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Friday & Saturday, May 11 and May 12, 2018

Competition Part I: May 11 at 2pm in Rose Theater
Competition Part II: May 12 at 10am in Rose Theater
Competition Part III: May 12 at 1pm in Rose Theater
Concert and Awards Ceremony: May 12 at 7:30pm in Rose Theater

Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director

Greg Scholl, Executive Director

Jazz at Lincoln Center Education Committee:

Jessica M. Bibliowicz, Chair Susan Khan Lywal Salles
Steve Aiello (Ex-Officio) Courtney Lee-Mitchell Barry Schwartz
Harry Crosby (Ex-Officio) Kimberly Ayers Shariff
Gail May Engelberg, Gbenga Oyebode Todd Stoll, Vice President,
Vice-Chair Susan Rudin Education
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

23rd Annual
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON
High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
2018 FINALISTS (in order of performance)
TRIANGLE YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBLE DILLARD CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Raleigh, NC Fort Lauderdale, FL
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Mountlake Terrace, WA Newton, MA
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL SUN PRIAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
Seattle, WA Sun Prairie, WI
NEWARK ACADEMY CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Livingston, NJ Southlake, TX
CHAMPAIGN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BELOIT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Champaign, IL Beloit, WI
WILLIAM H. HALL HIGH SCHOOL BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL
West Hartford, CT Seattle, WA
AGOURA HIGH SCHOOL OSCEOLA COUNTY SCHOOL FOR THE
Agoura Hills, CA ARTS
TUCSON JAZZ INSTITUTE Kissimmee, FL
Tucson, AZ
JUDGES
WYNTON MARSALIS, BILL CHARLAP, ERICA VON KLEIST,
JEFF HAMILTON, and TODD WILLIAMS
Founding leadership support for Essentially Ellington is provided by The Jack and Susan
Rudin Educational and Scholarship Fund. Major support is provided by Jessica and Natan
Bibliowicz, Alfred and Gail Engelberg, Hearst Foundations, Casey Lipscomb, Dr. J. Douglas
White and the King-White Family Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald
Charitable Foundation, Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation, Cheryl and Louis
Raspino, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Bloomberg, Con Edison, Entergy,
and United Airlines.

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Please turn off your cell phones and other
Rose Theater electronic devices.
Frederick P. Rose Hall
jazz.org
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Essentially Ellington 2018

Order of performance was determined by random drawing.
COMPETITION PART I
Friday, May 11 at 2pm in Rose Theater

TRIANGLE YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Raleigh, NC

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE HIGH SCHOOL, Mountlake Terrace, WA
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, WA
NEWARK ACADEMY, Livingston, NJ
CHAMPAIGN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, Champaign, IL
WILLIAM H. HALL HIGH SCHOOL, West Hartford, CT
AGOURA HIGH SCHOOL, Agoura Hills, CA
TUCSON JAZZ INSTITUTE, Tucson, AZ
COMPETITION PART II COMPETITION PART III
Saturday, May 12 at 10am in Rose Theater Saturday, May 12 at 1pm in Rose Theater

DILLARD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BELOIT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL,

Fort Lauderdale, FL Beloit, WI
NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, Newton, MA BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL, Seattle, WA
SUN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, Sun Prairie, WI OSCEOLA COUNTY SCHOOL FOR THE
CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ARTS, Kissimmee, FL
Southlake,TX
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THREE TOP-PLACING BANDS
Saturday, May 12 at 4pm at Rose Theater
After 4:30pm, the names of the three top-placing bands will be available via our Facebook page
at facebook.com/essentiallyellington and through our Twitter feed at twitter.com/EssEllington

Competition Selections
Ensembles will choose three of the following pieces for their competition performance.
The eight pieces marked with an asterisk (*) form the Essentially Ellington 2017–18 repertoire.
A Night in Tunisia DIZZY GILLESPIE; arr. FRANK PAPARELLI

* Banquet Scene (from Timon of Athens) DUKE ELLINGTON

Blue Cellophane DUKE ELLINGTON

* Blue Minor EDGAR SAMPSON

Chinoiserie DUKE ELLINGTON
Cotton Club Stomp DUKE ELLINGTON, JOHNNY HODGES,
HARRY CARNEY
Cottontail DUKE ELLINGTON

Echoes of Harlem DUKE ELLINGTON

Eighth Veil DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY STRAYHORN

Every Day (I Have The Blues) MEMPHIS SLIM

Happy-Go-Lucky Local DUKE ELLINGTON

Harlem Airshaft DUKE ELLINGTON

* Harlem Congo HARRY WHITE; arr. CHARLIE DIXON

* I Ain’t Got Nothin but the Blues DUKE ELLINGTON; lyrics DON GEORGE

Idiom 59, Part II DUKE ELLINGTON

* Lindy Hopper’s Delight EDDIE BAREFIELD, TEDDY MCRAE
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* Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) GEORGE GERSHWIN; arr. BENNY CARTER
Oclupaca DUKE ELLINGTON
Perdido H.J. LENGSFELDER, ERVIN DRAKE,
JUAN TIZOL
Prelude to a Kiss DUKE ELLINGTON, IRVING MILLS, IRVING
GORDON
* Ready, Go! DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY STRAYHORN
Royal Garden Blues CLARENCE & SPENCER WILLIAMS
SST IX: The Star Crossed Lovers DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY STRAYHORN
Sugar Hill Penthouse DUKE ELLINGTON
Symphony In Riffs BENNY CARTER
Teri GERALD WILSON
* The Sheik of Araby TED SNYDER; arr. DUKE ELLINGTON
Theme from ”The Asphalt Jungle” DUKE ELLINGTON

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. is the retail print music partner for Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Festival Staff
Maegan Kelly, Director, Student and Family Programs
Antoinette Henry, Senior Associate, Student and Family Programs
Steve Renko, Education Assistant
Matt Buttermann, Manager, Youth Programs
Michael Givey, Production Manager
Michael Leslie, Production Manager
Kris Kandel, Line Producer
Billy Banks, Stage Manager
Christina Riley, Public Relations

Special thanks to the following for their work on the 2017–18 Essentially Ellington Program:

Chris Crenshaw, Music Transcription

Mark Lopeman, Music Transcription
Michael Sailors, Music Copyist
Steve Fidyk, Competition Recording Screener
Tatum Greenblatt, Competition Recording Screener
Erica von Kleist, Competition Recording Screener
Justin DiCioccio, Manhattan School of Music
Loren Schoenberg, Competition Recording Screener
Jill Cole and Sara VanWiechen, Great Performances

Thanks to all the dedicated Jazz at Lincoln Center staff, volunteers and fans for their support
and assistance during the 2018 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition &
Festival.
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Essentially Ellington 2018

CONCERT
Saturday, May 12 at 7:30pm
Rose Theater

THREE TOP-PLACING BANDS

Tonight’s performance by the three top-placing bands has no bearing on the competition.
The winning band was determined by the judges prior to the concert and will be announced
at the Awards Ceremony.

Each band will play two selections from the Essentially Ellington repertoire,
one of which will feature a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as guest soloist.

BRIEF INTERMISSION

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Selections will be chosen from the following Essentially Ellington 2018–19 repertoire,
featuring the music of Duke Ellington and Benny Golson.

Afro-Bossa (Bula) Duke Ellington

The Blues to Be There DUKE ELLINGTON and BILLY STRAYHORN

Bugle Call Rag ELMER SCHOEBEL, JACK PETTIS,

and BILLY MEYERS; arr. Duke Ellington

Little Karin BENNY GOLSON

Solid Old Man DUKE ELLINGTON

Stablemates BENNY GOLSON

Strawboss BENNY GOLSON

Whisper Not BENNY GOLSON

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis, Music Director, Trumpet
Ryan Kisor, Trumpet
Kenny Rampton, Trumpet
Marcus Printup, Trumpet
Vincent Gardner, Trombone
Chris Crenshaw, Trombone
Elliot Mason, Trombone
Sherman Irby, Alto Saxophone
Ted Nash, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Victor Goines, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Walter Blanding Jr., Tenor Saxophone
Paul Nedzela, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
James Chirillo, Guitar and Banjo
Dan Nimmer, Piano
Carlos Henriquez, Bass
Jason Marsalis, Drums
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AWARDS CEREMONY
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is dedicated to
inspiring and growing audiences for jazz.
With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra and a comprehensive
array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln
Center advances a unique vision for the
continued development of the art of jazz by
producing a year-round schedule of perfor-
mance, education, and broadcast events
for audiences of all ages. These produc-
tions include concerts, national and inter-
national tours, residencies, weekly national
radio programs, television broadcasts,
recordings, publications, an annual high
Essentially Ellington 2017–18
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz
Band Program (EE) is a unique educational
resource for high school jazz bands.
Created by Jazz at Lincoln Center during
the 1995–96 school year, the program sup-
ports the development of jazz music pro-
grams through distribution of the music of
Duke Ellington and other seminal big band
composers and arrangers, recordings,
teaching guides, regional festivals, expert
feedback, and other resources.
Over 5,300 jazz bands are currently mem-
bers of the Essentially Ellington program.
Last fall, each band was sent eight new
transcriptions of the music of Duke
Ellington and Chick Webb, specially pub-
lished for this program. Each member
school had the option of submitting a
recording of their band for consideration
for the Competition and the 15 competing
bands here this week were selected as
finalists through a blind screening process.
In addition to the Competition, throughout
the Festival finalist students and band
The 19th Annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy will be held:
June 22–25, 2018 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
The 24th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
will be held Friday and Saturday, May 10 & 11, 2019 at Frederick P. Rose Hall.
school jazz band competition and festival, a
band director academy, jazz appreciation
curricula for students, music publishing,
children’s concerts and classes, lectures,
adult education courses, student and edu-
cator workshops, a record label, and inter-
active websites. Under the leadership of
Managing and Artistic Director Wynton
Marsalis, Chairman Robert J. Appel, and
Executive Director Greg Scholl, Jazz at
Lincoln Center produces thousands of
events each season in its home in New
York City, Frederick P. Rose Hall, and
around the world. For more information,
visit jazz.org.
directors participate in a variety of pro-
grams including a Q&A and open rehearsal
with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO); instru-
mental workshops and rehearsals with
JLCO members; and dinner and jam ses-
sions with other finalist students and pro-
fessional musicians.
EE has seen significant growth throughout
its 23 years. Originally open to schools in
the New York metropolitan area, it
expanded to all 26 states east of the
Mississippi in 1998; in 1999, the competi-
tion opened up to all 50 states and U.S. ter-
ritories and in 2015, college ensembles,
although not permitted to enter the
Competition, became eligible to receive the
program’s free resources. Since EE’s incep-
tion, Jazz at Lincoln Center has distributed
more than 247,360 charts to more than
5,300 schools and has reached more than
740,280 students. The Essentially Ellington
Competition & Festival is a highlight of Jazz
at Lincoln Center’s 2017–18 season.
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RECORDING SCREENING ADJUDICATORS

Tatum Greenblatt, Steve Fidyk, Erica von Kleist, and Loren Schoenberg

IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOP CLINICIANS

James Burton, James Chirillo, Steve Fidyk, Tatum Greenblatt, Rick Haydon,
Lauren Sevian, and Pharez Whitted

FESTIVAL WORKSHOP CLINICIANS

Walter Blanding, Chris Crenshaw, James Chirillo, Vincent Gardner, Victor Goines,
Carlos Henriquez, Sherman Irby, Jason Marsalis, Elliot Mason, Ted Nash, Paul Nedzela,
Dan Nimmer, Marcus Printup, Kenny Rampton, and Brianna Thomas

FESTIVAL MENTOR MUSICIANS

Walter Blanding, Chris Crenshaw, James Chirillo, Vincent Gardner, Victor Goines,
Tatum Greenblatt, Carlos Henriquez, Sherman Irby, Jason Marsalis, Elliot Mason, Ted Nash,
Paul Nedzela, Dan Nimmer, Marcus Printup, and Kenny Rampton

SIXTH ANNUAL ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON DR. J. DOUGLAS WHITE

STUDENT COMPOSITION/ARRANGING CONTEST WINNER

Summer Camargo, Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL

In the spirit of creativity and continuing the jazz legacy, Essentially Ellington encouraged
young musicians to compose and arrange by offering the Sixth Annual Essentially
Ellington Dr. J. Douglas White Student Composition/Arranging Contest. Each submission
was critiqued by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) saxophonist, composer,
arranger, and educator Ted Nash, and the winning selection was recorded by the JLCO at
its annual Essentially Ellington recording session on May 9, 2018. In addition, Summer
received a cash prize, a composition lesson with Mr. Nash, and a trip to New York City to
observe and participate in the JLCO recording session and 2018 Essentially Ellington
Competition & Festival.

Summer Camargo is currently a junior in the Dillard Center for

the Arts Jazz Ensemble and plays trumpet in both the lead and
solo chairs. She is also presently principal chair in the Dillard
Center for the Arts Wind Orchestra and the president of First
Priority, a Christian club, at her school. Summer has been a mem-
ber of Florida’s All-State Jazz Ensemble (2014, 2015, 2017, and
2018), the All-National Jazz Band (2017), the Jazz Band of
America (2017 and 2018), and the Grammy Camp Jazz Session’s
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

Grammy Band (2018), and she was named a National YoungArts

Foundation Merit winner in Jazz Trumpet (2017). She also
received an Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Award at the 2017 Essentially Ellington
Competition & Festival and led her section to an Outstanding Trumpet Section Award.
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Meet the Finalists Mountlake Terrace Jazz Ensemble 1

Mountlake Terrace High School
(In order of performance)
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Director: Darin Faul Reeds: Caden
Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble
Hargrave, Owen Moreland, Reece
Philharmonic Association
Newhouse, Reiden Chea, Jackson Marrott,
Raleigh, North Carolina
Benjamin Leonard, Raymond Smith
Director: Gregg Gelb Reeds: Andrew Long,
Trumpets: Ernesto Torres, Ian Rood, Jacob
Eric Law, Batian Pienaar, Ian Boletchek,
Knight, Solomon Plourd, Vegard Perander
Olivia Lackner, Roland Burnot, Adithiya
Trombones: Alec Raring, Ethan Pyke,
Sriram Trumpets: Callum Campbell,
Henry Smith-Hunt, Matthew Hipolito
Emerson Borg, Taylor Hubbard, TJ Tucker,
Guitar: Gian Neri Piano: Dimitrio Neri Bass:
Tyrone Williamson Trombones: Alvin Bao,
Andrew Vinther, Sophie Parsons Drums:
Evan Byrd, Fred Larsen, Jack Trathen, Pablo
Joshua Setala, Kieran Faris
Muller Guitar: Max Kitching Piano: James
McLaughlin, Jonah Smith Bass: Thomas
Mountlake Terrace High School (enroll-
Owens, Timothy Rinehart Drums: Toby
ment: 1,200) is a public, comprehensive,
Falvo, William Snider Vocals: Emma Lanford
four-year high school located 15 miles
north of Seattle, WA, in the town of
The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble (TYJE) is
Mountlake Terrace. Band offerings include
based in Raleigh, NC. We rehearse once a
two big bands, two concert bands, and per-
week on Sundays. TYJE was established in
cussion ensemble. Jazz Ensemble 1 has
2005 under the auspices of the nonprofit
been an Essentially Ellington Finalist eight
Philharmonic Association, Triangle Youth
times (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011,
Music. The Philharmonic Association is cel-
2012, 2017, and 2018). In 2005 and 2011
ebrating its 30-year anniversary and has
the band was awarded 3rd place and in
grown to sponsor five classical orchestras
2002 received an honorable mention. Jazz
and four jazz ensembles. The Philharmonic
Ensemble 1 has traveled to Europe,
Association was awarded the 2012 Raleigh
Louisiana, California, Oregon, Nevada,
Medal of Arts Award for its extraordinary
Idaho, Georgia, and New York to present
contributions to youth and the arts. In 2016
concerts and participate in festivals. MTHS
and 2017 TYJE was one of the national
has also hosted many guest artists, includ-
finalists at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
ing Terell Stafford, Ari Hoenig, the Jeff
Essentially Ellington Competition &
Hamilton Trio, the Tamir Hendelman Trio,
Festival. TYJE earned second place in
Randy Brecker, Allen Vizzutti, Gary Smulyan,
2016. Other performances in the 2017–18
Rich Perry, Cheryl Bentyne, Carmen
season have included TYJE’s annual fall
Bradford, Bill Watrous, Gary Hobbs, and
concert at the Cary Arts Center, First Night
many outstanding Seattle jazz artists. The
Raleigh, and the North Carolina Regional
2017–18 band includes four seniors, nine
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz
juniors, eight sophomores, and one fresh-
Festival at the University of North Carolina
man. We would like to give special thanks
at Chapel Hill, where TYJE earned the
to Mark Taylor, Steve Korn, and Justin
Outstanding Community Band and Overall
DiCioccio for their inspirational instruction
Best Band awards.
this year. Thank you also to our school, our
school district and community, and our par-
ents and other supporters who helped
make this experience possible.
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Roosevelt Jazz Band
Roosevelt High School
Seattle, Washington
Director: Scott Brown Reeds: Daniel
Mengedoht, Misae Nguyen, Sean Bowman,
Aiden Ryser, Elliot Halpern, Kai Despain,
Xander Johns Trumpets: Carter Eng, Joe
Garlid, Graham Fulton, Matt Buchanan, Will
Knight Trombones: Elise Toney, Nick
Mesler, Ethan Nolander, Toby Jay Guitar:
Nick Swedin, Julia Tanner Piano: Aaron
Korver, Katie Benmar Bass: Max Young,
Jonah Harper Drums: David Maltby, Ethan
Lefaive, Henry Mohr
The Roosevelt Jazz Band is the top jazz
ensemble at Seattle’s Roosevelt High
School and is fortunate to have been an
Essentially Ellington finalist for 18 of the
past 20 years, beginning in 1999 when the
festival opened to schools west of the
Mississippi. The band performs throughout
the Pacific Northwest, competing and rais-
ing funds for the entire jazz program at
many events, including the annual
Starbucks-sponsored Hot Java Cool Jazz
concert, featuring the best area high school
jazz bands, and Duke Ellington’s Jazz
Nutcracker. The band will tour Europe this
summer, performing at Jazz à Vienne, the
Montreux Festival, and the North Sea Jazz
Festival. Many graduates attend presti-
gious music schools and pursue careers in
music and music education. Roosevelt
High School is a comprehensive, four-year,
public school of over 1,800 students in
Seattle, Washington. Under the leadership
of principal Kristina Rodgers, a Roosevelt
graduate herself, the school recently
received a “gold” rating from U.S. News &
World Report and is nationally renowned
for its music and drama programs. Steeped
in the swing traditions of the Basie and
Ellington bands, with an ever-expanding
repertoire of modern big band literature
and an emphasis on developing outstand-
ing soloists, The Roosevelt Jazz Band
thrills audiences wherever it performs.
Newark Academy Big Band “Chameleon”
Newark Academy
Livingston, New Jersey
Director: Julius Tolentino Reeds: Charles
Pan, Sam Pensiero, Alan Lin, Allen Zhu,
Ezra Lebovitz, Jacob Amalraj, Michelle Lee
Trumpets: Andrew Hwang, Ayush Ghose,
Ben Chaddha, Sid Tumu, Tyler Kung, Danny
Laks Trombones: Dean Tan, Oliver Adelson,
Reese Puntus, Reid Christmann Guitar:
Cosimo Fabrizio Piano: Reshma Kopparapu,
Luca Moretti Bass: Giulia Socolof, Vikram
Bala Drums: Teddy McGraw Vocals:
Samantha Powell
Newark Academy was founded in 1774,
and is the second-oldest independent day
school in New Jersey. The student body is
comprised of 500 students from sixth
grade to twelfth grade. The school prides
itself on its strong arts programs, including
visual arts, dance, film, theater, and vocal
and instrumental music. The band has
been involved in state and national compe-
titions, placing first in New Jersey’s State
Jazz Band Competition the last eight years
(2010–17), the Mingus Competition (2014,
2015), and Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival
(2018). Chameleon has been one of the 15
finalists in the prestigious Essentially
Ellington Competition & Festival and
Competition in 2012, 2015, 2017, and
2018. Members of the big band are also
involved in other auditioned groups, such
as Jazz House Kids, Jazz for Teens, Jazz
Regions, Jazz All States, Next Generation
Jazz Orchestra, and the Grammy Session
Band. The band is honored to have had the
opportunity to work with talented clinicians
such as Eddie Bert, Vincent Gardner, Steve
Turre, Victor Goines, Steve Davis, David
Gibson, Bob Cranshaw, Alvin Atkinson,
Marcus Printup, Kenny Rampton, Andre
Hayward, and Ali Jackson, to name a few.
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Champaign Central High School
Jazz Ensemble
Champaign Central High School
Champaign, Illinois
Director: John Currey Reeds: Caleb
Patton,Patrick Duncker, Max Baloun,Max
Hubbard, Micah Patton Trumpets: Michael
Combs, Anju Murphy, Ben Young, Brady
Adams, Jack McDonald Trombones:
Anthony Erlinger, Henry Morgan, Ian
Loechl, Kathryn Currey Guitar: Ian Wilkey
Piano: Matthew Currey, Minjoong Kim
Bass: Jacob Pope, Melody Song Drums:
Leo Severin, Scott King
The Champaign Central Jazz Ensemble is
part of a comprehensive fine arts program
at a public high school of approximately
1,200 students. The instrumental music
program, led by John Currey and Jennifer
Currey, attracts over 300 student partici-
pants in three concert bands, an orchestra,
three jazz bands, two jazz combos, march-
ing band, and pep band. The 21 members
of the Jazz Ensemble were chosen by audi-
tion at the beginning of the school year.
The group rehearses before school three
mornings per week, with students partici-
pating in additional sectional rehearsals.
Students in the ensemble are very dedi-
cated musicians, many earning top recog-
nition in honors ensembles such as District
Honor Bands, Illinois All-State Bands, and
national honors groups such as the
Grammy Band. The ensemble performs
locally and at regional and national jazz fes-
tivals and conferences. The school also
hosts an annual Swing Dance and a non-
competitive showcase-style Jazz Festival.
Recent appearances by the jazz ensemble
include performances at the Midwest
Clinic and the Illinois Music Education
Conference, Swing Central (Savannah, GA)
and Essentially Ellington. Director John
Currey wishes to thank the CHS Music
Boosters and The Champaign Unit #4
School District for their support of quality
public school music education.
William H. Hall Concert Jazz Band
William H. Hall High School
West Hartford, Connecticut
Director: James Antonucci Reeds: Hannah
Maidman, Joseph Kitz, Natalie
Schaumburger, Nathan Schaumburger,
Emma Waddell, Michael Baril Flute: Gillen
Faenza, Kylee Colbert Trumpets: Elena
Schaumburger, Harrison Epstein, Jackson
Grady, Makayla Gelinas, Ryan Venora
Trombones: Elias Heinen, Max Harris,
Jacob Dembo, Jacob Schneider Guitar:
Brennen Ravenberg Piano: Jason Hoopes
Bass: Gavin Gray, Seth Heye-Smith Drums:
Richard Lane, Tobias Siegel
The Hall High School jazz program has
enjoyed a rich and storied tradition of excel-
lence for nearly six decades. Established in
1958 under the leadership and vision of Bill
Stanley, the jazz program has continued to
be a nationally recognized institution. The
band is currently directed by James
Antonucci. The Concert Jazz Band has
received numerous awards and accolades
since its inception. The big band and com-
bos have consistently placed first at the
Berklee Jazz Festival, and have received
numerous awards in many categories of
the annual DownBeat magazine Student
Awards. The band has been a finalist at the
Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival
at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in
New York City, tours Europe bi-annually,
has performed at the White House, and
has had many members chosen for the
National Grammy Jazz Ensemble. There
are currently many Hall High School alumni
making their mark in the global jazz com-
munity. The main focus of the program is
the school’s annual Pops ‘n Jazz produc-
tion, a unique and collaborative production
featuring the jazz bands, jazz singers, and
jazz dancers. Students perform for five
nights for an audience of more than four
thousand, and they have shared the stage
with such world-renowned artists as Phil
Woods, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, John
Fedchock, Steve Marcus, Tony Kadleck, and
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John Mosca. The Concert Jazz Band has
commissioned works by John Fedchock,
Jeff Jarvis, Matt Harris, Eric Richards, and
others.
Agoura High School Studio Jazz Band
Agoura High School
Agoura Hills, California
Director: Chad Bloom Reeds: Andrew
Nelson, Andrew Tanenbaum, Andy Neymit,
Jaden Rankin, Noah Rouimi, Chase Stoddard
Trumpets: Adi Meshulam, Daniel Leese,
Emily Fogel, Kristofer Hammon, Lauren
Spring Trombones: Benjamin Conn, Haig
Boulgourjian, Kyle Ichida, Ryan Martinez
Guitar: Jonah Goldstein Piano: Jonathan Paik,
Matthew Kuperberg Bass: Henrick Zhang
Drums: Daniel Bermudez, Patrick LeRose
Agoura High School (AHS), located in
Agoura Hills, CA, is a public school located
within the Las Virgenes Unified School
District northwest of Los Angeles. With the
continued support of the district and a
strong parent booster foundation, the
Agoura High Studio Jazz Ensemble has
received national recognition through partic-
ipation in the Essentially Ellington (EE) &
Swing Central Jazz Festivals. Under the
direction of retired music director John
Mosley, the AHS studio Jazz ensemble
received an honorable mention from EE in
2006 and placed 2nd in 2007. Under the
direction of Chad Bloom, a jazz ensemble
from AHS has participated at Essentially
Ellington in 2007, 2008, 2011 (via the AHS
Jazz “A” Ensemble), and with The Studio
Jazz Ensemble in 2015. At Swing Central,
the AHS Studio Jazz ensemble placed first
from 2012–15. Studio Jazz is comprised of
10th–12th grade students. This ensemble
practices as a group four-to-six hours per
week during the school day. Students also
lead sectionals once a week after school.
Professional musicians from the Los
Angeles area are often invited to rehearsals.
Many Studio members are enrolled in
another music class such as Wind
Ensemble, Choir, or Orchestra. For more
info visit www.agourahighmusic.com
Ellington Big Band
Tucson Jazz Institute
Tucson, Arizona
Director: Doug Tidaback Reeds: Andrew
Gioannetti, Shaun Adcock, Zach Bell, Ben
Canfield, Joel Petrass, Kevin Ravellette
Trumpets: Carlos Rangel, Isabella Sagia,
Jerry Anderson, John Sheehan, Kenneth
Lopez Trombones: Brennan Miller, Damian
Moreno, Denali Mahatma-Kauffman, Gavin
Burgess, Rudy Buelna, ShaunDiin Smith,
Daniel Richard Guitar: Cameron Davidson
Piano: Esme Martin, Jazmin Harvey Bass:
Ryan Magness Drums: Colin McIlrath,
Megan Petrass
The Tucson Jazz Institute (TJI), founded in
2008, was created to supplement the
school music programs of greater Tucson
and to impact the cultural landscape of
Southern Arizona. TJI currently has six big
bands and seven combos supporting over
100 middle and high school musicians. TJI
welcomes students at all levels of develop-
ment, with classes that range from an intro-
ductory course for students with no prior
jazz knowledge all the way up to the
Ellington Band and Concord Combo. TJI also
extends membership to many economically
disadvantaged students through generous
support from the Tucson Jazz Music
Foundation. TJI curriculum includes class-
room instruction, rehearsals, a weekly jam
session featuring traditional jazz tunes, and
participation in community, regional,
national, and international performances and
festivals. The TJI Ellington Big Band has per-
formed at numerous festivals, including
the Next Generation Jazz Festival,
Monterey Jazz Festival, Tucson Jazz
Festival, Fullerton College Jazz Festival,
and many others. The Ellington Big Band
has performed at top jazz festivals through-
out Europe on two European tours. The TJI
Ellington Band has won DownBeat Awards
in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017
and has been a finalist at the Essentially
Ellington Competition & Festival in 2010
and from 2012–18. Guest artists include
Kim Richmond, Jimmy Heath, Lewis Nash,
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Marcus Printup, Terell Stafford, Dr. Ronald
Carter, Ron Dewar, Joey Sellars, and many
others.
DCA Jazz Ensemble I
Dillard Center for the Arts
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Director: Christopher Dorsey Reeds: Liam
Vargas, Megan Theis, Rachel Coleman,
Marquiec Butler, Kieran Hitsman, Juan
Cortes, Woodson Previlma, Keyly Granada
Trumpets: Summer Camargo, Cyrus
Mackey, Isaac Sepulveda, Ryan Granada,
Keon Gooding Trombones: Charles
Blagrove, Mariah Delgado, Matthew
Rivera, Nathaniel Noel, Farid Cano Guitar:
Miguel Medina Piano: Miles Lennox Bass:
Nolan Nwachukwu Drums: Jamesly
Jeanmary, Joel Anderson, Miguel Russell
Vocals: Nadia Nicole Bailey
The Dillard Center for the Arts Instrumental
Music Program is a public high school pro-
gram in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, that develops
student performers into highly accom-
plished musicians. Since 2004, Christopher
Dorsey, director of jazz studies and instru-
mental music, has developed the Jazz
Program at Dillard Center for the Arts into
one of the premier high school jazz pro-
grams in the country. Over the years, the
program has developed from one to two
jazz bands, and they have reached a level of
skill, style, and swing that has earned the
program a strong national presence. The
DCA Jazz Ensemble has been a finalist of
the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz
Band Competition (2010–18), with perfor-
mances at Jazz at Lincoln Center with
world-renowned jazz trumpeter Wynton
Marsalis, in 2011 and 2012 as first-place
winners. It is also the featured band for the
Annual Cannonball Adderley Birthday
Concert & Celebration. The band has per-
formed with Nat Adderley, Jr., Nicole Henry,
Wycliffe Gordon, and Louis Hayes. Other
notable achievements include winning Best
Overall Band–Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s
Young Lions Jazz Master Session in
December 2017; performing at the 67th
Annual Midwest Clinic, an international
band and orchestra conference in Chicago,
IL, in December 2013; performing with
Wynton Marsalis at the 66th Annual
Midwest Clinic, December 2012; winning
first-place at the Swing Central Jazz
Competition and Workshop in Savannah,
GA from 2010–12; and earning superior rat-
ings with the Florida Band Masters
Association for 13 consecutive years at the
District level and eight years at the State
level.
Newton South Jazz Ensemble
Newton South High School
Newton, MA
Director: Lisa Linde Reeds: Abigail Miller,
Ben Jackson, Eu Ro Wang, Jamin Liu,
Daniel Doubenski, Oliver Todreas, Cynthia
Liu, Yuval Agam Trumpets: Caleb Fried,
David Kim, Jiaming Liu, Thomas Blum,
Jonathan Chen Trombones: Ben Romanow,
Evan Kos, Jack Martin, Max Marrinan
Guitar: Sam Marks Piano: Danny Silverston
Bass: Tommy Cable Drums: Rayos Adams
Newton South High School is located six
miles outside of Boston, MA, in the city of
Newton. The high school instrumental
music department at Newton South con-
sists of wind ensemble, symphonic band,
two jazz ensembles, and four jazz combos,
as well as a string orchestra, three choirs,
music technology, and music theory.
Newton South Jazz Ensemble is selected
from the top players in grades 9–12 and
meets three times per week to focus on
improvisation and big band literature. Most
of the players are also enrolled in either a
jazz combo or the wind ensemble. NSHS
Jazz Ensemble regularly attends and
receives top honors at the state sponsored
MAJE High School District and State Jazz
Festivals, and at the Berklee High School
Jazz Festival. Students also travel on a
semi-annual basis to experience the living
history of jazz in New Orleans. April 2018
was their most recent trip, featuring music
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from Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert. This
is the first year for the Newton South Jazz
Ensemble at the Essentially Ellington
Competition & Festival. In addition, this year
the band was accepted to the 10th annual
Charles Mingus Festival in April 2018.
Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble I
Sun Prairie High School
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Director: Steve Sveum Reeds: Kyra Devlin,
Megan Rault, Bennett Leclaire, Dillon
Crawford, Pierre Tan Trumpets: Katie Petsch,
Katie Reeder, Kira Brown, Tyler Kahle
Trombones: Andy Paulson, Mallory Keating,
Nicholas Garstka Guitar: Joey Barber Piano:
Andy Anderson Bass: Chai Devlin, Oliver
Gomez Drums: Samwise Baker
The Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble
I is an extracurricular extension of the high
school band program in Sun Prairie. The
high school of 1,700 students includes
grades 10–12 and is located 10 miles north-
east of the Wisconsin capitol city of
Madison. The Sun Prairie High School Jazz
Ensemble rehearses three days per week
with additional weekly student run sec-
tional. The band has appeared at the
Midwest Clinic, Wisconsin State Music
Convention, numerous jazz festivals, and
toured Germany. The jazz program also
hosts an annual jazz festival that brings in
bands from around the state and clinicians
from around the country. The Sun Prairie
High School Jazz Ensemble has been fortu-
nate to host and work with many great jazz
artists over the years, including Ed
Thigpen, Tony Williams, Arturo Sandoval,
Clark Terry, Bobby Shew, Kenny Rampton,
Chris Crenshaw, Marcus Printup, Ted
Nash, Terell Stafford, Dennis Mackrel,
Rodney Whitaker, and has developed a
mentor relationship with Ron Carter,
Reggie Thomas, and Rick Haydon. We
wish to thank our community and parents
for their wonderful support!
Carroll Senior High School Jazz
Orchestra
Carroll Senior High School
Southlake, Texas
Director: David Lown Reeds: Gretchen
Casel, Samuel Ma, Brendan James, Kyle
Cantrell, Taylor Thomas Trumpets: Chase
Adams, Elisabeth Adkins, Justin Little,
Walter Gaman Trombones: Asher Stevens,
David Coughlin, Michael Magar, Riley
Silfies Guitar: Liam McCabe, Ryan Kelson
Piano: Spencer Foster, Kade Lehman Bass:
Ian Votaw, Sriram Avirneni Drums: Michael
Breuer, Paul Venesky
The Jazz program at Carroll Senior High
School has been active and vibrant since
the 1970s. With three year-round curricular
big bands and multiple smaller jazz com-
bos, students at all skill levels are given the
opportunity to explore jazz history, quality
big band repertoire, improvisation, and
much more. Jazz ensembles at Carroll
have been very successful at contests
around the State of Texas and around the
United States. The Jazz Orchestra has
been an Essentially Ellington finalist in
2007, 2010, 2014, and 2018, where it has
won awards for Outstanding Brass,
Outstanding Woodwinds, and Outstanding
Vocalist. The group also performed as the
TMEA Invited High School Jazz Ensemble
at the 2014 TMEA convention in San
Antonio. Graduates of the Carroll Jazz pro-
gram have gone on to study jazz at such
major institutions as the University of
Southern California, University of North
Texas, Berklee College of Music, Belmont,
and many others. The program is currently
under the direction of saxophonist and edu-
cator David Lown.
Beloit Memorial High School Jazz
Orchestra
Beloit Memorial High School
Beloit, Wisconsin
Director: Chris Behrens Reeds: Brandon
Terwilliger, Quinn Galvin, Adrian Sowicz,
Karolina Richins, Noah Poepping, Hannah
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Wilson Trumpets: Adam Hobson, Chase
Miller, Naomi Patten, Nellie Conover-
Crockett, Nick Wadle, Rebekah Tropp
Trombones: Audrey McManigle, August
Braatz, Caleb Otto Guitar: Ari Marko Piano:
Abigail Artreche Devin Wolf Bass: Ben
Levy, Carly Behrens Drums: Maddie
Mueller, Nick Smith
Under the leadership of Mr. Chris Behrens
(now in his 19th year as director), the Beloit
Memorial High School Jazz program contin-
ues to bring to young people the jazz tradi-
tions of such big bands as Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, and Thad Jones. The program
has grown from one extracurricular jazz
band to two full size big bands and jazz com-
bos. Beginning in 2012, Jazz Orchestra, Jazz
Ensemble, and Jazz Improvisation are now
curricular class offerings. The groups have
won many competitions over the past
years, including top honors at Purdue
University, UW-Platteville, UW-LaCrosse,
Carrol College, UW-Eau-Claire, Western
Illinois University, and Loyola University
(New Orleans). In April 2017 the Jazz
Orchestra made its first appearance at the
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. In
2018 the BMHS Jazz Orchestra was
selected as a finalist for the Essentially
Ellington Competition & Festival. This was
the seventh time the band has been
selected in the last ten years (2009,
2012–16, and 2018). Each year, the jazz
band is featured with a guest artist. Over
the years the band has performed with
such jazz greats as Brian Lynch, Conrad
Herwig, Bob Mintzer, Jeff Hamilton, Greg
Abate, Mark Colby, Victor Goines, and
Kenny Rampton.
Ballard Jazz Band
Ballard High School
Seattle, Washington
Director: Michael James Reeds: Katie
Webster, Moeko Agata, Tera Richardson,
Evan Snoey, Alec Gabbert, Chance Littleboy,
Leander Vandefen Trumpets: Evan Fekete,
Joe Fotheringham, Lucas Beidler, Owen
Ebersbach Trombones: Allison Beaulieu,
Parker Crotty, Jane Christopherson Guitar:
Noah Parker, Magnus Landerholm Piano:
Casey Welch Bass: Ian Harvey, Noah
Graham Drums: Aidan Ward-Richter
The Ballard High School music program is a
vibrant organization within Seattle Public
Schools that has gained local, regional, and
national acclaim for its outstanding ensem-
bles and inspiring performances. The
music program includes over 400 students
who participate in two concert bands, two
jazz bands, one concert choir, two treble
choirs, two orchestras, jazz choir, percus-
sion ensemble, and numerous chamber
ensembles. The school’s top band, choir,
orchestra, and jazz ensemble have all per-
formed on the national stage through per-
formances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln
Center and invitations to perform at the
ACDA Northwest Conference, ASTA
National Conference and National
Orchestra Cup. This year, the Ballard Wind
Ensemble was invited to perform on a con-
cert hour at the Washington Music
Educators State Conference. The Ballard
Jazz Band has twice been named a finalist
at the Essentially Ellington festival and at
the Next Generation Festival in Monterey,
CA, and has also been a finalist at the
Swing Central Jazz Festival in Savannah,
GA. Along with strong concert and jazz
ensembles, the Ballard Band program also
includes the award-winning 175-member
marching band, which is comprised of all
students in the Wind Ensemble,
Symphonic Band, and Percussion classes.
Osceola County School for the Arts
Jazz Band A
Osceola County School for the Arts
Kissimmee, Florida
Director: Edwin Imer Santiago Reeds:
Devon Yon, Elix Carrion, Tyler Snell, Djuna
Kotun, Mateo Velez Flute: Jessica Hakim
Trumpets: Andres Adames, Danny Carrion,
Eric Gonzalez, Ruben Hernandez
Trombones: Gabriel Guzman, Nelson Davila,
Priscilla Carbo, Ryan Santiago Guitar: Zakaria
Antifit Piano: Chantel Guevara, Crystal
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Fuentes, Isabelle Lu Bass: James Joseph,
Jason Torres, Luke Robinson Drums: Axel
Uri, Kobe Conomon Vocals: Christopher
McDole, Shaina LaRoche
The OCSA Jazz A Big Band, under the
direction of trumpeter, composer, and vet-
eran educator Edwin “Imer” Santiago, is
the Osceola County School for the Arts’
premier high school jazz ensemble. Jazz A
students hail from all over Osceola County,
FL, and have performed around the
Sunshine State over the past 15 years at
many venues and conferences. They enjoy
performing big band music of various
styles and eras, including Latin, swing,
standards, fusion, original compositions,
and the Ellington songbook. Jazz A has per-
formed at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New
York City as a three-time finalist for the
Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival
(2014, 2017, and 2018), and received an
invitation to perform at the historic
Meet the Judges
JOE MARTINEZ
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis (Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra Music Director) is the managing
and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center and a world-renowned trumpeter
and composer. Born in New Orleans,
Louisiana in 1961, Marsalis began his clas-
sical training on trumpet at age 12, entered
The Juilliard School at age 17, and then
joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
He made his recording debut as a leader in
1982 and has since recorded more than 60
jazz and classical recordings, which have
won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983 he
became the first and only artist to win both
