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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s

The Appel Room

Frederick P. Rose Hall

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Friday and Saturday Evening, May 13–14, 2016, at 7:00 and 9:30

Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director

Greg Scholl, Executive Director

JOE LOVANO: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF COLTRANE

WITH SPECIAL GUEST RAVI COLTRANE

JOE LOVANO, Music Director, Tenor Saxophone RAVI COLTRANE, Saxophone TOM HARRELL, Trumpet STEVE KUHN, Piano (5/13 only)GERI ALLEN, Piano (5/14 only)

REGGIE WORKMAN, Bass ANDREW CYRILLE, Drums BRIAN BLADE, Drums

This program is presented as part of the Ertegun Jazz Concert Series.

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Alice Coltrane), who also worked with

Lovano in their celebrated Saxophone

Summit with Dave Liebman.

The music for these concerts displays a

unity of expression that is boundless and

eternal. It includes selections from Mostly

Coltrane , a 2008 CD by Steve Kuhn and his

trio with Lovano as special guest (they per-

formed an annual engagement at Birdland

some years ago around Coltrane’s birthday);

a musical collage based on “Acknowledge-

ment,” the first movement from A Love Supreme, Coltrane’s 1965 recording that

celebrated his victory over substance abuse

in poetic and propulsive prayer; and the

vivid, vast, and varied Coltrane songbook

from the early 1950s to 1967.

“The intervals of A Love Supreme were in

all of his works, from the Prestige period to

Impulse!,” Lovano says. “Coltrane

explored all kinds of music. And it was all a

very spiritual journey.”

Eugene Holley, Jr. contributes to Playbill ,

DownBeat, Publishers Weekly, and Hot House

Jazz. He also contributed to the book, Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of

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J I M M Y K A T Z

Meet the Artists

Grammy Award–winning saxophonist and

composer Joe Lovano (Tenor Saxophone )

stands alone at the vanguard of large and

small group jazz. From his Grammy Award–

nominated symphonic work to his role as

Gary Burton Chair of Jazz Performance at

Berklee College of Music, the Cleveland

native fearlessly challenges and pushes his

conceptual and thematic ventures in a quest

for new modes of artistic expression and

new ways to define the jazz idiom. In 2014

Lovano won awards for Multi-reeds Player

and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year from the

Jazz Journalists Association and Tenor

Saxophonist of the Year from DownBeat

magazine. He has released 23 celebrated

albums on the Blue Note label, three featur-

ing his quintet Us Five. All three Us Five

records have received unanimous acclaim;

Folk Art earned best-of-class honors from

both DownBeat and the Jazz Journalists

Association, which also honored 2011’s

Grammy Award–nominated Bird Songs as

Record of the Year. The acclaimed Wayne

Shorter–influenced Joe Lovano and Dave

Douglas Quintet Sound Prints also released

an album in 2015. For 2016–17, three major

ensembles are on display. In Joe Lovano’s

Classic Quartet, Lovano will explore the rich

history of mainstream jazz through soulful

swing and bebop. An active proponent of

straight-ahead jazz, notably collaborating

with Hank Jones ten years ago, Lovano dri-

ves the edges while honoring the structures.

Two artists who exemplify the standards for

creativity and exploration at the venerable

Blue Note Records will come together for

the first time in the Chucho Valdés – Joe

Lovano Quintet. This collaborative project,

also featuring a bassist, drummer, and per-

cussionist who rank among Cuba’s topinstrumentalists, promises combined great-

ness that has been anticipated for over 20

years. Last but far from least, Joe Lovano’s

Village Rhythms Band is a natural extension

of the tenor giant’s evolving body of work, as

he lends his singular interpretations to West

African polyrhythms, connecting New York

City and Lagos.

Ravi Coltrane (Saxophone ) is a critically

acclaimed Grammy Award–nominated saxo-

phonist, bandleader, and composer. In the

course of a 20-plus year career, he has

worked as a sideman to many, recorded

noteworthy albums for himself and others,

and founded a prominent independent

record label, RKM. Born in Long Island, the

second son of John Coltrane and Alice

Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar

legend Ravi Shankar. He was raised in Los

Angeles, where his family moved after his

father’s death in 1967. His mother, Alice

Coltrane, was a significant influence on Ravi,

and it was he who encouraged Alice to

return to performance and the recording stu-

dio after a long absence. Subsequently, Ravi

produced and played on Alice Coltrane’s

powerful Translinear Light , which was

released in 2004. He has released six

albums as a leader. His latest, Spirit Fiction,

was released in June 2012 for Blue Note

Records. Additional credits include perfor-

mances and recordings with Elvin Jones,

Terence Blanchard, Kenny Barron, Steve

Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette,

Matt Garrison, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Geri Allen,

Joanne Brackeen, and The Blue Note 7,

among others. He is a co-leader of the

Joe Lovano

Ravi Coltrane

C O U R T E S Y O F T H E A R T I S T



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Saxophone Summit with Joe Lovano and

Dave Liebman. Coltrane lives in Brooklyn,

New York and maintains a fast-paced tour-ing, recording, composing, and performing

schedule. He leads the effort to restore the

John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island

(thecoltranehome.org) and presides over

important reissues of his parents’ recordings.

Tom HarrellTom Harrell (Trumpet ) is one of the most

creative and dynamic instrumentalists and

composers of our time. A master of thejazz idiom, he also constantly seeks new

challenges and influences, remaining fresh

for a career spanning more than four

decades and over 260 recordings. Harrell’s

warm, burnished sound and unparalleled

harmonic and rhythmic sophistication have

made him a frequent winner in DownBeat

and JazzTimes Critics and Readers Polls.

After a string of albums with his quintet of

almost ten years, featuring Wayne

Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna

Okegwo, and Johnathan Blake, Harrell has

begun to develop new projects. His most

recent album, First Impressions , is a cham-

ber ensemble recording of Harrell’s

arrangements of (mostly) chansons by

Debussy and Ravel. The ensemble was

featured on PBS’ Soundtracks and toured

extensively. TRIP, a piano-less quartet

formed by Dave Douglas, commissioned

Harrell to compose for the Festival of New

Trumpet Music. A 2014 album release was

followed by tours in 2015. With Colors of a

Dream, Harrell extended the piano-less

concept, using two acoustic basses in a

sextet with three horns and drums. The

album was released in 2013, and the group

toured in 2014. Carlos Santana, Cold Blood,

Azteca, Vince Guaraldi, Hank Jones, Kenny

Barron, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra,

Danish Radio Big Band, WDR Big Band,

Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Metropole

Orchestra, and Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro-

Latin Jazz Orchestra are among those who

have recorded or performed Harrell’s work.

His “Humility” was featured on the latter

group’s Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy

Award–winning 2008 release. NotableRCA/BMG recordings include Wise

Children, featuring woodwinds, brass,

horns, strings, guitars, percussion, and

vocalists; Paradise and The Art of Rhythm,

both featuring chamber groups with

strings; and his Grammy Award–nominated

big band album, Time’s Mirror . In addition

to 27 albums and thousands of concerts

worldwide as a leader, Harrell has worked

with such important figures as StanKenton, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie,

Horace Silver, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Lee

Konitz, Sam Jones (with whom he co-led a

big band), Jim Hall, Charlie Haden, and Joe

Lovano. Harrell also recorded on Grammy

Award–winning albums by Gerry Mulligan

and Bill Evans.

Steve KuhnSteve Kuhn (Piano, 5/13 only ) is one of the

most lyrical, affecting, and swinging pianists

in jazz. His latest in a series of recordings for

ECM is 2012’s Wisteria , featuring longtime

partners Steve Swallow and Joey Baron.

