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| Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Renamed Jazz at Lincoln Center announced today that the not-for-profit organization's resident big band, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, has been re-named the JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS. As Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to create a worldwide brand, the incredible big band will now bear the organization's name. Conceived in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is comprised of 15 of today's finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, and has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra for over 18 years. Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra tours worldwide performing a vast repertoire of compositions and commissioned works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Wynton Marsalis, Ted Nash, Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon and many others. Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center's programming, the remarkably versatile Orchestra performs music for concerts, dances, and collaborations with symphony orchestras, ballet, modern dance and films. Members regularly conduct education activities such as Jazz for Young PeopleSM concerts, master classes clinics, and lectures both at home and around the world. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra personnel includes: Music Director and Trumpet: WYNTON MARSALIS; Trumpets: RYAN KISOR, SEAN JONES, MARCUS PRINTUP; Trombones: CHRIS CRENSHAW, VINCENT GARDNER; ANDRЙ HAYWARD, Reeds: WALTER BLANDING, VICTOR GOINES, SHERMAN IRBY, TED NASH, JOE TEMPERLEY; Piano: DAN NIMMER; Bass: CARLOS HENRIQUEZ; Drums: ALI JACKSON. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |