Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis January 28, 2011
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The first jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis also was the first artist to win jazz and classical Grammy Awards in the same year. His Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) features 15 of jazz music’s leading soloists, drawing from an extensive repertoire including the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other great jazz composers, and original compositions by Mr. Marsalis, Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, Marcus Roberts, Geri Allen, Christian McBride and others. For more information, please visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call 919-843-3333.
“…extraordinarily versatile…”
- Los Angeles Times
Official Website: http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/event.aspx?id=071a2741-357f-4474-9ab3-603b45536052&pcode=945
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