Sunday, May 4, 2008

Wynton Marsalis' 2008 Summer Tour Dates

The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis embarks on a 2008 summer tour that will take the band across Canada to the western United States.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, composed of 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, is the resident orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra tours worldwide performing a vast repertoire: from rare historic compositions to recently commissioned works, to compositions and arrangements by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Mary Lou Williams and members of the orchestra. Over the last few years, the orchestra has performed throughout the world in collaborations with leading symphony orchestras, in concert halls, dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, river boats and churches; and with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is: Music Director and Trumpet: WYNTON MARSALIS; Trumpets: RYAN KISOR, SEAN JONES, MARCUS PRINTUP; Trombones: CHRIS CRENSHAW, VINCENT GARDNER, ELLIOT MASON; Reeds: WALTER BLANDING, VICTOR GOINES, SHERMAN IRBY, TED NASH, JOE TEMPERLEY; Piano: DAN NIMMER; Bass: CARLOS HENRIQUEZ; Drums: ALI JACKSON.

For more information on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, go to http://www.jalc.org/concerts/jlco.html,
http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/jvid_band.html
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra recordings are available on iTunes.


Tourdates
June 20
Ottawa International Jazz Festival
Ottawa, ON, Canada

June 22
Jazz Winnipeg Festival
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

June 24
Epcor Centre’s Jack Singer Hall
Calgary, ALB, Canada

June 25
Edmonton International Jazz Festival
Edmonton, Canada

June 27
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, BC, Canada

June 28
Jazzfest International
Victoria, Canada

July 1
Seattle Festival of the Arts
Seattle, Washington

July 2
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Portland, Oregon

July 3
Britt Pavilion
Jacksonville, Oregon

July 5
The Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
Reno, Nevada

July 9
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood, California

July 11
Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
Salt Lake City, Utah

July 12
Lincoln Center
Fort Collins, Colorado

For more information, contact Zooey Tidal at ztidal@jalc.org or 212.258.9821
To contact local box offices, go to:
http://www.jalc.org/concerts/jazztour.asp

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