New York, NY (December 29, 2004) - Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly announces the winter/spring 2005 lineup of performances to take place at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola during February and March. In the spirit of featuring a wide spectrum of jazz flavors, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola will be presenting percussionist Cyro Baptista performing music of Brazilian Carnaval; legendary guitarist Jim Hall, leading a quartet that features alto saxophonist Greg Osby; drummer Ben Riley and his Monk Legacy Septet, featuring trumpeter/arranger Don Sickler; the incomparable tenor saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess with vocalist Ernestine Anderson in a tribute to Billie Holiday, also known as "Lady Day"; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra saxophonist Ted Nash celebrating his new CD, La Espada de la Noche; vocalist Carol Sloane, and many others.

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 web site http://www.jalc.org.

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola is fast becoming the celebrity hangout. The hot new club has been visited recently by Kevin Spacey, Harry Connick Jr., Stevie Wonder, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Pauley Walnuts (aka Tony Sirico from The Sopranos), Cicely Tyson, Courtney Vance, Angela Bassett, Glenn Close, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams, Phil Ramone, Peter Cincotti, Tony Danza, Jimmy Smits, Dave Warfield, Rick Moranis, Taj Mahal, Ray Barretto (and his son), Clark Terry and Wynton Marsalis, to name a few.

You never know who's going to show up at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola…

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola February/March 2005 Schedule

Upstarts! Mondays at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Every Monday night, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, 7:30 & 9:30pm
Every Monday, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola will host a program entitled Upstarts!, providing performance opportunities for students from area high schools and colleges, including Juilliard Jazz Ensemble. Drummer Ali Jackson serves as Music Director for Upstarts!
$15 cover charge plus $10 minimum at tables/ $5 minimum at bar

Brazilian Carnaval Universal with Cyro Baptista & Friends
February 1-6 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
Accomplished musician Cyro Baptista plays the complete range of percussion instruments from his native Brazil, as well as many other world instruments. Based out of New York, he has performed and recorded with Paquito D'Rivera, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Herbie Mann, Caetano Veloso, Cassandra Wilson, Holly Cole and others. Mr. Baptista's varied resume speaks of the strength of his musicianship, equally at home in pop, world and jazz.

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, February 7
7:30 & 9:30pm Juilliard Jazz Ensemble

The Ben Riley Monk Legacy Septet
Ben Riley (drums), Don Sickler (trumpet & arranger), Bruce Williams (alto & soprano sax), Wayne Escoffery (tenor & soprano sax), Jay Brandford (baritone sax), Freddie Bryant (guitar), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass)
February 8-13 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
Piano-less explorations of Monk's compositions! 2004 marked the 40th anniversary of the first of 166 nights that Riley performed with Monk at the Village Vanguard. Riley's Septet explores Monk's rich palette of harmonies and rhythms with varying combinations of four horns and guitar along with bass and drums.

Upstarts! Student Showcase Monday, February 14
7:30 & 9:30pm Juilliard Jazz Ensemble
This show is sold out

Bank of America Higher Standards Jazz Festival:
Carol Sloane with The Norman Simmons Quintet, featuring Eric Alexander and Paul Bollenback
Carol Sloane (vocals), Norman Simmons (piano), Eric Alexander (tenor sax), Paul Bollenback (guitar), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Ben Riley (drums)
February 15-20 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
"With all the talk today about new jazz singers, none comes even close to Carol Sloane. This is what jazz is all about." - Nat Hentoff, May 2004 .

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, February 21
7:30 & 9:30pm
Henry Mancini Institute Alumni Big Band

Jim Hall Quartet with Greg Osby
Jim Hall (guitar), Greg Osby (alto saxophone), Steve LaSpina (bass), Ken Wollesen (drums)
February 22-27 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
One of jazz's most influential guitarists with a cream of the crop rhythm section, and the adventurous, groundbreaking alto saxophone of Greg Osby. Jim Hall's latest recording is an ArtistShare project titled Magic Meeting. This CD, available only at www.jimhallmusic.com, was recorded 'live' at the Village Vanguard.

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, February 28
7:30 & 9:30pm
Queens College Jazz Ensemble/Ali Jackson Trio

Benny Green Trio
March 1-6 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, March 7
7:30 & 9:30pm
Juilliard Jazz Ensemble/Ali Jackson Trio

Bobby Watson & Horizon
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Terrell Stafford (trumpet), Ed Simon (piano), Essiet Okon Essiet (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)
March 8-13 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
Bobby Watson, former member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, is an alto player with the dexterity of Bird and the sound of a giant. Watson has recorded more than twenty recordings as a leader, but it is his mid-90s group, Horizon, that stands out as his most powerful artistic statement. Watson has reconvened all the original members for Original Horizon, proving that when you have a band this good, the passage of time is irrelevant. It sounds as though they've never been apart.

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, March 14
7:30 & 9:30pm
Queens College Jazz Ensemble/Ali Jackson Trio

SOUL JAZZ II
Dr. Lonnie Smith (Hammond B-3 organ), Fred Wesley (trombone), Peter Bernstein (guitar, March 15-17), Rodney Jones (guitar, March 18-20), Lenny White (drums)
March 15-20 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
The king of the Hammond B3 joins forces with trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown, George Clinton, Count Basie) to deliver some funky, swinging versions of tunes from the Doctor's newest CD on Palmetto Records, Too Darn Hot!.

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, March 21
7:30 & 9:30pm
Juilliard Jazz Ensemble/Ali Jackson Trio

Ted Nash & Odeon
Nathalie Bonin (violin), Bill Schimmel (accordion), Clark Gayton (tuba & trombone), Matt Wilson (drums)
March 22-27 / Tuesday-Sunday
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
Ted Nash, a member of The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and The Jazz Composers Collective, winds up his tour in support of his new recording La Espada de la Noche (Palmetto Records) with this appearance at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Odeon's first release, Sidewalk Meeting, was voted Best Jazz CD by the Down Beat 2002 critics poll.

Upstarts! Student Showcase
Monday, March 28
7:30 & 9:30pm
Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Band and Jam Session with Bobby Sanabria Y Quarteto Aché

Music of Billie Holiday: Ernestine Anderson with Frank Wess Quartet
Ernestine Anderson (vocals), Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute)
March 30-April 3
7:30 & 9:30pm Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30pm show Friday and Saturday
In anticipation of what would have been her 90th birthday (April 7, 2005), Ernestine Anderson and Frank Wess pay tribute to Billie Holiday, or "Lady Day," as she was nicknamed by Lester Young. Ms. Anderson has recorded more than 30 albums, performed at major jazz festivals, and has received four Grammy nominations. From intimate trio formats to big band, she does it all with seductive sophistication. Few musicians have the experience that Frank Wess con boast about. He has shared the bandstand with Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and many many others.

(Schedule subject to change.).

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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.  

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