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| Wynton Marsalis & Yacub Addy premiere 'Congo Square' Jazz at Lincoln Center announced today a full-scale celebration of New Orleans from the Big Easy to the Big Apple. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform free events for people of all ages, including concerts, master classes, clinics, and workshops during a weeklong residency in New Orleans from April 17-23. The residency is in conjunction with the state of Louisiana and in partnership with the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. The The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in collaboration with Odadaa! will perform a world premiere composition called "Congo Square" co-written by Mr. Marsalis and Yacub Addy who leads Odadaa! The new work is dedicated to Mr. Marsalis' native New Orleans and following the New Orleans premiere will be performed on tour from Florida to New York. This is the debut performance of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans. As part of the events in New Orleans, a photography exhibit of work by photographer Frank Stewart will open on April 17 at Basin Street Station in New Orleans. In addition, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce a New Orleans Festival throughout its home in New York, Frederick P. Rose Hall. There will be Crescent City Gospel concerts in The Allen Room featuring Wycliffe Gordon, Crescent City Swing in Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola featuring Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson, and a Jazz in the Schools tour by the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble featuring the music of the Big Easy called, "New Orleans: Melting Pot of Sound." Many of these productions take place during Jazz at Lincoln Center's celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month throughout April. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |