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Broadcast in 2020 as part of the Jazz Night in America program (Jazz at Lincoln Center, NPR Music and WBGO), this filmed live concert features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. A fifteen-piece ensemble based in New York, the orchestra has embodied the big band, swing and blues tradition since the 1980s, blending readings of historic pieces with original writing. Here Marsalis and his soloists unfold the full sonic palette of a great jazz orchestra: brass and reed sections in dialogue, spirited choruses, and precise arrangements serving a collective pulse. Conceived as a window onto the American scene, Jazz Night in America highlights both the performance and its context, with particular care given to sound and image. For the listener, this full concert is an ideal entry point into the aesthetic championed by Lincoln Center: a jazz rooted in its history, demanding and alive, played by one of the most respected ensembles in the field.
Setlist
- The Sound Of Colors
- A Hot Jam On Grand
- Black Balloon
- One Understands
- For Never And Forever
- We The People
Personnel & credits
- Wynton Marsalis — music director, trumpet
- Ryan Kisor — trumpet
- Kenny Rampton — trumpet
- Michael Rodriguez — trumpet
- Vincent Gardner — trombone
- Chris Crenshaw — trombone
- Elliot Mason — trombone
- Sherman Irby — alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Ted Nash — alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Victor Goines — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Camille Thurman — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Carl Maraghi — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Dan Nimmer — piano
- Carlos Henriquez — bass
- Jason Marsalis — drums
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — orchestra
