The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs Dec. 6 at North Central College.
The performance begins at 8PM Fri., Dec. 6, in North Central College’s Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Tickets are $125 and $100; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.
Wynton Marsalis returns
This is the second appearance by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at North Central College. The premiere concert in the College’s new Wentz Concert Hall was held Sept. 30, 2008, featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring 15 of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, has been the resident orchestra at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center since 1988. The ensemble was formed by Jazz at Lincoln Center managing and artistic director Wynton Marsalis and includes members of his septet and surviving members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
With Marsalis as music director, Jazz and Lincoln Center Orchestra spends more than a third of the year on tour. The remarkably versatile band performs original works, arrangements and a vast repertoire of masterpieces by legends, including Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henerson, Count Basie and more. The group also regularly premieres works commissioned from a range of such composers as Benny Carter, Chico O’Farrill, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lavano, Christian McBride and current and former Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members Marsalis, Ted Nash and Wycliffe Gordon.
In recent years the ensemble has performed collaborations with a variety of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, and the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras.
Recordings of the ensemble’s concerts have aired in the United States, France, England, Brazil and other countries. PBS stations nationwide have carried eight “Live From Lincoln Center” broadcasts, including the “Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Higher Ground Benefit Concert.” This concert raised funds for the Higher Ground Relief Fund, established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit musicians, music industry-related enterprises and other individuals who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Thanks for supporting the arts!
North Central College’s 2013-2014 Fine and Performing Arts Season is partially sponsored by USG Corporation and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Season supporters include BMO Harris, Bulley & Andrews, Casa by Charleston, Grant Thornton, J.P. Morgan, Main Street Promenade, Marquette Properties, Nicor Gas, Ryan Hill Realty, Turner Construction Company, U.S. Bank Private Client Reserve and Water Street Development.
This upcoming performance is among many ongoing programs at North Central College to enrich and broaden the cultural and academic outlook for the College and community. North Central offers a variety of venues accommodating a rich range of local and world-class events, performances and space needs for the public. For a comprehensive schedule of musical performances, theatrical and dance productions, art exhibits and more, visit northcentralcollege.edu/show or call the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469).
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