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| Pittsburgh Jazz Festival Celebrating The Jazz Tradition And Culture Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to celebrate the tributary cities of jazz with the From The Heart of Steeltown: Pittsburgh Festival on February 16, 17 & 18 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Broadway at 60th St. in New York City. This festival focuses on Pittsburgh's long history in jazz and the many famous names that have come from Steeltown including Billy Strayhorn, songwriter Billy Eckstine, Mary Lou Williams and percussionist Art Blakey, with whom Wynton Marsalis spent his early days. In Rose Theater at 8pm, the LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS welcomes special guest artists JEFF "TAIN" WATTS and STEVE NELSON to perform some of the best of jazz emanating from Pittsburgh. In The Allen Room at 7:30pm, as part of the Pittsburgh celebration, Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates Stanley Turrentine, a legend of the tenor saxophone who was best known for his Blue Note soul-jazz jams of the 1960s, and who also underwent a popular fusion makeover in the early 1970s. Works of the Pittsburgh-born saxophonist will be performed by special guests ERIC ALEXANDER, ROBERT STEWART, GENE LUDWIG, GRADY TATE and DAVE STRYKER. New Yorkers are invited to come early, at 6:30pm, for a full Pittsburgh experience in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Atrium wherein the public can take in the tastes, sights and sounds of Pittsburgh, including $1 samplings of Rolling Rock and Rolling Rock Light - brewed in Pennsylvania and a favorite in Pittsburgh - courtesy of Manhattan Beer. Notables born and nurtured in Pittsburgh include Earl Hines, still considered by many to be the greatest jazz pianist of all time; Billy Strayhorn, renowned jazz composer and prolific musical partner to Duke Ellington; and vocalists Lena Horne and Billy Eckstine. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |