Jazz at Lincoln Center
33 West 60th St., 11th floor
New York, NY 10023
www.jazzatlincolncenter.org
November 22, 2004
For More Information, Please Contact:
DON LUCOFF, DL Media (610) 667-0501, dondlmedia@covad.net
JANA LASORTE, Janlyn PR (973) 762-7954, jana@janlynpr.com
SCOTT H. THOMPSON, Jazz at Lincoln Center (212) 258-9807, sthompson@jalc.org
LISTING INFORMATION:
Venue: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Address: Frederick P. Rose Hall - Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor
Showtimes: 7:30 & 9:30pm every day / Also 11pm Friday & Saturday
After Hours Sets: 11pm Tuesday-Thursday / 12:30am Friday-Saturday
Monday: Upstarts program features college music students with professional rhythm section / $15 music charge / $10 for students with valid ID
Doors Open: 6pm for 7:30pm set / 9pm for 9:30pm set
Admission: $30 music charge for regular sets / $10 After Hours sets
Student Prices: Sun, Tues, Wed 9:30pm set $15 with valid student ID / After Hours $5 with valid student ID
Minimum: $10 tables / $5 bar all shows
Reservations: (212) 258 9595 or www.jalc.org
This Week at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola:
Upstarts! Student Showcase, Monty Alexander's Jazz Party
and After Hours Sets
(New York) November 9, 2004 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola -- located in Jazz at Lincoln Center's brand new home, Frederick P. Rose Hall continues to showcase up-and-coming student and veteran musicians with its Monday night Upstarts! sets, stages a weeklong Jazz Party with pianist Monty Alexander and special guests Red Holloway and Plas Johnson, and rounds out each evening with After Hours late night jam sets.
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola offers spectacular views and serves a jazz inspired menu seven days a week through the collaboration between Great Performances and Spoonbread culinary creators. Reservations can be made at 212-258-9595 or via the Jazz At Lincoln Center website http://www.jalc.org.
Monday, November 8: Upstarts Student Showcase
7:30PM: Ali Jackson and Friends (doors open at 6pm)
9:30PM: Ali Jackson and Friends (doors open at 9pm
Tuesday, November 9 through Sunday, November 14: Monty Alexander's Jazz Party
Monty Alexander (piano) with Red Holloway (tenor saxophone), Hassan Shakur (bass), Plas Johnson (tenor sax on Friday-Sunday only) and Herlin Riley (drums).
By grafting the traditions of American jazz to his authentic Jamaican roots, pianist Monty Alexander has spent a lifetime exploring the rich depths of musical and cultural diversity. In a career that spans more than four decades, he has performed and/or recorded with artists from every corner of the musical universe: Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Ray Brown, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and many more. Through it all, he continues to draw inspiration from the great icons of American music and popular culture.
"All these people came from struggling circumstances," he says. "They didn't go to music school. They came from the street. Nat Cole, Sinatra, Louis Armstrong they all had to hustle to get where they got. It's that story of people who can grow up in America or come to America and achieve something just because they have this great attitude and they have the talent to go with it, and they reach for something and they get it."
Monty Alexander's Jazz Party will include special guests: tenor saxophonists Red Holloway and Plas Johnson.
AFTER HOURS SETS
Tuesday-Sunday, November 9-14: After Hours with the Alon Yavnai Trio
****NEXT WEEK AT DIZZY'S CLUB Coca-Cola****
Tuesday, November 16 through Sunday, November 21: Mexico Now Dynamic Double Bill:
Diego Maroto Sextet and the Antonio Sanchez Group
Two full shows at 7:30PM & 9:30PM.
Jazz at Lincoln Center joins a citywide celebration of Mexico's finest artists and contemporary culture for a weeklong dynamic double bill
*Diego Maroto Sextet with Diego Maroto (tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone); Rey David "Osito" Alejandre (trombone); Francisco Lelo de la Rea (guitar); Mark Aanderud (piano); Agustin Bernal (bass); Gabriel Puentes (drums). Diego Maroto was born in Mexico City in 1968. He started his music training at an early age and picked up the saxophone when he was 17 years old. Since 2002, his sextet has performed extensively in M้xico City, and has been associated with the cultural programs of institutions such as "INBA's" (National Institute of Fine Arts) concert series, "CNA's" (National Center for the Arts) festivals and Mexico City's renowned club "Papa Beto Jazz Bistro". Maroto's debut recording "Mundo Paralelo" was released in 2003 on the Agave Records label.
Antonio Sanchez Group with Antonio Sanchez (drums); Luis Perdomo (piano) 11/16-17 only; Miguel Zenon (alto saxophone) 11/16-17 only; Hans Glawischnig (bass) 11/16-17 only; David Sanchez (tenor saxophone) 11/18-19 only; Reuben Rogers (bass) 11/18-19 only; Adam Rogers (guitar) 11/20-21; only, Ben Street (bass) 11/20-21 only.
Two-time GRAMMY-winning drummer Antonio Sanchez presents a week of music with three different bands. A longtime sideman of the Pat Metheny Group and Trio and other musical icons like Michael Brecker and John Patitucci, Antonio now steps into the spotlight with what promises to be a very eclectic week which will feature the powerful drumming that has made him one of the most sought after sidemen on the scene today.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz 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 performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Julliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children's concerts, lectures, adult education courses, film programs, and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, President & CEO Hughlyn F. Fierce, Executive Director Derek E. Gordon, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2004-05 season. This is the inaugural season in Jazz at Lincoln Center's new home — Frederick P. Rose Hall — the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz.
For more information on Jazz at Lincoln Center, please visit www.jalc.org.