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| Jazz At Lincoln Center Launches The 2005-06 Season New York, NY (August 3, 2005) Jazz at Lincoln Center launches the Jazz From Coast to Coast 2005-06 season with the Kansas City Festival from September 22 to 25 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, surrounding the three days with all things unique to Kansas City: rich jazz tradition, the blues legacy and Kansas City-style barbecue. The not-for-profit organization devoted to jazz announced the Kansas City Festival schedule of events taking place in each of the main spaces at the performance arts facility located at Broadway at 60th St. and at Jazz Standard located at 116 E. 27th St. in New York City. The festival kicks off with Kansas City: K.C. and The Count concerts featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest saxophonist and flutist Frank Wess in Rose Theater on September 22, 23 and 24 at 8:00pm. Kansas City: K.C. and The Count featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will be broadcast live on September 24 via radio partners WBGO Jazz88.3FM in New York City area at 8pm ET and KCUR-FM in Kansas City at 7pm CT. XM Satellite Radio listeners nationwide will also hear the concert broadcast on select XM channels. Bobby Watson’s Boogie-Woogie Jump Band and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra perform in The Allen Room on September 22, 23 and 24 at 7:30pm The Jazz 101 “Kansas City is Swing Territory” class, led by Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of the Harlem Jazz Museum, is also part of the festival. The class takes place in the Edward John Noble Foundation Studio on Wednesdays from September 21-November 8, 2005, from 6:30 – 8:30pm. In the Atrium, Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts events to introduce jazz lovers to the rich traditions, mouth-watering cuisine and libations of Kansas City. “We are thrilled that Kansas City's history and contribution to jazz are being recognized by Jazz at Lincoln Center, ” said Mayor Kay Barnes, Mayor of the City of Kansas City, Missouri. “Kansas Citians are very proud of our Jazz heritage, which is rooted in our historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, and we’re honored that it is being highlighted at this exciting event. Greats such as Charlie Parker and Count Basie nurtured their talents on the streets of Kansas City, and today we celebrate their accomplishments throughout our community. I encourage jazz fans visiting the Kansas City Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center to make plans to visit to Kansas City for a real taste of our authentic jazz history.” The complete schedule of Kansas City Festival events: · Kansas City: K.C. and The Count Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Featuring guest artists Frank Wess Thursday-Saturday, September 22, 23 & 24, 2005, Rose Theater, 8pm 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. Saxophonist FRANK WESS, who played in Count Basie’s big band, joins the orchestra 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 Bobby Watson’s Boogie-Woogie Jump Band and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Thursday-Saturday, September 22, 23 & 24, 2005, The Allen Room, 7:30pm 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. · Jazz 101: Kansas City: Swing Territory with Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of the Harlem Jazz Museum and Grammy Winning Writer Wednesdays from 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. · Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends September 22, 2005, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 7:30pm and 9:30pm As part of the Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival, Kansas City native Karrin Allyson join other spectacular women onstage during this celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music · Smokestack Lightning Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country by Lolis Eric Elie Photographs by Frank Stewart Book Signing by Frank Stewart Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, Atrium, 6pm Photographer Frank Stewart signs copies of this book on restaurants and barbecue joints around the country, stirred together with legends and bits and pieces of barbecue history. · Celebrating Bird and Kansas City Jazz with Charles McPherson Friday-Sunday, September 23 –25, 2005, Jazz Standard at 116 E. 27th St., NY, New York, 7:30pm and 9:30pm, with an additional 11:30pm set on Friday and Saturday. In conjunction with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Kansas City Festival, Jazz Standard presents veteran alto saxophonist Charles McPherson in four gala evenings dedicated to one of the city's most legendary jazz scions. Born August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, Charlie “Yardbird” Parker found his first professional gig there in 1937, when he joined pianist Jay McShann's band on alto sax…and the rest, as they say, is jazz history. · Jazz Battle Featuring guest jazz musicians Saturday, September 24, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm Free to the public and to jazz lovers of all ages, this battle features some of today’s top jazz soloists, duking it out in the hottest jazz club in the city. Admission is free and on a first come, first served basis. · Valaida by Candace Allen Book Signing Saturday, September 24, Border’s at the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, 2pm Author Candace Allen will be on hand to sign her first novel, Valaida, an exploration of ‘40s trumpeter Valaida Snow, her work, and the taboos associated with women playing trumpets. · Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop A History By Frank Driggs and Chuck Haddix Book Signing by Frank Driggs TBA Frank Driggs and Chuck Haddix signs copies of their book that tell all the tales of an under-appreciated scene. The authors capture the spirit and soul of the golden age of Kansas City jazz, from ragtime to bebop and from Bennie Moten to Charlie Parker write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |