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Internationally Ellington at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Courtesy of Colleen Verbus | Posted on March 21, 2023
When
Sat, April 1, 2023
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Joe Block
pianoHerlin Riley
drumsWalter Blanding
saxophone, tenorSteve Wilson
saxophoneGrace Fox
trumpetAnthony Hervey
trumpetNoah Halpern
trumpetJacob Melsha
tromboneRashaan Salaam
tromboneJasim Perales
tromboneZoe Obadia
saxophoneJosh Lee
saxophoneDaniel Cohen
saxophoneMarty Jaffe
bassRobbie Lee
vocalsNathaniel Williford
trumpetJesus Ricardo
trumpetAbout
Herlin Riley, Walter Blanding, Steve Wilson, and music director Joe Block join forces with some of jazz’s greatest young musicians, handpicked by JALC's Managing and Artistic Director, Wynton Marsalis.
The fruits of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s educational mission will be on display in Internationally Ellington, featuring some of the greatest young talent in jazz meeting the challenges posed by Duke Ellington, JALC’s lodestar and jazz’s greatest composer.
“Duke played with musicians all over the world, incorporated so many people into his band, wrote music for all the different cultures – everything from the Far East Suite to the Shakespearean suite (Such Sweet Thunder) to the Latin American Suite to the Liberian Suite,” says Marsalis...