The album’s title number, written by Art

Farmer, references Kuhn’s early-1960s

period in Farmer’s band. Kuhn, who has per-

fect pitch and a photographic memory, was

born in Brooklyn in 1938 to Hungarian immi-

grants. After moving to Boston he began

studying with Margaret Chaloff, whom he

credits for much about his classically formed

technique. While attending Harvard

University, he played six nights per week in

a trio with Arnold Wise and Chuck Israels as

well as with visiting musicians like Coleman

Hawkins and Chet Baker. During a three-

week session at the Lenox School of Music,

Kuhn met Kenny Dorham, who drafted him

for a yearlong sting in his band. In 1960, at

age 21, he left Dorham’s group to join a

quartet with John Coltrane, leading to an

eight-week run at the old Jazz Gallery in

New York. Kuhn then joined saxophonist

Stan Getz for two years before forming a trio



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with Swallow and Pete LaRoca and record-

ing Three Waves . In 1966 he and Gary

McFarland explored Gunther Schuller’s ThirdStream ideas and recorded The October

Suite , a landmark album. In 1974 Kuhn

recorded Trance with Manfred Eicher, fol-

lowed by Ecstasy , a solo album planned

with barely a day’s notice. Its melody-

steeped pieces are still reinterpreted by

Kuhn to this day, as reinterpretation of older

material has been a staple of Kuhn’s career.

Ecstasy was reissued in the 2008 box set

Life’s Backward Glances , also featuring1970s ECM albums Motility and Playground .

In the 1980s Kuhn founded a trio with Ron

Carter and Al Foster and recorded live at the

Village Vanguard. They reunited for 2006’s

Live at Birdland (Blue Note). Since the 1980s

Kuhn has primarily worked in trios with top

bassists and drummers, releasing such

albums as Mostly Ballads (New World,

1986), Remembering Tomorrow (ECM,

1996), and Pastorale (Sunny Side, 2007). Hehas made a dozen recent albums for the

Venus label, ranging from Love Walked In to

Pavane for a Dead Princess . Invoking ideas

from The October Suite , 2004’s Promises

Kept featured reinterpreted original composi-

tions with a string orchestra. In 2009 Kuhn

released Mostly Coltrane with Joe Lovano,

David Finck, and Joey Baron. Kuhn continues

to tour throughout the world and will be per-

forming extensively on behalf of Wisteria .

Geri AllenGeri Allen (Piano, 5/14 only ) is a pianist,

composer, educator, Guggenheim Fellow,

and director of jazz studies at the University

of Pittsburgh. In 2016 she was nominated

for a Best Historical Album Grammy Award

for her co-production of Erroll Garner’s The

Complete Concert by the Sea . The album,

and her work, is also nominated by for the

“Outstanding Jazz Album of the Year”NAACP Image Award. She received the first

Lady of Soul Award for jazz and was also the

first woman and youngest person to receive

the Danish “Jazz Par Prize.” Her work is

featured in The Lisa Gay Hamilton Peabody

Award-winning film, Beah: A Black Woman

Speaks , and on Andy Bey’s Grammy

Award–nominated American Song . Allen

received the Congressional Black Caucus

Award in 2014, an NAACP Image Award

nomination in 2011, and also performed in A

Theatrical & Musical Celebration Honoring

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK: A

Monumental Life . She continues her active

participation in the Erroll Garner Jazz Project,

whose Archive is now housed at the

University of Pittsburgh’s Library System.

Allen’s collaborations have included FarahJasmin Griffin, Carmen Lundy, Oliver Lake,

Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Carrie

Mae Weems, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran,

Pharoah Sanders, Dwight Andrews, Ravi

Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Terri Lyne Carrington,

Esperanza Spalding, and Laurie Anderson.

