February 3, 2004
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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis brings its “Out Here to Swing” tour to UCSB Campbell Hall
Summary Facts:
- Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
- One of the premier jazz orchestras, 15 musicians strong
- The group is led by Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
- The band returns to Santa Barbara after its sold-out 2001 show
- Thursday, March 11
- 8 pm / UCSB Campbell Hall
- General public: $65, $50 / UCSB students: $25 (limited availability)
- Tickets & Information: UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535
Comprised of 15 of the jazz world’s finest soloists and ensemble players, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) will bring its “Out Here to Swing” tour to UCSB Campbell Hall on Thursday, March 11 at 8 pm. Hailed as a major force in promoting jazz in American culture, Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is one of the most accomplished jazz artists of his generation and he conducts this dynamic big band that features a vast repertory including works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk. Santa Barbara welcomes back “the greatest large jazz ensemble working today” (Chicago Tribune), after its joyous sold-out Campbell Hall concert in September 2001. Critics have labeled LCJO “jazz’s Dream Team,” and The New York Times has called its sponsoring organization, Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC), “the most important jazz program in America.”
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, resident orchestra at J@LC for over ten years, has traveled the globe, playing events from “For Dancers Only” swing dates to evenings with the London Symphony Orchestra. The LCJO has been featured on J@LC’s National Public Radio broadcast, the Peabody Award-winning Jazz from Lincoln Center, has starred in Live from Lincoln Center PBS broadcasts, and has recorded numerous CDs for Columbia Jazz, most recently All Rise (2002), Wynton Marsalis’ ambitious chorale and orchestral work that celebrates both the blues and American diversity and features guests like the Morgan State University Choir and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director of LCJO. His career as a trumpeter is unprecedented: he won the first Pulitzer Prize awarded to a jazz artist (for his 1997 work Blood on the Fields), while also twice winning dual Grammy Awards for best classical and jazz recordings (in 1983 and 1984). His prolific recording and release schedule includes a seven-CD box set Live at the Village Vanguard (1999) and numerous works commissioned by J@LC. Marsalis is also a tireless educator, bringing jazz into schools and he functioned as the chief narrator for Jazz—A Film by Ken Burns, the landmark 19-hour PBS documentary of America’s classical music. In 2003 Marsalis signed with EMI’s Blue Note Records, joining the impressive roster of the 64-year-old label that has documented the modern and contemporary eras of jazz. He is helping to lead the effort to construct J@LC’s new home—Frederick P. Rose Hall—the first education, performance and broadcast facility devoted to jazz, slated to open in fall 2004.
New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff claims you can count on LCJO “to deliver speed, force, and stamina.” The other members of LCJO have played with jazz greats from Dizzy Gillespie to McCoy Tyner, Cab Calloway to Joshua Redman. Many of the musicians have also performed with Marsalis in smaller band configurations. The LCJO includes Seneca Black, Ryan Kisor, and Marcus Printup on trumpet; Vincent R. Gardner, Andre Hayward, and Ron Westray on trombone; Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Walter Blanding, Jr., Victor Goines, Ted Nash, and Joe Temperley on saxophone and clarinet; Eric Lewis on piano; Carlos Henriquez on bass; and Herlin Riley on drums. The Chicago Tribune writes, “The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is becoming the signature American jazz band to audiences around the world.”
During their residency, members of LCJO will offer a master class at UCSB and jazz clinics for junior high, high school and community college musicians. In addition, this swinging band will present a Jazz for Young People concert at the Arlington Theatre for local school children co-presented with the Santa Barbara Symphony. This extensive educational outreach is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation’s SAGE program.
Prior to the performance concertgoers may enhance their experience by attending a tasty New Orleans buffet served by the UCSB Faculty Club at 6 pm. The dinner is $18 per person; reservations must be made by March 4 by calling 805.893.3096.
The concert by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and sponsored by the Goleta Valley Voice, KCBX Public Radio, and Haagen Printing. Tickets are $65 and $50 for the general public and $25, but in limited availability, for UCSB students.
For tickets or more information,
call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535.
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Susan Gwynne at (805) 893-2098.