentially Ellington 20th Anniversary Exhibit

On View Now on the Fifth Floor of
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Free and open to the public during scheduled performances

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Jazz at Lincoln Centers high school jazz band
program, Essentially Ellington (EE), our current exhibit tells the story of the programs
inception and evolution into one of the most innovative jazz education events in the
world. In 1995, Jazz at Lincoln Center made a commitment to bring Duke Ellingtons
music, in its original form, to high school musicians for study and performance.
Twenty years later, Essentially Ellington has served over 3,300 member schools,
reaching 566,280 students and distributing over 154,000 scores to schools around
the world. The exhibit, located on the fifth floor of Frederick P. Rose Hall, features the
photography of Frank Stewart and Lawrence Sumulong and rare video footage from
the festival and competition. Please stop by the free exhibit to learn more!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Centers
Frederick P. Rose Hall
May 2015 ROSE THEATER

THE APPEL ROOM
Wayne Shorter Festival
Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Quintet:
Sound Prints
May 1516 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave
Douglas, prominent bandleaders with highly suc-
cessful recording careers and distinguished hon-
ors, are two leading voices in jazz today. As part
of our Wayne Shorter Festival, they will perform
with Sound Prints, their Shorter-inspired quintet,
conceptualized after their shared time in the
SFJAZZ Collective in 2008. Joined by pianist
Lawrence Fields, bassist Linda Oh, and drummer
Joey Baron, they have formed a unique, genera-
tionally-vast ensemble in direct collaboration with
Shorter himself. A rare treat, this homage is a
continuum of Shorters legacy as a vanguard of
modern jazz, showcasing both new repertoire and
Shorter compositions.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 6pm & 8:30pm.
Bill Frisell: Up & Down The Mississippi
Traveling Highway 61
May 2930 at 7pm & 9:30pm
My father was born and grew up along Highway
61, way up in Minnesota, not far from Bob Dylans
childhood home. That road starts in New Orleans,
follows the Mississippi River, up through the
Delta, Memphis, St. Louis, Davenport, all the way
up to the Canadian border. To think of the music
that has sprung from up, down, and all along this
way is truly staggering. The main artery. I am
excited, humbled, and honored to have this
opportunity to explore some of the many possibil-
ities with these great musicians. I cant wait to
dive in. - Bill Frisell. Guitarist Bill Frisell, along
with saxophonist Greg Osby, cornetist Ron Miles,
pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Kenny
Wollesen, embarks on a musical journey along
the revered route, which Bob Dylan famously
immortalized in 1965.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 7pm.
The Artistry of Max Roach with Ali Jackson
May 30 at 8pm
Max Roach single-handedly changed the percep-
tion of what it means to be a drummer, composer,
arranger, and percussionist. In a one-night-only
salute to the father of modern drumming, Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra drummer Ali Jackson
illuminates Roachs conceptual and artistic
genius. His musical conceptions include early
quintet work with Clifford Brown, double quartet
with strings, and experimental percussion ensem-
ble MBoom. Roachs overt social activism, incor-
porating music and oration, was some of the ear-
liest in jazz. An ensemble has been formed spe-
cially for this performance, featuring percussionist
Victor Provost, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, pianist
Emmet Cohen, bassist Russell Hall, tenor saxo-
phonist Wayne Escoffrey, and a string quartet
with violinists Elio Bishop and Sara Caswell, violist
Jeremy Kittel, and cellist Eugene Friesen.
Free pre-concert discussion at 7pm.
201516 SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS
Join us for the 28th season of Jazz at Lincoln
Center. Anchored by the renowned Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,
we salute jazzs enduring connection to the the-
atrical stage and silver screen. Following several
special performances at venues throughout New
York City, our Frederick P. Rose Hall season kicks
off with our annual favorite, Big Band Holidays,
featuring vocalists Audrey Shakir and Denzal
Sinclaire. We will showcase music made famous
by Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, George Gershwin,
Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, and more.
Diverse interpretations of jazz will include appear-
ances by Charles Lloyd, Fred Hersch, Steve
Miller, Diane Schuur, Monty Alexander, Catherine
Russell, and others. Michael Feinstein returns to
our stages for the fifth consecutive year to curate
and perform in the Jazz & Popular Song series.
Customize your own personal season with the
Take 3, 4, 5 series.
For more information, visit jazz.org/subs.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Time Warner Center, 5th floor
Tickets starting at $10
To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jazz.org. 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 Centers

Frederick P. Rose Hall
May 2015 June 2015
Mike Rodriguez Quintet Aaron Goldberg Trio
with Gerald Clayton, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Rodney with Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland
Green, and John Ellis June 12
May 14 7:30 & 9:30pm
7:30 & 9:30pm
Etienne Charles Creole Soul
Wayne Shorter Festival June 3
The Music of Wayne Shorter: The Early Years 7:30 & 9:30pm
with Stacy Dillard, Tivon Pennicott, Russell Hall, and
Evan Sherman Closed for Private Event
May 1517 June 4
7:30 & 9:30pm
Tootie Heath 80th Birthday Celebration
Ingrid Jensens Berklee Quintet with Ben Street, Ethan Iverson, David Wong (Sat
with Daniel Ko, Zahili Gonzalez Zamora, Max and Sun), Jeb Patton (Sat and Sun), and Jimmy
Salinger-Ridley, and Peter Barnick Heath (Sun)
May 18 June 57
7:30 & 9:30pm 7:30 & 9:30pm

Bill Charlap Trio featuring Peter Washington and Florida State University Sextet with special
Kenny Washington guest Chris Pattishall
May 1924 Rodney Jordan, Director
7:30 & 9:30pm June 8
7:30 & 9:30pm
Monday Nights with WBGO
Ibrahim Maalouff Jacques Schwarz-Bart Presents Racine Haiti
Kalthoum with Darren Barrett, Rozna Zila, Milan Milanovic,
with Frank Woeste, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner, Ben Williams, Ari Hoenig, and Bonga Jean-Baptiste
and Clarence Penn June 9
May 25 7:30 & 9:30pm
7:30 & 9:30pm
Eric Person Big Band
Bill Charlap Trio featuring Peter Washington and June 10
Kenny Washington 7:30 & 9:30pm
May 2631
7:30 & 9:30pm
In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzys Club Coca-Cola
are encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.
Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzys Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Centers 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: $2045. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.
Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get
50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzys 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 Dizzys Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.
Dizzys Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.
Find us on Facebook (DizzysClubCocaCola), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and
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