She released a series of solo piano-driven

recordings between 2008 and 2013: Flying

Toward the Sound , A Child Is Born, and

Grand River Crossings . The New Jersey

Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of

Maestro Jacques Lacombe, commissioned

Stones and Streams , an original work to

commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”

speech. Stones and Streams was per-

formed as a part of the NJSO’s Gala

Celebration in September 2013. Allen’s

compositions have since been featured on

Grammy Award–winning albums by Terri

Lyne Carrington and Dianne Reeves.

Reggie WorkmanThe legendary Reggie Workman (Bass ) is

highly regarded as a “bass player’s bass

player.” Workman’s playing styles cover

the range of modern music, from bop to

post-bop to “futuristic,” incorporating a

contemporary approach to jazz improvisa-

tion and composition. He has an uncanny

ability to equally understand and sharemusical ideas with such diverse musicians

as Art Blakey on one side and Cecil Taylor

on the other. As a result, Workman has

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expression as a performer and composer.

An ardent advocate of arts education,

Workman is a professor and coordinator ofcurriculum at the New School for Jazz and

Contemporary Studies, an institution rec-

ognized around the world as one of the

greatest schools for jazz education. He has

always been active in music outreach and

education efforts. He co-founded the his-

toric Collective Black Artists (CBA) and was

music director of the famous New Muse

Community Center in Brooklyn, New York.

He is the co-director of the MontclairAcademy of Dance & Laboratory of Music

Studio and founder/producer of the

Sculptured Sounds Music Festival , an

artist-driven festival of futuristic music and

concepts. Workman has performed and

recorded with giants of jazz including John

Coltrane, Art Blakey, Eric Dolphy, Max

Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Cecil Taylor, Mal

Waldron, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Trio 3,

and Great Friends as well as emerging jazzlegends such as Jason Moran. He estab-

lished himself as a bandleader and com-

poser in the 1970s when he first presented

his stellar group, Top Shelf. Workman has

since continued to develop new curricu-

lums and workshops and presents various

Reggie Workman ensembles under the

umbrella of his production company,

Sculptured Sounds.

Andrew CyrilleAndrew Cyrille (Drums ) was born in

Brooklyn, New York, and he studied at the

Juilliard and Hartnett schools of music.

Cyrille has performed with jazz artists

including Coleman Hawkins, Illinois

Jacquet, Mary Lou Williams, Kenny

Dorham, Munai Richard Abrams, Horace

Tapscott, John Carter, Mal Waldron, and

David Murray. In 1964 he began an 11-year

association with pianist Cecil Taylor. Cyrille

played drums for many notable dancers and

choreographers in the mid- to late-1960s.

He was artist in residence and teacher at

Antioch College from 1971–73 and has also

taught at the Graham Windham Home for

Children. He is now a faculty member at theNew School University. Cyrille has earned a

number of grants and awards from the

National Endowment for the Arts and Meet

the Composer, including a commission to

create a new work for the Cleo Parker

Robinson Dance Company in 1990. In 1999

he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for

composition. Starting in 1969, Cyrille orga-

nized the first of several percussion groups,

including Dialogue of the Drums, Pieces ofTime, and Weights and Measures.

Distinguished artists who played in these

groups include Kenny Clarke, Milford

Graves, Famoudou Don Moye, Michael

Carvin, and Obo Addy. Since 1988, Cyrille

has performed internationally with the

renowned Russian percussionist Vladimir

Tarasov. In 1975 Cyrille formed a band

called Maono (“feelings”), featuring various

instrumental voices determined by his com-positions. He is a member of Trio 3, featur-

ing alto saxophonist Oliver Lake and bassist

Reggie Workman. He also sometimes leads

the group Haitian Fascination. For the past

several years, he has been collaborating

with musicians such as saxophonists

Archie Shepp, trombonist Roswell Rudd,

trumpeter Dave Douglas, bassists Henry

Grimes and William Parker, pianists Dave

Burrell and Geri Allen, and saxophonist JoeLovano. He continues to record and per-

form with duo, trio, quartet, quintet, and big

band formations. His big band, conducted

by Mark Masters from the American Jazz

Institute, is called “Andrew Cyrille’s 21st

Century Big Band Unlimited.”

