JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER | WYNTON MARSALIS

The Ertegun Jazz Concert honoring Mica Ertegun

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis welcomes audiences back to the House of Swing for the 2024-25 season with electrifying new arrangements of classic 1920s and 30s tunes. Music directed by Wynton Marsalis and saxophonist, composer, and Grammy Award-winning scholar Loren Schoenberg and featuring special guests Kurt Elling and Shenel Johns, Hot Jazz & Swing encourages Rose Theater audiences to get up on their feet.

Experience dance hall favorites from composers like Fletcher Henderson, and Duke Ellington, whose works exploded in fame and infamy during the early days of jazz.

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MATT WILSON

Dizzy’s Club celebrates the 60th birthday of cherished jazz drummer, Matt Wilson, a long-standing favorite on our stage. He brings a special two-night engagement to honor this milestone. He’ll debut his dynamic new band, Good Trouble, followed by a performance with his acclaimed ensemble, Honey & Salt.

Named Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and with over 500 album appearances, this celebration promises to be a fitting tribute to his extraordinary journey in jazz.

Performance Lineup:

Sep 13–14 • 7 & 9 p.m. | Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble
Tia Fuller, alto saxophone
Dawn Clement, piano & voice
Jeff Lederer, tenor saxophone and clarinet
Ben Allison, bass
Matt Wilson, drums

Sep 15 • 5 & 7:30 p.m. | Matt Wilson’s Honey and Salt (Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg)
Dawn Clement, piano & voice
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
Jeff Lederer, reeds
Martin Wind, bass
Matt Wilson, drums

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

Kicking back in my quarantined room I have a hankering to listen to one of my favorite voices of our time in recent years. My indulgences are taking me to pull down from the stacks Sound Of Red by René Marie for this week’s listening session. The album is filled with personal insights and wisdom that cross the emotional borders of human consciousness, allowing us to investigate our own frailties and rejoices.

Recorded in 2016 and produced by Marie and Quentin Baxter, and released on the Motéma Music label. This is her first album of entirely self-penned, provocative originals, that has garnered her a Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy nomination. Drawing from jazz, folk, R&B, and country, proves to be a compelling exploration in sound.

The album is produced by René Marie and Quentin Baxter who also plays drums on the album. Sound of Red contains all original songs by René Marie.

Track Listing | 64:34 1. Sound Of Red ~ 6:00 2. If You Were Mine ~ 6:33 3. Go Home ~ 5:46 4. Lost ~ 10:36 5. Stronger Than You ~ 4:36 6. Certaldo ~ 7:04 7. Colorado River Spring ~ 3:21 8. This Is Not A Protest Song ~ 5:41 9. Many Years Ago ~ 4:50 10. Joy Of Jazz ~ 4:12 11. Blessings ~ 5:55 Personnel 

• René Marie ~ Vocal, Producer
• John Chin ~ Piano
• Elias Bailey ~ Bass
• Quentin E. Baxter ~ Drums, Producer
• Sherman Irby ~ Alto Saxophone (tracks: 1)
• Romero Lubambo ~ Guitar (tracks: 6)
• Etienne Charles ~ Trumpet (tracks: 2, 10)
• Shayna Steele ~ Backing Vocals (tracks: 8, 11)

As you listen I hope you enjoy this great addition to the jazz catalog. Continue your vigilance of social distancing, wear your masks, and stay healthy. During this sabbatical from flying and investigating jazz around the globe, this Quarantined Jazz Voyager will enjoy it with you and know that the music, world and I have not gone anywhere.

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

The pandemic has given me time to indulge in listening to a variety of music but for this post, Soul Finger is the album I’ve chosen for this week’s edition of The Quarantined Jazz Voyager. The album was recorded by drummer Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers recorded on May 12 & 13, 1965 in New York City and its original release date was in August of the same year on the Limelight label. The sessions were produced by Jack Tracy.

On the 2009 CD edition, Gary Bartz, whose recording debut this was, was left off the credits – he is the alto saxophonist for 5 of the 6 cuts. Lucky Thompson is only on one cut, playing soprano saxophone on Spot Session with the quartet of Blakey, John Hicks, and Victor Sproles.

A sixth cut from the Bartz sessions was used on the later Hold On, I’m Coming album. This recording was trumpeter Lee Morgan’s last recording with Art Blakey after a seven-year association; Freddie Hubbard would return to tour with Blakey’s group again in the 1980s.

Track Listing | 36:42

1. Soul Finger (Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan) ~ 3:17
2. Buh’s Bossa (Morgan) ~ 5:33
3. Spot Session (Lucky Thompson) ~ 7:21
4. Freedom Monday (Art Blakey) ~ 6:15
5. A Quiet Thing (Fred Ebb, John Kander) ~ 6:56
6. The Hub (Hubbard) ~ 7:20

• Art Blakey ~ drums
• Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan ~ trumpet (except on “Spot Session”)
• Gary Bartz – alto saxophone (except on “Spot Session”)
• Lucky Thompson – soprano sax (on “Spot Session”)
• John Hicks – piano
• Victor Sproles – bass

As you listen I hope you enjoy this great addition to the jazz catalog. Continue your vigilance of social distancing, wear your masks, and stay healthy. During this sabbatical from flying and investigating jazz around the globe, this Quarantined Jazz Voyager is looking forward to listening to this lineup of talented musicians and enjoy the listen and know that the world and I will be back.

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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

POWER TO THE PEOPLE 11.12.20

As I sit socially distanced from the rest of the world ever vigilant of this pandemic, the next choice from the library is Power To The People by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson. The album was recorded on May 23 and May 29, 1969 at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City and released on Milestone Records the same year.

Produced by Orrin Keepnews, all songs are written by Henderson except Opus One-Point-Five and Lazy Afternoon. It was his first to feature an electric instrument with Hancock playing the electric piano. This Quarantined Jazz Voyager is looking forward to listening to this lineup of talented musicians.

1. Black Narcissus ~ 4:50
2. Afro-Centric ~ 7:00
3. Opus One-Point-Five (Ron Carter) ~ 4:56
4. Isotope ~ 4:53
5. Power to the People ~ 8:42
6. Lazy Afternoon (Moross, Latouche) ~ 4:33
7. Foresight and Afterthought (An Impromptu Suite in Three Movements) ~ 7:33

• Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
• Mike Lawrence — trumpet (2, 5)
• Herbie Hancock — piano (3, 4, 6), electric piano (1, 2, 5)
• Ron Carter — bass
• Jack DeJohnette — drums

As you listen I hope you enjoy this great addition to the jazz catalog. Continue your social distancing, wear your masks and stay healthy. During this sabbatical from flying and investigating jazz around the globe, enjoy the listen and know that the world and I will be back.

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