"We Are The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra"

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
"WE ARE THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA"
MARCH 2009 U.S. TOUR DATES

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis hits the road once again for a tour that will take the world-renowned big band to U.S. cities including Chicago, Minneapolis, Sioux City, Washington, D.C. , Boston and Philadelphia. The tour, entitled “We Are the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,” takes its name from the rousing manner in which Wynton Marsalis has introduced the band at each JLCO concert for over 20 years. The tour will conclude on three nights of homecoming concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 26, 27 & 28.
On this tour, the virtuosic 15-piece band may perform classic tunes by Thelonious Monk, works from the iconic Blue Note catalog, and other selections from the jazz big band canon and compositions and arrangements by members of the band.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is: Music Director and Trumpet: WYNTON MARSALIS; Trumpets: FREDDIE HENDRIX, RYAN KISOR, 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; http://www.jalc.org/concerts/jlco.html
, http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/jvid_band.html
and www.myspace.com/jazzatlincolncenterorchestra

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra recordings are available on iTunes.
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Tour Dates:
February 27
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL

February 28
University of Illinois, Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield, IL

March 1
The Madame Walker Theater, Indianapolis, IN

March 3
Orpheum Theater, Sioux City, IA

March 4
Herrick Chapel, Grinnell, LA

March 6&7
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN

March 8
Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Theater for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI

March 10
University of Michigan: Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor MI

March 15
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA

March 16
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, D.C.

March 19
Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ

March 20
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

March 21
The Community Theatre, Morristown, NJ

March 26-28
Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY

Brooks Brothers is the official clothier of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.