Brian BladeAs a child, Brian Blade (Drums ) played vio-

lin before following in the footsteps of his

brother, who played the drums in the Zion

church. In high school, Blade and his

brother Brady, Jr. were students of Dorsey

Summerfield, Jr. and performed as part of



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his professional group, the Polyphonics. In

1988 he moved to New Orleans to attend

Loyola University, where he met JonCowherd and formed the roots of the

Fellowship Band. Both Blade and Cowherd

studied and worked with most of the mas-

ter musicians in New Orleans, including

John Vidacovich, Ellis Marsalis, Steve

Masakowski, Bill Huntington, Mike Pellera,

John Mahoney, George French, Germaine

Bazzle, David Lee, Jr., Alvin Red Tyler, Tony

Dagradi, and Harold Battiste. Inspiring

musicians and friends who helped Bladedevelop while in New Orleans include Chris

Thomas, Peter Martin, Nicholas Payton,

Antoine Drye, Martin Butler, Delfeayo

Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Harry Connick,

Jr., Gray Mayfield, Marcus Roberts, Victor

Goines, and Daniel Lanois. In 1998 Blade

and Cowherd began recording their own

music with their band The Fellowship. With

band members Chris Thomas, Myron

Walden, and Melvin Butler, they have per-formed at esteemed venues like the Village

Vanguard and festivals such as the Ottawa

Jazz Fest, Newport Jazz Fest, and the New

Orleans Jazz Fest. The band has released

four albums together: Fellowship and

Perceptual on Blue Note Records; 2008’s

Verve recording Season of Changes ; and

Landmarks , which earned a 2014 Grammy

Award nomination for Best Jazz Record.

The Fellowship Band draws from all genresof music, perhaps most noticeably from

the emotion and spirit of gospel music.

Fans and critics alike site the Fellowship

Band as one of the most important con-temporary jazz bands of our day.

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inspiring and growing audiences for jazz.

With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln

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array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center

advances a unique vision for the continued

development of the art of jazz by producinga year-round schedule of performance, edu-

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Under the leadership of Managing and

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at Lincoln Center have advanced the art form, and sustained the

master musicians who perform it.

Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, brought the world

the legendary work of luminaries such as John Coltrane and Ray

Charles. His leadership as a founding member of Jazz at Lincoln

Center and its Board of Directors and his strong support ofmaintaining a house orchestra were vital to the organization’s

early development, and to the creation of the Nesuhi Ertegun

Jazz Hall of Fame, named for his brother.

Mica Ertegun joined Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Board of Directors in

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her husband’s vision forward.

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SchwartzKatherine SeligmanMichael H. SeligmanMonica SeligmanLee Rhodes and Peter

SeligmanHelen Sogoloff andAlexander Shaknovich

John ShapiroGlenn Close and David

ShawKatherine and Stephen

SherrillSusan Moldow and

William M. ShinkerLauren and Randall Eron

ShyKaren SimonsLaura J. Sloate/Hermione

Foundation

Helena and SteveSokoloff

Joan and MichaelSteinberg

Barbara Carroll and MarkStroock

Pamela and Allen B.Swerdlick

FRIENDS



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Diane and Arthur AbbeyRobin and John AbottAnne and Michael AboffKenneth AllenAlexandra AlpaughPeg AlstonDonna Ward and Greg

AmatoJolynn Schmidt and Scott

AndersonAnonymous (3)Semhal Tadesse ArayaHector Baldonado

Lillian BarbashJennifer and DavidBarnard CharitableFund

Renee and Robert BelferBrook and Roger BerlindMary BernardTheresa and Gerry

BernazArlene and Mark

BernsteinAnurag BhargavaMary BillardThe Black Alumni of PrattMadeline and Alan

BlinderLes BluestoneMeg and Owen BogerRoy BostockAlexis BrownScott BullockAline Campos CamargoJonathan CapehartLakesha CashJacqueline CervantesJill and Irwin CohenMarian and James CohenDorcas ColasDavid ColePatrice Coleman

