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SEPTEMBER 2006

Coltrane
Featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
September 14, 15 & 16, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2006-07 season opens with the Coltrane Festival featuring three days of this legendary saxophonist's music at Frederick P. Rose Hall. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrates Mr. Coltrane's 80th birthday by performing selections from A Love Supreme, My Favorite Things, Africa Brass and other John Coltrane selections.

Coltrane & Hartman
Featuring guest artists Todd Williams, Eric Reed, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and vocalist Kevin Mahogany
September 15 & 16, 2006, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room
As part of Jazz at Lincoln Center's John Coltrane Festival, special guest artists will perform the popular songs of John Coltrane and selections from the album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman recorded in 1963.

2nd Annual Women In Jazz Festival Featuring Rene Marie, Ann Hampton Callaway, The Great British Jazz Singer Claire Martin, Italian Saxophonist Ada Rovatti, Marian McPartland
September 4-October 1, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola


Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame 3rd Annual Induction Ceremony
September (tba), 2006, Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, time TBA
Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates jazz and the third class of inductees into the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. Some of today's finest jazz musicians will present the prestigious awards to the honorees or their family members, friends and fellow artists will perform music to honor each artist inductee.


Jazz Talk: “Did Coltrane Lose His Way?”
September 20, 2006, 7pm, Irene Diamond Education Center
Join moderator Dr. Lewis Porter and an all-star panel for a special discussion on the late years of John Coltrane's career.


Wynton Marsalis & The Hot Fives
Featuring guest artists Wycliffe Gordon, Victor Goines and Don Vappie
September 28, 29 & 30, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
Wynton Marsalis will world-premiere new compositions and perform selections from Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives studio recordings. These recordings were originally done between 1925 and 1929 and brought Armstrong his first top ten hit, “Muskrat Ramble.” The Hot Fives recordings pioneered a new era of jazz, bringing the concept of the soloist into the spotlight.

OCTOBER 2006


Freddy Cole's 75th Birthday Celebration With Special Guests
October 3-8, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola


The Music Of Stan Getz And Antonio Carlos Jobim And Joao Gilberto Featuring Trio Da Paz, Maucha Adnet, Harry Allen
October 10-15, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola


Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill featuring Bebo Valdes
October 13 & 14, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra's first show during the 2006-07 season will be a showcase of music from Mr. Valdes, one of the most important musicians from Cuba. “Suite Cubana,” by Bebo Valdes will be performed for the first time in the U.S. at this special show. At 87, pianist and composer Bebo Valdes continues to play with clav and precision, earning him GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY awards and nominations.


Singers Over Manhattan
Featuring Stephanie Jordan with the Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson Quartet
October 20 & 21, 2006, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room
Singers Over Manhattan returns to The Allen Room for a series of evenings with some of today's great jazz vocalists. New Orleans native Stephanie Jordan returns after her memorable appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Higher Ground Benefit Concert.


Fusion Revolution: Joe Zawinul Syndicate
Featuring Joe Zawinul
October 27 & 28, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
By combining jazz elements with soul jazz and funk elements, this program focuses on the 70's fusion movement birthed from the Miles Davis era. Master of the synthesizer, Joe Zawinul, from the legendary band Weather Report, explores this melding in his debut performance at Rose Theater.


Ira Sullivan & Eric Alexander, with Harold Mabern, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
October 31-November 5, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

NOVEMBER 2006


Annual Fall Gala
November 13, 2005, concert in Rose Theater, dinner reception to follow
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and some of the world's greatest artists celebrate the music of Gershwin.


Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the American Composers Orchestra with conductor Steven Sloane & the Marcus Roberts Trio featuring the music of Gershwin
November 16, 17 & 18, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
For this first time collaboration, the internationally renowned conductor Steven Sloane will lead the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the American Composers Orchestra as they perform Gershwin favorite Rhapsody in Blue and other quintessential works representative of the 1950s' Third Stream-era. This concert includes a newly commissioned piece by Derek Bermel, American Composers Orchestra's composer in residence, and a presentation of Nelson Riddle's lush arrangements originally written for artists such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio will join this orchestral collaboration.


Paquito D'Rivera
November 17 & 18, 2006, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets
In the clarinet tradition of the great Benny Goodman, Paquito D'Rivera explores the Third Stream convergence of classical and jazz with the music of Ravel, Bartok and Stravinsky.


