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Jazz at Lincoln Center Fall Preview

Jazz at Lincoln Center has an exciting new season approaching. Entitled “Jazz from Coast to Coast, ” the 2005-06 season features cities nationwide that have enriched jazz music. Cities being spotlighted include: Kansas City, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Detroit and Philadelphia.

Here are some specific events:
Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola September 6, 2005-October 2, 2005 featuring some of the most influential women in jazz today from Nnennah Freelon to Marian McPartland.

Kansas City Festival with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra encompasses all performance venues of our home, Frederick P. Rose Hall including: Rose Theater, The Allen Room and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola and celebrates the contributions of Kansas City September 22-24.

Jazz Con Salsa series with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra appearing September 30 and October 1. These Latin luminaries light up the evening in The Allen Room’s breathtaking setting overlooking Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.

Singers Over Manhattan in The Allen Room features the Eric Reed Trio and three exciting vocalists Carla Cook, Sachal Vasandani and Jennifer Sanon appearing October 20-22.

This season the Jazz at Lincoln Center education courses continue. Jazz 101 will be held in the Edward John Noble Studio, and for the toddler set (ages 2-5), the fun begins with WeBop! classes in the Louis Armstrong Classroom.

Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival September 6-October 2, 2005 Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola / Set Times 7:30 & 9:30pm every night, 11:30pm set Friday & Saturday Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to enriching the artistic substance and perpetuating the democratic spirit of America’s music, presents the first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music. The artists scheduled to perform include:

September 6 – 11 Angela Bofill September 12 UPSTARTS! – Tia Fuller Quintet / Stephanie Nakasian with Hod O’Brien Trio September 13 Marian McPartland – special solo piano concerts September 14, 15 Rita Coolidge September 16, 17 Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with special guests September 18 Tessa Souter / Cynthia Scott September 19 UPSTARTS! – IAJE Sisters in Jazz September 20, 21 Claudia Acu?a Quartet September 22 Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends September 23, 24 Sherrie Maricle and DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway & guests September 25 Lynne Arriale Trio with special guests September 26 UPSTARTS! – Terri Lyne Carrington with special student guests September 27 Helen Merrill Quartet September 28 Jane Ira Bloom September 29 Joanne Brackeen / Bertha Hope Quintet Sept 30, Oct 1 Barbara Carroll Trio with special guests October 2 Nnennah Freelon / Leeanne Ledgerwood Trio

Kansas City: K.C. and The Count Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Featuring guest artist Frank Wess September 22, 23 & 24, 2005, Rose Theater, 8pm The 2005-2006 season, “Jazz from Coast to Coast, ” opens with a celebration of Kansas City jazz. The LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS performs the music of influential Kansas City jazz musicians, particularly the legendary Count Basie and his spare signature piano style. The city’s significant history includes saxophonist FRANK WESS, who played in Count Basie’s big band and will to play some of the best of Kansas City’s boogie woogie jazz. This special Kansas City show integrates new talent inspired by rich tradition.

Kansas City: K.C. Boogie-Woogie Featuring Bobby Watson’s Boogie-Woogie Jump Band and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra September 22, 23 & 24, 2005, The Allen Room, 7:30pm As part of the Kansas City festival, saxophonist and bandleader BOBBY WATSON and the JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA (celebrating its centennial) come together to perform some of the best of Kansas City’s boogie-woogie jazz. Bobby Watson’s Boogie-Woogie Jump Band brings these swingin’ sounds and this distinctive Kansas City style - famed for its percussive piano sound - to The Allen Room.

Kansas City represented in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends September 22, 2005, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Set Times 7:30 & 9:30pm every night, 11:30pm set Friday & Saturday Karrin Allyson from Kansas City represents the Midwest jazz city at the club.

WeBop! Saturdays, September 17-November 8, 2005, Louis Armstrong Classroom Saturdays, September 17-November 8, 2005, Louis Armstrong Classroom · Stompers, 2-3 year olds, 10:30 - 11:15am · Gumbo Group, 2-5 year olds, 11:30 – 12:15pm Tuesdays, September 20-November 10, 2005, Louis Armstrong Classroom · Stompers, 2-3 year olds, 9:30-10:15am · Syncopators, 4-5 year olds, 10:30-11:15am

Back for a second season, WeBop! is a music education program in which young children and their parents/caregivers sing, move and play the soulful rhythms and melodies of great jazz. WeBop! teachers lead children ages 2 –5 to a greater understanding of jazz and of their national musical heritage.

Jazz 101: The Intro with Dr. Lewis Porter, Author and Rutgers University Professor September 21-November 8, 2005, Edward John Noble Foundation Studio, 6:30 – 8:30pm Why was Edward Ellington called “Duke?” How did Louis Armstrong revolutionize jazz? Learn the basics and increase your enjoyment of jazz in this popular series.

Jazz 101: Kansas City: Swing Territory with Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of the Harlem Jazz Museum and Grammy Winning Writer September 21-November 8, 2005, Edward John Noble Foundation Studio, 6:30 – 8:30pm Take a trip to Kansas City without ever leaving Frederick P. Rose Hall. This class will provide insight to the first city celebrated in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s season “Jazz from Coast to Coast” and the musicians that were responsible for the unique Kansas City sound.

Jazz con Salsa Featuring the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O’Farrill & Special Guests Joe Lovano, Lew Soloff & Greg Osby September 30 & October 1, 2005, Rose Theater, 8pm The AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA with ARTURO O’FARRILL brings together the styles of salsa and jazz in an eclectic mixture of rhythm and groove. Guest artists JOE LOVANO, LEW SOLOFF and GREG OSBY join the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra to showcase the finest in Latin and straight ahead jazz rhythm new and old.

Singers Over Manhattan Featuring the Eric Reed Trio, Carla Cook, Sachal Vasandani and Jennifer Sanon October 20, 21, & 22, 2005, The Allen Room, 7:30pm The Singers Over Manhattan show returns to The Allen Room for a series of evenings with some of the great jazz vocalists of today. Led by the ERIC REED TRIO, the incredibly talented CARLA COOK, SACHAL VASANDANI and JENNIFER SANON showcase their vocal flair.



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