Dr. Patricia CookPatrick CookThe Aaron Copland Fund

for Music, IncCarolyn and Neil CoplanLinda CoteNorma and Larry CorioAlice and Daniel

CunninghamMarilyn and Anthony De

NicolaJane and William

DonaldsonJohn DiCarloFrank Dix

Chris and Jim DrostJacqueline Moline andAntoine Drye

Robert and MercedesEichholz Foundation

Marsha and JamesEllowitz

Jeffrey B. Fager

Joseph FazioCharlotte Feng FordKen and Caryl Field Fund

of the Princeton AreaCommunity Foundation

Christine and JohnFitzgibbons

Susan and ArthurFleischer, Jr.

Dr. Steven FrankelErin A. Pond and Peter H.

FriedlandSusan and Fred Friedman

Fredrica and StephenFriedmanJudith M. GallentAlice and Nathan

GantcherJay GeneskeGladstein Family

FoundationClaudia GlasserCharlene and Keith

GogginLinda Silberman and

Victor GoldbergArlene GoldmanJane and Budd S.

GoldmanNancy and GaryGoodenough

Barbara and Harry GouldAva Seave and Bruce C.

GreenwaldTerry and Michael GrollLori E. GrossBrad GrossmanChristofer GuarinoRandy HallCharles HamowyLeonard HarlanSanjeanetta HarrisLaurie Hawkes

Anne Farley and PeterHeinSusan and Roger HertogAlan D. HoltzAudrey Sokoloff and

Timothy HoskingShari HymanDonna Raftery and

Vincent InconigliosJoy InghamAdam InselbuchMitchell JacobsonEvan JanovicAndrea Montalbano and

Diron Jebejian

Kenneth KahanerMarnee and Eric KaltmanClarence KamJeanne and Robert KaneRichard and Lisa KendallElaine and Mark KesselRisa Schifter and Edward

A. Kirtman

Randy KleinPat and John

KlingensteinDr. Theresa KnightChikako and Tomo

KodamaJini KohIsobel KoneckySally and Wynn

KramarskyDiane KranzDeborah and Peter

Krulewitch

Wendy and JerryLabowitzDiane Forrest and Nick

LaHowchicHiroko LangeSeth LapidowBonnie LautenbergElizabeth and Gavin

LeckieLaurie Zucker Lederman

and David LedermanKaren Collias and

Geoffrey LevittIra Levy

James and Beth Lewis

Cher Lewis andDaughters CharitableTrust

Mary and John LibbyRita Fishman and

Leonard LichterSharon Horn and Jeffrey

LichtmanLynn Staley and Marty

LinskyDiane and William LloydH. Christopher LuceLynn Davidson and Jon

LukomnikJohn Lummis

Ninah and Michael LynneSean MaddenMark MandelJ. Robert Mann, Jr.Katina and Kenneth

ManneJustin ManusSusan and Morris MarkMark Family FoundationEtienne MartelMr. and Mrs. George

MartinKerri MasonJoan Lee and Robert

Matloff

Joanne and NormanMatthewsLady Va and Sir Deryck

MaughanMerridith and Robert

McCarthyRobert MeltzerDina Merrill and Ted

HartleyCheryl and Michael

MinikesAdriana and Robert

MnuchinMichelle and John MorrisAdele MorrissetteKimberly and David

MorseOrnella and Robert

MorrowGaya Vinay and Vinay

Nair

Nobuko NaritaNancy and MichaelNeuman

Josiane and ThierryNoufele

Nora Ann Wallace andJack Nusbaum

Nancy Kuhn and BernieNussbaum

Rusty O’KelleyRebecca and Daniel

OkrentRobert OpatrnySusan and Stanley

Oppenheim

Saundra ParksMargot Bridger andJoseph G. Paul

Michael PefferDaniel PelletierAlbert Penick FundPaula and Dominic PetitoCaroline Wamsler and