Manhattan Trinity With Cyrus Chestnut, George Mraz and Lewis Nash
November 28-December 3, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

DECEMBER 2006


Jazz for Young People: What is an Arranger?
Featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
December 1, 2006, Apollo Theater, 10:00am & 12:15pm
SCHOOL GROUPS ONLY (Tickets: $8/student)
December 2, 2006, Rose Theater, 12pm & 2pm
How do 15 strong-willed musicians come together in perfect harmony? How does the standard become fresh once more? Thank the arranger, the unsung hero who choreographs every performance, bringing order and imagination to the bandstand. Wynton Marsalis and the LCJO explore the techniques arrangers use to help everyone get along and sound good.


Red Hot Holiday Stomp
Featuring Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Victor Goines, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley, Don Vappie
December 14, 15 & 16, 2006, 8pm, Rose Theater
December 16, 2006, 2pm, Rose Theater
Jazz at Lincoln Center ushers in the holidays with four special concerts that bring Big Easy-style holiday cheer to the Big Apple. Highlighting classic holiday tunes seasoned with a bit of Crescent City flavor and the joyous music of Jelly Roll Morton, Red Hot Holiday Stomp features Wynton Marsalis, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, banjoist Don Vappie and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra members Victor Goines, Joe Temperley and others.

JANUARY 2007


Singers Over Manhattan
Willie Nelson Sings The Blues
Willie Nelson featuring Wynton Marsalis
January 12 & 13, 2007, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room
The incomparable Willie Nelson makes a rare appearance in The Allen Room for the Singers Over Manhattan series. From country to pop, classic rock and roll to folk, Willie Nelson has excelled in each. This performance will feature the singer-songwriter's distinctive voice over the gutbucket blues. Wynton Marsalis will be featured.


Cubana Be Cubana Bop
Featuring the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill
January 12 & 13, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
The Latin jazz band will demonstrate the fusion of Latin music and American jazz by performing the works of innovators Machito, Dizzy Gillespie and others who have inspired the Latin jazz tradition.


Bebop Lives!
Featuring James Moody and Charles McPherson
January 26 & 27, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
Bebop brought new and exciting direction to jazz. Pioneers of bebop, James Moody and Charles McPherson, will demonstrate the strong virtuosity and controlled technique that has become essential for players to play bebop's fast tempos and complex harmonies.


Jazz Talk: “Is Race Still a Factor?”
January 31, 2007, 7pm, Irene Diamond Education Center
In this modern age, does race still impact the jazz industry, the consumer, and our own emotions towards the music? Join Dr. Porter and a panel of musicians, scholars, and critics for Jazz at Lincoln Center's new exploration of race and jazz.

FEBRUARY 2007


Jazz and Art
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
February 22, 23 & 24, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
The first half of the show will feature small and big band pieces inspired by the visual arts. The second half of this concert will feature the premiere of a musical composition by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's own saxophonist Ted Nash based on famous 20th Century artworks. The audience will be able to gaze upon these beautiful images projected on a screen above the stage. The second half of the show will feature small and big band pieces inspired by the visual arts.

MARCH 2007


Jazz for Young PeopleSM: What is Latin Jazz?
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill
March 3, 2007, 12pm & 2pm, Rose Theater
What happens when you put a little Latin in your jazz? As Latin jazz pioneer Mario Bauza explained, “You walk with rhythm, you talk with rhythm, you eat your food with rhythm.” Arturo O'Farill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra show us how Dizzy, Machito, Bauza and others infected the lines of jazz with Latin grooves and started a rhythm epidemic. Watch out! Backpacks will become bongos, your textbooks will turn into timbales.


Outer Limits!
Cecil Taylor and John Zorn
March 9 & 10, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
Opening the concert will be John Zorn showcasing his skills as a composer and saxophone player - one of the best in avant-garde and experimental music. For the second half, legendary pianist and poet Cecil Percival Taylor will demonstrate why he is one of the great innovative sources of free jazz.


Jazz Talk: “An Evening with Marian McPartland”
March 14, 2007, 7pm, Irene Diamond Education Center
First Lady of jazz piano and longtime host of NPR's Piano Jazz, Marian McPartland, will become the interviewee for a very special engagement celebrating her life in jazz.


The Songs We Love
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
March 29, 30 & 31, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
Performing “Stardust,” “How High the Moon,” “April in Paris” and many more, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will explore the greatest big band arrangements of popular songs.


The Birth of Cool
Bill Charlap Trio with Special Guests TBA
March 30 & 31, 2007, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room Bill Charlap is one of the strongest mainstream jazz pianists on the scene and has played with jazz greats such as Clark Terry and Benny Carter. He, his trio guest instrumentalists will illustrate bebop in The Birth of Cool in The Allen Room.

APRIL 2007


Todo Tango
Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill
April 13 & 14, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
GRAMMY award-winning composer, bassist and arranger Pablo Aslan explores the rich tapestry of the tango experience and its fusion in jazz culture.