classical and jazz Grammys in the same
Monterey Jazz Festival in 2014. OCSA Jazz
A has also performed at the reputable
Nashville Jazz Workshop in Nashville, TN
(May 2016); The Abbey, as part of the
Central Florida Jazz Society’s Annual
Concert Series in Downtown Orlando, FL
(October 2016); at The WDNA 88.9FM Jazz
Gallery in Miami, FL (November 2016 &
April 2018); and as the opening band
for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at
the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing
Arts in Orlando, FL (December 2017).
OCSA Jazz A consistently earns Superior
ratings at Florida Bandmaster Association
(FBA) District & State Jazz MPA. Jazz A
alumni have gone on to attend various
prestigious university programs (including
Oberlin Conservatory, The Juilliard School,
Manhattan School of Music, The New
School, New England Conservatory, UNF,
and Temple University), and can be heard
performing around the United States
and abroad.
year and repeated this feat in 1984.
Marsalis is also an internationally respected
teacher and spokesman for music educa-
tion and has received honorary doctorates
from dozens of U.S. universities and col-
leges. He has written six books; his most
recent are Squeak, Rumble, Whomp!
Whomp! Whomp!, illustrated by Paul
Rogers and published by Candlewick Press
in 2012, and Moving to Higher Ground:
How Jazz Can Change Your Life with
Geoffrey C. Ward, published by Random
House in 2008. In 1997 Marsalis became
the first jazz artist to be awarded the presti-
gious Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorio
Blood on the Fields, which was commis-
sioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2001 he
was appointed Messenger of Peace by Mr.
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United
Nations, and he has also been designated
cultural ambassador to the United States of
America by the U.S. State Department
through their CultureConnect program.
Marsalis was instrumental in the Higher
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Ground Hurricane Relief concert, produced
by Jazz at Lincoln Center. The event raised
more than $3 million for the Higher Ground
Relief Fund to benefit the musicians, music
industry-related enterprises, and other indi-
viduals and entities from the areas in
Greater New Orleans who were impacted
by Hurricane Katrina. Marsalis helped lead
the effort to construct Jazz at Lincoln
Center’s home—Frederick P. Rose Hall—
the first education, performance, and broad-
cast facility devoted to jazz, which opened
in October 2004.
PHILIPPE LEVY-STAB
Bill Charlap
Grammy Award–winning pianist Bill Charlap
has performed with many leading artists of
our time, from Phil Woods and Benny Carter
to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is
acclaimed for his interpretations of American
popular songs, and has recorded albums
featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael,
Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving
Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and
Duke Ellington. Charlap’s collaboration with
Tony Bennett, The Silver Lining: The Songs
of Jerome Kern, on the RPM/Columbia
label, won the 2016 Grammy Award for
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. It features
Charlap and Mr. Bennett together and in col-
laboration with The Bill Charlap Trio and in
duo piano performances with his wife,
renowned jazz pianist and composer Renee
ART PAZORNIK
Rosnes. The Bill Charlap Trio, with bassist
Peter Washington and drummer Kenny
Washington, marks its 20th year together this
season, and is recognized as one of the lead-
ing ensembles in jazz. The Trio received
Grammy Award nominations for Somewhere:
The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and The Bill
Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard,
both on the Blue Note label. Now on the
Impulse!/Verve label, the Trio’s latest record-
ing,Uptown Downtown earned them a third
Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental
Jazz Album. 2016’s Notes from New York
(Impulse!/Verve) earned a five-star review in
Downbeat, which hailed it as “a master class
in class.” The Bill Charlap Trio tours all over
the world, and their New York engagements
include regular appearances at Jazz at Lincoln
Center and the Village Vanguard. This sum-
mer Charlap will celebrate his 14th year as
artistic director of the annual Jazz in July festi-
val at New York City’s 92Y. He has also pro-
duced concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center,
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the
Chicago Symphony Center, and the
Hollywood Bowl. He is currently director of
jazz studies at William Paterson University in
Wayne, New Jersey. Founded in 1973, the
program is one of the longest-running and
most respected jazz programs in the world.
Born in New York City, Charlap began playing
the piano at age three. His father was
Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose
credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is
singer Sandy Stewart, who toured with
Benny Goodman, appeared on the Ed Sullivan
and Perry Como shows, and earned a
Grammy Award nomination for her recording
of “My Coloring Book.” Charlap and Ms.
Rosnes frequently collaborate in duo piano
concerts. Their highly acclaimed album
Double Portrait is on the Blue Note label. His
website is billcharlap.com.
Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton was born in Richmond, Indiana,
and grew up listening to his parent’s big band
records and at the age of eight began playing
drums along with Oscar Peterson records.
He attended Indiana University and later
studied with John von Ohlen. Hamilton was
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influenced by Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Mel
Lewis, “Philly” Joe Jones, and Shelly
Manne. In 1974, he got his first big break
playing with the New Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra. He then joined Lionel Hampton’s
Band until 1975 when he, along with bassist
John Clayton, became members of the
Monty Alexander Trio. He attained a child-
hood goal in 1977 when he joined Woody
Herman and the Thundering Herd, with
whom he made several recordings. In 1978,
he was offered a position with the L.A.4 with
Ray Brown, Bud Shank, and Laurindo
Almeida. He recorded six records with the
L.A.4, some of which featured his own
arrangements and compositions. From
1983–87 he performed with Ella Fitzgerald,
the Count Basie Orchestra, Rosemary
Clooney, and Monty Alexander. Hamilton
began his association with the Ray Brown
Trio in 1988 and left in March 1995 to concen-
trate on his own trio. From 1990–95 he was
also a member of the Oscar Peterson
KAT GEBAUER
Quartet w/Herb Ellis and Ray Brown. Jeff
released four trio CDs, It’s Hamilton Time
(Lake Street Records), Jeff Hamilton
Trio–LIVE! (MONS), Hands On (MONS) and
Hamilton House–Live at Steamers (MONS),
all to great accolades. His current trio of Tamir
Hendelman and Christoph Luty has released
The Best Things Happen and Studio 4 (Azica);
Symbiosis, Red Sparkle and Through The
Years (Capri). The Los Angeles Jazz Society
named Hamilton and his musical partner,
John Clayton, musicians of the year for 2006.
Hamilton has toured with his own Trio, the
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and Diana
Krall. The latest CHJO recording, LA
Treasures, was nominated for a Grammy.
Hamilton has been on more than 200 record-
ings with artists such as Ray Brown, Natalie
Cole, Diana Krall, Milt Jackson, Rosemary
Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Mel Torme, John
Pizzarelli, Benny Carter, Lalo Schifrin, George
Shearing, Dr. John, Clark Terry, Gene Harris,
Toshiko Akioshi, Scott Hamilton, Harry
“Sweets” Edison, Keely Smith, Bill Holman,
Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Paul McCartney,
Queen Latifah, Gladys Knight, Mark Murphy,
Wilford Brimley and Scott Hamilton. He
appeared in Diana Krall’s Live In Paris and Rio
DVDs. He also appeared in Natalie Cole’s
Great Performances PBS special, Unforgett-
able, and an Oscar Peterson documentary,
Life In The Key Of Oscar. He is a four-time
winner of Modern Drummer magazine
Readers’ Poll. In 2014 Hamilton was inducted
into The Jazz Cruise Hall of Fame. Along with
John and Gerald Clayton, he is the 2017
Monterey Jazz Festival artist-in-residence.
Recently, his trio CD Live from San Pedro
was No. 1 for four weeks on the jazz radio
chart. He was artist-in-residence for the 2017
Monterey Jazz Festival and recipient of the
2018 Louis Armstrong award from the
Sarasota Jazz Society.
Erica von Kleist
Renowned flautist, saxophonist, composer,
and educator Erica von Kleist has been a per-
forming artist and teacher worldwide for
over two decades. A native of Connecticut
and Essentially Ellington alumna, she moved
to New York to hone her skills at The Juilliard
School, and in 2004 earned the first bache-
lor’s degree in jazz in the school’s history.
After graduation she launched her career as
a sideman through touring, recording, and
performing with the Afro-Latin Jazz
Orchestra, Chris Potter, the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Bebo
Valdez, Cachao, Celia Cruz, Kristin
Chenoweth, and Seth MacFarlane, among
many others. She is the recipient of several
honors, including the ASCAP Young Jazz
Composer’s Award and the Martin E. Segal
Award from Lincoln Center, and she has
been voted many times as a “Rising Star”
and “Critic’s Pick” in DownBeat magazine.
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As an educator, Von Kleist has taught
privately for over 15 years. She has been a
guest clinician at several schools and insti-
tutions including The Juilliard School,
Stanford University, Jazz at Lincoln Center,
and University of Montana, and she has
done outreach work at the conservatories
in Havana, Cuba. She has released three
albums as a bandleader: Project E in 2005,
Erica von Kleist & No Exceptions in 2009,
and Alpine Clarity in 2014, which she
recorded in her new home of Whitefish,
Montana. Since moving out west, von
Kleist has been enjoying the serenity and
inspiration of the mountains and the quality
of life that living in a small town provides.
The business side of the music industry
has always been a passion of hers, and she
recently started two companies aimed at
providing employment for musicians based
in the Flathead Valley. The Northwest Artist
Syndicate and Groovetrail have booked
hundreds of paid performances for tal-
ented local musicians since their inception,
and they are steadily growing. Von Kleist is
currently investing in her business projects
and tours regularly for performance and
education work while keeping a home base
in big sky country.
WENDY JOHNSON
Todd Williams
Todd Williams hails from among the finest
woodwind artists in today’s jazz music
scene. As such he is sought-after as a sax-
ophonist, clarinetist, flautist, and clinician.
He is currently an assistant professor of
music education at Indiana Wesleyan
University where he serves as director of
the IWU Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and
many other duties. Williams has appeared
as a guest conductor for the Juilliard Jazz
Orchestra and he is currently pursuing his
doctoral degree in music education at the
Jacob School of Music, Indiana University.
Originally known for his saxophone and
clarinet work with the Wynton Marsalis
Quintet, Septet, and the Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra, Williams has been honored
with such positions as assistant professor
at Queens College and music director of
Times Square Church where he has
penned a wide variety of contemporary
gospel choral works. His flagship composi-
tion, “We Proclaim Him,” has been a fea-
tured international favorite since 2003. The
same may be heard among other originals
on the TSC Music label. He has performed
at most of the prestigious venues in the
U.S. and abroad, from multiple perfor-
mances at the White House to Carnegie
Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. He has been a
featured artist throughout Europe, Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Canada,
Mexico, and South America. Extensive
recording with Marsalis decorates his list
of accomplishments as well as guest
appearances with such artists as Sir Roland
Hanna, Harry Connick, Jr., Jon Hendricks,
Scotty Barnhart, Terrell Stafford, Jon
Faddis, Jeff Hamilton, Marcus Roberts,
Michael Mossman, The Newburgh
Symphony Orchestra, Darin Atwater, Slide
Hampton, and Grammy Award winner,
Christian McBride. Williams is a four-time
recipient of ASCAP’s Plus Award for
Composers. His latest jazz CD, Lift Up Your
Heads, is now available at CD Baby, Barnes
& Noble, Amazon, and iTunes.
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Peggy Cooper Davis and Foundation for Children Inc. Foundation, Inc.
Gordon J. Davis Jeffrey B. Kindler Chloe Breyer and Greg J.
The Ella Fitzgerald Ann Tenenbaum and Scholl
Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lee The Shops at Columbus
Ford Foundation Lincoln Center Corporate Circle at Time Warner
BENEFACTORS
Altman Foundation Foundation Foundation, Inc. Lywal Salles Filho
The Argus Fund GKV Foundation Greg Marcus Therese S. Rosenblatt
Augustine Foundation Hess Foundation, Inc. Joyce F. Menschel and H. Marshall
Boulé Foundation HSBC Premier Movado Sonenshine
Carnegie Corporation of JP Morgan, Chase Parsons Family The Harold and Mimi
New York The Charles Evans Foundation Steinberg Charitable
Con Edison Hughes Memorial Related – Columbus Trust
Entergy Foundation, Inc. Centre LLC United Airlines
The Fred A. and Barbara Barry Lepatner Beth Rudin DeWoody
M. Erb Family The Frederick Loewe Laura C.B. Teixeria and

SUSTAINERS
Anonymous The George Lucas Family support of Governor Simons
Patricia Blanchet Foundation Andrew Cuomo and The Shubert Foundation,
Betty and Philippe Camus Goldman Sachs & Co. the New York State Inc.
Valentino D. Carlotti Donna and Perry Golkin Legislature Laurie M. Tisch
The Crosby Family Susan C. Gordon Aisha and Gbenga Illumination Fund
Barbara and Raymond Laurie and Peter T. Oyebode Barbara and John
Dalio Grauer Susan and Joe Plumeri Vogelstein
Loren R. Douglass Ruthann and Daniel Rose-Lee and Keith Daria and Eric Wallach
The Durst Organization Heinrich Reinhard George T. Wein
The Fred A. and Barbara Infor Global Solutions May and Samuel Rudin Wyncote Foundation
M. Erb Family Helen and David R. Jaffe Family Foundation, Inc. Stanley Zinberg Family
Foundation Sandy and Eric Krasnoff The Schiff Foundation Foundation
Hughlyn F. Fierce Lostand Foundation Kimberly and Viqar Shariff
Michael G. Fisch New York State Council Shearman & Sterling LLP
Geller and Company on the Arts with the Marilyn and James H.
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ANGELS
Virginia and Andrew Stacey and Eric Flatt A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Marcy and Cyrus Sakhai
Adelson Forbes Media LLC Foundation SAP Foundation
Simi Ahuja and Kumar Friedman Family James Lyle Foundation
Mahadeva Foundation Gina and Michael E. Adolph and Ruth
American Express Carolyn Surgent and Martin Schnurmacher
Anonymous Jacques Friedman Ronald D. McCray Foundation, Inc
Rose M. Badgeley Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. McKool Smith Bernard Schwartz
Charitable Trust Charlene and Keith Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. Katherine and Stephen
The Hilaria and Alec Goggin Mary and Garrett Moran Sherrill
Baldwin Foundation Elizabeth Gordon Morgan Stanley Jeanne and Herb Siegel
Dorria Ball Valerie S. Grant Natixis North America SJS Charitable Trust
The Arthur M. Blank The Marc Haas LLC Skift, Inc.
Foundation Foundation Alice K. Netter David Solomon
Roxanne and Scott L. Lisa Meulbroek and Brent The New York Times Jennifer and Jonathan
Bok R. Harris Company Foundation Soros
Brandon Vance LLC The DuBose and Dorothy Kate and Robert Niehaus Leila and Melville Straus
H.L. Brown, Jr. Family Heyward Memorial Bette Kim and Steven J. Sy Syms Foundation
Foundation Fund Niemczyk Nicki and Harold Tanner
Sandra Castellanos The Hispanic Federation Mary Ann Oklesson Bonnie and Daniel Tisch
Ralph M. Cestone Judith Richards Hope Christine and Jerome Venable LLP
Foundation Ines Di Santo Corporation Ponz Tania and Mark Walker
Clayton, Dublilier & Rice, The Hyde and Watson Rainbow Media Holdings The Warburg Pincus
LLC Foundation Carol and Don M. Randel Foundation
Dorcas and John T. Colas Susan and J. Alan Kahn Brian J. Ratner Jim Weddle
Emilie Roy Corey and Karlitz & Company Philanthropic Fund David I. Weiner
Michael Corey Keiko Matsuyama and Bonnie and Richard Reiss Weininger Foundation,
Damial Foundation David S. Katz Clara and Walter G. Inc.
Lise Scott and D. Ronald M. Robin Krasny Ricciardi Dr. J. Douglas White and
Daniel Blanche and Irving Laurie Rich Family Foundation the King-White Family
Ellen and Gary Davis Foundation The Riverside Company Foundation
Dow Jones & Co., Inc. Robin and Jay L. Lewis Mrs. Frederick P. Rose* The Williams Capital
Eminence Capital, LLC Toby Devan Lewis Sunny and Abe Group
Events by Andre Wells, Casey Lipscomb Rosenberg Foundation,
LLC Madeleine J. Long Inc.
FRIENDS
4Wall New York Anna and James Fantaci Frosty Montgomery Melanie A. Shorin and
645 Ventures First Republic Bank Eleanor and Howard Greg S. Feldman
A&E Networks Forbes Media LLC Morgan Lauren and Randall Shy
The Angel Fund Leslie and Tom Foley National Basketball Ed Spilka
Anonymous MaryAnn Fribourg Association Noreene Storrie and Wes
Robin and Arthur Aufses Gagnon Securities National Geographic McCain
Richard Barna Roy Geronemus Channel Mary Kay and John
Arthur H. Barnes Lois Chiles and Richard Nancy and Michael Strangfeld
Richard Bartlett Gilder Neuman Straus Family Foundation
Norman Benzaquen Myrna and Stephen George Olsen Pamela and Allen
Sandye Berger Greenberg Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Swerdlick
Felicia and Andrew M. Christiane and Jean- Wharton & Garrison The Alan B. Slifka
Blum Claude Gruffat Joel Picket Foundation
Maria and Mark Boonie Dr. Steve Harris Robert A. Press, M.D., Time Magazine
Sylvia Botero and Valeria and John Healy Ph.D. Sandra and Bruce Tully
Norman Cuttler Julia Perry and Wolf Cheryl and Louis Raspino Marjorie and Clarence
Marcia and Kenneth Hengst Lisa Revson Untergerg Foundation
Brookler Jennifer and Cameron Marilyn and Ken Venrock
Lloyd L.Campbell Hillyer Rosenthal Viacom Inc.
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Thomas Nobile Christopher Jones Susan Cluff and Neil Walton Family
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Chazen A. Kirtman Jane and Ned Sadaka Diane and Geoffrey Ward
Caroline Chick Robert Kissane Barbara Saltzman Josephine and Richard
Marian and James Cohen Sally and Larry Lawrence Ian Schaefer Weil
Norma C. and Lawrence Pepper Evans and Robert Pam and Scott Schafler Cindy and Kenneth West
Corio C. Lieber Frances and C. Glenn Nola Lancaster
Saundra and W. Donald Judith Lorick Schor Whiteman
Cornwell Spencer McClure Eric S. Schwartz Winston & Strawn LLP
Cheryl Daniel Karen Karlsrud and Mary L. and Jeffrey R. Woman’s Day
Lisa Davis, Esq. Raymond Mikulich Shafer Worldstage
Gale and Ira Drukier Courtney and Marcus Susan Moldow and Patricia and Al Zollar
Eminence Capital, LLC Mitchell William M. Shinker
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PATRONS
Diane and Arthur Abbey Susan and Robert Foundation, Inc. The William and Karen
The Ae Family Cowden Patricia Kavanagh and Lauder Fund
Foundation Lady Alexis Effie Cramer James Grant Bonnie and Frank
Stephen R. Aiello Peter Croncota Terry and Michael Groll Lautenberg
Lauri Altman Alice and Daniel Lori Gross Cathy and Christopher
Altman/Kazickas Cunningham Robin Wagner and Lawrence
Foundation Henry S. D’Auria Jerome Grossman Elizabeth and Gavin
Donna and Greg Amato The David Berg Cassandra E. Harris Leckie
Rose Marie and Burnside Foundation Inc. Sanjeanetta Harris Laurie and David
E. Anderson Jeanette Marie Davis- Laurie Hawkes Lederman
Anonymous Loeb Barbara K. Heming Courtney Lee-Mitchell
Stuart S. Applebaum Caroline and Guy L. de Janet and Arthur Julie and Paul Leff
ASCAP Chazal Hershaft Denise and David Levine
Jon Asmundsson Vivien and Mike Delugg Hill + Knowlton Jerome Levine
Lalit Rai Bahl Frank Dix Strategies Karen Collias and
Everton Bailey Melody Downes William T. Hillman Geoffrey Levitt
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Foundation Inc. Ennead Architects LLP Foundation Leonard Lichter
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Jonathan Capehart Sara Frischer Knee Jane and Edward
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Jill and John Chalsty Garfinkel Komar Gerald McNamara
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Cheesman DeNora and Mark Sally and Wynn Peter Millard
Ohn Choe Getachew Kramarsky Irene Weiss Miller and
Dan Clivner Gilder Foundation Stephen A. Kramer Jeffrey D. Miller
Marcia Cohen Claudia J. Glasser Nancy and Kenneth Mark E. Miller
Diane and Mitchell Cohen Linda Silberman and Kranzberg Cheryl and Michael
Marcia and Geoffrey Victor Goldberg Vivienne LaBorde- Minikes
Colvin Arlene Goldman Luyombya Carol Wood Moore
Lari-Ann and Mark Jane and Budd Goldman Wendy and Jerry Susan and Alan Morris
Convery Nancy and Gary Labowitz Michelle and John Morris
Dr. Patricia Cook Goodenough Kathleen and Joseph R. MPFP
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Heart of Neiman Marcus Barbara J. Riley Gil Shiva Tober

Foundation Fund Robert W. Johnson IV Joan Binstock and David Saundra P. Towns
The Neisser Family Charitable Trust Silvers Joan and Barry Tucker
Foundation Orli Shaham and David Ann and James Sitrick John Uhl
Susan and Peter Nitze Robertson Carra Sleight Ann and Thomas
Wendy and William J. Alicia and William Hermione Foundation, Unterberg
Nolan Robertson IV Laura J. Sloate, Trustee James Utt
Josiane and Thierry Toby and William Rohrer Phyllis and Richard Verizon Foundation
Noufele Donna and Benjamin M. Slocum Cheryl Vollweiler
Marian Nunn Rosen Floyde and Jane Smith Carol and Tom Voss
Nora Ann Wallace and Barbara Rosenthal Major C. Smith, Jr. Margaret and George*
Jack Nusbaum Laura and James Ross Helena and Steve Vranesh
Mr. Bernard Nussbaum Gail and David L. Rudnick Sokoloff Ellen and Barry
Rebecca and Daniel Joshua Ruthizer Yuriko and Leonard Wagenberg
Okrent Astrid and Cristian Solondz Barbara Gilbert and David
Ann L. O’Sullivan SabellaRosa Margaret Sparks Walters
Gabrielle and Michael Joshua M. Sacks Anne and André Spears Joan and Howard
Palitz Jane Safer Jimmie E. Spears Weinstein
Carlos Palomares Linda Safran Crystal Spencer Marlene Weller
Pamela and Edward Suzanne and William J. Louise A. Springer Beatrice and Anthony
Pantzer Sales Cynthia and Joseph Welters
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Cynthia and Jeff Penney Sandick Barbara and Mitchell Edith Kallas and Joe
Dara Perlbinder George H. Sands, MD Stein Whatley
Douglas Peterson Phyllis W. Bertin and Joanna and Joseph Stein Pamela V. White
Paula and Dominic Petito Anthony M. Saytanides Joan and Michael Katherine C. Wickham
Caroline Wamsler and Maxine S. Schaffer Steinberg Amelia Wierzbicki
DeWayne Phillips Amy Katz and Irving Leonore and Walter Grayling G. Williams, Sr.
Becky and Daniel Pincus Scher Stern The Winfield Foundation
Anne Martha and John Jay Schuster Audrey Strauss Fern and Harvey
Pitegoff Jane A. Scotto Joseph P. Sullivan Wishman
Andrew J. Pitts Jennifer Scully-Lerner Nathaniel Sutton The Craig E. Wishman
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Diane A. Poole-Chessin Kathy and Joel Segall Peggy and David Tanner Dr. Madeleine Wright
Kathleen Stephansen and Jerry M. Seslowe Lynne Tarnopol Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s
Frederick P. Rose Hall
May 2018
ROSE THEATER
Celebrating Ornette Coleman
May 18–19 at 8pm
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis celebrates one of jazz’s great
original geniuses: composer, Pulitzer Prize winner,
and alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1930–
2015). One of the all-time best melodists—
regardless of musical tradition—this groundbreak-
ing visionary left us with a profound body of work
that demands ongoing exploration. With virtuosic
big band arrangements of seminal works like
“Una Muy Bonita,” “Lonely Woman,” and
“Peace,” the Orchestra will foray deep into
Coleman’s incomparable musical world. 2017
Grammy Award–winning composer, arranger, sax-
ophonist, and bandleader Ted Nash serves as
music director for the evening, utilizing the
orchestra’s many colors to bring this music to life.
When we last presented Ornette Coleman, he
was amazed by the JLCO’s playing. Tonight, the
band will revel in this most sophisticated and uni-
versally beloved music, using Coleman’s singular
melodies and rich thematic material as a founda-
tion for spellbinding new interpretations.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.
THE APPEL ROOM
Miriam Makeba & Nina Simone:
Singing Protest & Memory with Somi
May 18–19 at 7pm & 9:30pm
Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone were two of the
most uncompromising vocalists and activists of the
20th century. In Singing Protest & Memory, the
fiery rising star vocalist and composer Somi will
honor their iconic music and irrepressible spirits.
Somi has been described as “the new high priest-
ess of soul” by the Huffington Post, and she was
mentored by the legendary Hugh Masekela, who
himself had an extensive personal and musical rela-
tionship with both Makeba and Simone. In 2014,
Somi performed alongside Masekela, Vusi
Mahlesela, and Dave Matthews at Carnegie Hall in
commemoration of the 20th anniversary of South
African democracy. To help celebrate the sisterhood
between Makeba and Simone, Somi has invited
British superstar Laura Mvula as a special guest for
the evening. Mvula is an eclectic young musician
who has also been compared to the greats and pas-
sionately championed by dedicated fans like Prince.
American audiences recently heard her at the
Afropunk festival, at Lincoln Center’s American
Songbook series, and as part of Angelique Kidjo’s
tribute to Makeba at Carnegie Hall. Mvula also
demonstrated her deep connection to Nina Simone
in the BBC documentary and performance show-
case, Nina Simone & Me with Laura Mvula. Somi
and Mvula are both deeply aware of and connected
to their musical influences, but like Simone and
Makeba, they consistently defy expectations and
deliver distinctive songs with incisive and personal
messages. They’re a perfect pair for this celebra-
tion, and this concert will speak to fans of jazz,
blues, R&B, and a wide range of African music first
popularized worldwide by Makeba.
Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 6pm and
8:30pm.
Michael Feinstein: Swinging with the Count
May 30 at 7pm / May 31 at 7pm & 9pm
The 2017–18 Jazz & Popular Song series closes with
a swinging celebration of Count Basie. Singer, histo-
rian, host, director, and all-around entertainer
Michael Feinstein provides a glamorous evening of
timeless vocal stylings, entertaining anecdotes, and
the Tedd Firth Big Band’s irresistible swing.
Audiences will be swept away by The Appel Room’s
stunning view of the Manhattan skyline while enjoy-
ing hits made famous by Count Basie and vocalists
such as Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra,
Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sarah Vaughan,
and Bing Crosby. Special guest singers Ann
Hampton Callaway and Kenny Washington will join
Feinstein on classics like “One O’Clock Jump,”
“April In Paris,” “The Good Life,” and “Everyday I
have the Blues,” and the Tedd Firth Big Band’s virtu-
osic instrumentalists will round out the uplifting and
elegant affair. Michael Feinstein’s Jazz & Popular
Song is one of our longest-running and most popular
concert series, and this event will be a climactic
finale to its seventh consecutive season.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Time Warner Center, 5th floor.
Tickets starting at $10.
To purchase tickets: Visit jazz.org or call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office
is located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.
For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s

Frederick P. Rose Hall

May 2018 Kenny Rampton’s Paradise Blue Suite

Featuring members of the Jazz at Lincoln
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra: Center Orchestra
Music of Duke Ellington with Marcus Printup, Sherman Irby, Victor
May 10–13 Goines, Sam Chess, Dan Nimmer, Carlos
7:30pm & 9:30pm Henriquez, and Marion Felder
May 21
Javon Jackson’s Berklee Sextet 7:30pm & 9:30pm
May 14
7:30pm & 9:30pm Tia Fuller Quartet
May 22
Glenn Zaleski Trio 7:30pm & 9:30pm
with Pablo Menares and Craig Weinrib
May 15 Don Braden Quartet
7:30pm & 9:30pm May 23
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Lauren Sevian’s LSQ CD Release Party
with Robert Rodriguez, Marcos Varela, and Mike Rodriguez Quintet
Jonathan Blake May 24
May 16 7:30pm & 9:30pm
7:30pm & 9:30pm
Gerald Cannon Septet
American Pianists Awards Sneak Preview with Steve Slagle, Sherman Irby, Jeremy Pelt,
May 17 Rick Germanson, Willie Jones III, and Russell
7pm & 9:30pm Malone
May 25–27
Sean Jones Quintet 7:30pm & 9:30pm
with Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis, Mark Whitfield,
Jr., and Brian Hogans Will Calhoun
May 18–20 with Buster Williams, Donald Vega, Troy
7:30pm & 9:30pm Roberts, and Eric Person
May 28 7:30pm & 9:30pm

In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

are encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.
Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.
Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys-reservations
Nightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm.
Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday; doors open at 11:15pm
Cover Charge: $20–45. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.
Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get
50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.
Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theater
and The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.
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