DeWayne PhillipsWayne PhillipsDaniel PincusAnne Martha and John

PitegoffAndrew and Mark PittsJamie and Mark Pollack

Dr. Robert PressJonelle ProcopeKaren and Timothy

ProctorKeith RichardsMegan and William RiedBarbara J. RileyDavid RobbinsAlicia and William

Robertson IVLaura and James RossFred RubinsteinElizabeth SacklerMonica Kirkland and

Marcelo Sanchez

Hayley Gorenberg and Dr.George H. SandsPhyllis Bertin and

Anthony SaytanidesMark ScharfmanAmy Katz and Irving

ScherMarcia and Irwin Schloss

PATRONS

Dhuanne and Doug TansilJudy and Alfred TaubmanBarbara WaltersJeanette Wagner

Warburg PincusDiane and Geoffrey WardThe Weininger

Foundation

Cindy and Kenneth WestJanice Savin Williams

and ChristopherWilliams

Carol WinogradBenjamin WinterJudy Zankel



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As of April 13, 2016

Shari and Jay SchusterAnnette Mitchell ScottDeborah and Phillip ScottEmma ScullyKathy and Joel SegallSumana Setty

Javier SeymoreSandra ShahinianGuarav SharmaRobert B. SheplerRuth and Jerome SiegelSusan SingerCarra SleightPhyllis and Richard SlocumLorie A. SlutskyJill and Robert SmithLeonard I. SolondzAndre and Anne Rosen

Spears

Jan and Jimmie E. SpearsDenise SpillaneLouise A. SpringerBarbara and Mitchell

SteinJoanna and Joseph Stein

Leonore and WalterStern

Bonnie and ThomasStrauss

Joseph SullivanDavid SwopeGloria and Phillip TalkowJay TanenbaumTides FoundationThe Wilma S. and

Laurence A. TischFoundation

Michael Tuch Foundation,Inc.

Joan and Barry TuckerAnn and Thomas

UnterbergJacqueline Uter

Cheryl VollweilerMargaret VraneshEllen and Barry

WagenbergDr. Raymond

WedderburnJosephine and Richard

WeilJoan and Howard

WeinsteinNaida S. Wharton

Foundation

Katherine C. WickhamAnita and Byron WienAmelia WierzbickiMichael E. WilesShelley and Robert

Willcox

Charlie and May WilsonAudrey Strauss and John

WingRichard M. Winn IIIBenjamin WinterThe Craig E. Wishman

FoundationMichael WojcikWolfensohn Family

FoundationTara Kelleher and Roy J.

Zuckerberg



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UPCOMING EVENTSJazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

May 2016

THE APPEL ROOM

Body and Soul:America’s Unforgettable CroonersMay 20–21 at 7pm & 9:30pmBing Crosby, Nat “King” Cole, and Mel Tormé arethree great masters of the canon known as “TheGreat American Songbook.” Their velvety voicesand mastery of sentimental serenades madethem the quintessential crooners of the 20th cen-tury, but their respective landmark achievementsacross the mediums of radio, television, film, and

recording made them legends. Music directorBryan Carter and his stellar ensemble, featuringvocalists Denzal Sinclaire, Benny Benack III, andCharles Turner, pay tribute to these geniuses ofsong. The show features new arrangements byCarter and a 22-piece ensemble that reflects botha hard-hitting big band sound and lush strings.