Singers Over Manhattan
Dianne Reeves
April 20 & 21, 2007, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room
The world-class GRAMMY award-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves returns to Jazz at Lincoln Center as a part of the Singers Over Manhattan series.


The Legends of Blue Note
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
April 26, 27 & 28, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will perform big band arrangements of Blue Note Records greatest hits including “Song for My Father,” “Blue Bossa” and “This I Dig of You” while celebrating music from one of the most fabled labels in jazz.


Annual Family Gala
April 2006, TBA

MAY 2007


12th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival
May 4, 5 & 6, 2007
* Competition I, May 5, 3-6pm
* Competition II, May 6, 10-11:30am
* Competition III, May 6, 1-2:30pm
* Concert, May 6, Avery Fisher Hall, 7:30pm
The Essentially Ellington program is one of the most successful and far reaching high school jazz programs in the country. Each year 15 of the country's best high school jazz bands compete to attend Jazz at Lincoln Center's “House of Swing” to Duke it out for the opportunity to play with Wynton Marsalis in a concert at Avery Fisher Hall.


The Many Moods of Miles
Featuring Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, the Marcus Miller Sextet and Ryan Kisor
May 11 & 12, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
The Marcus Miller Sextet,Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton and Ryan Kisor will represent the bebop, lyrical, modal and electric period styles of the legendary and chameleon-like trumpeter, Miles Davis.


6th Annual Spring Gala
May 14, 2007, Concert at the Apollo Theater at 7pm, reception to follow.
Music's most widely known and finest talents perform during this once-in-a-lifetime concert event. Proceeds will support the hundreds of performance and education events produced annually by Jazz at Lincoln Center.


Jazz Talk: “What's Innovative Now?”
May 16, 2007, 7pm, Irene Diamond Education Center
What does it mean to be innovative in jazz? Join a diverse panel of musicians and scholars for an engaging look at the challenge and importance of innovation in modern music.


Jazz for Young People: What are the Moods of Jazz?
May 18, 2007, Apollo Theater, 10:00am & 12:15pm
SCHOOL GROUPS ONLY (Tickets: $8/student)
May 19, 2007, Rose Theater, 12pm & 2pm
Jazz is more than a “Mood Indigo.” In the beat of a heart it can take you from “April in Paris” to “Autumn in New York,” from a “Stormy Monday” to the “Sunny Side of the Street.” Host Wynton Marsalis and friends show us howjazz's changing tones, colors, rhythms and tempos can take us from the being “Kind of Blue” to “Struttin' with Some Barbeque!”


Middle School Jazz Academy Concert
May 19, 2007, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time TBA
Jazz at Lincoln Center presents these one-hour showcase concerts by students from the 2nd annual MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ ACADEMY, Jazz at Lincoln Center's instrumental instruction program for New York City middle school students.


In This House, On This Morning
Wynton Marsalis with Special Guests Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Todd Williams, Richard Johnson, Reginald Veal and Herlin Riley May 24, 25 & 26, 2007, 8pm, Rose Theater
Wynton Marsalis will be joined by many of the original musicians who performed the premiere of In This House, On This Morning at Avery Fisher Hall exactly 15 years earlier on May 27, 1992. As part of The Gospel Festival, this concert will commemorate the 15th anniversary of this first Jazz at Lincoln Center-Wynton Marsalis commission, which is one of the virtuoso's most successful recordings.


Singers Over Manhattan
Darin Atwater Gospel
May 25 & 26, 2007, 7:30pm & 9:30pm sets, The Allen Room
In celebration of The Gospel Festival, internationally recognized Darin Atwater will lead a small group, combining his virtuosity on the piano with his mastering of classical, jazz, and gospel music. Mr. Atwater tours worldwide and is also composer-in-residence with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.


SINGLE TICKET INFORMATION:
* Concert tickets in Rose Theater: $30, $50, $75, $100, $120
* Concert tickets in The Allen Room Singers Over Manhattan Series: $60
* Jazz Talk tickets: $10
* Jazz for Young PeopleSM tickets in Rose Theater: $12, $17, $32
* Essentially Ellington tickets for competition: $5, available after April 1; concert in Avery Fisher Hall: $20
* Middle School Jazz Academy concert tickets: FREE
* Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: $30 cover charge regular sets; $10 after hours; $15 UPSTARTS! Student Prices: Sun, Tues, Wed 9:30pm set $15 with valid student ID / After Hours $5 with valid student ID / UPSTARTS! $10 for students with valid ID. Minimum: $10 tables / $5 bar all shows. Reservations: (212) 258-9595/9795
* For single tickets call CenterCharge (212) 721-6500 or www.jalc.org