ROSE THEATER

The Ray Charles SongbookMay 20–21 at 8pmAt age 21, trumpeter and music director Kenny

Rampton (of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)launched his touring career with a nine-month stintin Ray Charles’ band. Tonight, Rampton honors hisformer bandleader by presenting the most authen-tic Ray Charles experience possible. The band isfull of Ray Charles alumni, the set lists are faithfulrecreations of actual Ray Charles sets, and thecharts are transcribed from the original tour music.In addition to heart-stopping vocals by TheRaelettes—Charles’ historic group of femalesingers—the rhythm section is composed almostentirely of distinguished vocalists who will singboth together and individually, including blues gui-

tar legend Bill Sims, 2012 Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz Drums Competition winnerJamison Ross, and two-time Grammy Award–winning pianist Diane Schuur, who shared a per-sonal kinship with Charles.Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.

June 2016THE APPEL ROOM

Michael Feinstein: Sing Me a Swing SongJune 8 at 7pm / June 9 at 7pm & 9pm“Popular music was never the same after artistslike Frank Sinatra regularly started to swingAmerican standards,” asserts Jazz & Popular Song series director Michael Feinstein. For ourfinal installment of the season, “Sing, Sing, Sing,”“Mack the Knife,” and “Satin Doll” celebratewhat he describes as “the enduring influence ofswing on popular music and song interpretation.”Joining Feinstein will be the Tedd Firth Big Band;Allyson Briggs – a multilingual and multi-talentedvocalist who captures a long lineage of swing tra-dition; and Catherine Russell – a vocalist extraor-dinaire who headlined four Appel Room concertsin April 2016.

ROSE THEATER

Lush Life: Celebrating Billy Strayhorn

June 10–11 at 8pm

In this centenary year of Billy Strayhorn’s birth, it’sfitting that the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

with Wynton Marsalis concludes our 2015–16

season by celebrating his life and career with

additional music direction by JLCO pianist Dan

Nimmer. As Duke Ellington’s key collaborator—

and in his own right—Strayhorn is one of jazz

music’s seminal yet often under-recognized com-

posers, author of bellwethers like “Take the A

Train.” For this celebratory tribute, the Jazz at

Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

will be joined by renowned pianist (and vocalist)

Johnny O’Neal, who fulfills a long-held desire toperform with the group.

Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,Time Warner Center, 5th floor.

Tickets starting at $10.

To purchase tickets: Visit jazz.org or call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Officeis 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), andInstagram (jazzdotorg).



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UPCOMING EVENTS

Jazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Colaare encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.

Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 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: $20–45. 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 get50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theaterand The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.

Find us on Facebook (DizzysClubCocaCola), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), andInstagram (jazzdotorg).

May 2016

Miles & ‘Trane Festival The Iconic Miles DavisCurated by Keyon Harrold with Derrick Hodge, Chris Dave, ShedrickMitchell, Gary Bartz (5/13 only), David Liebman(5/14 only), Taku Hirano, and Quincy TroupeMay 13–15 7:30pm

Miles & ‘Trane Festival The Timeless John Coltrane:Village Vanguard 1961Patrick Bartley Ensemble with Xavier Del Castillo, Micah Thomas,Alexander Claffy, andKyle PooleMay 13–15 9:30pm

Donny McCaslin’s Berklee Quintet

with Lior Tzemach, Inigo Ruiz, Guy Bernfeld, andHelen De La RosaMay 16 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Vincent Gardner featuring the YES! Triowith Ali Jackson, Aaron Goldberg, and OmerAvitalMay 17 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Chico Freeman Plus+tet“Spoken Into Existence” Album Release with Nasheet Waits, Orrin Evans, Kenny Davis,and Reto WeberMay 19 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Logan Richardson Quintet“Shift” Album Release with Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, Tommy Crane,

and Mike MorenoMay 20 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Wessell Anderson and Mark Rapp PlayLou Donaldson’s Musicwith David Ellington and Chris BurroughsMay 21–22 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Todd Marcus Quintet featuring Don Byronwith Xavier Davis, Eric Wheeler, and Eric KennedyMay 23

7:30pm & 9:30pm

Paul Nedzela Quintetwith Adam Birnbaum, Yasushi Nakamura,Michael Rodriguez, and Ulysses Owens, Jr.May 24 7:30pm & 9:30pm



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