Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra explained

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Origin:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz, swing
Years Active:	1988–present
Label:	Blue Engine

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is an American big band and jazz orchestra led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The orchestra is part of Jazz at Lincoln Center, a performing arts organization in New York City.

History

In 1988, the orchestra was formed as an outgrowth of its concert series, Classical Jazz, with David Berger conducting. When Wynton Marsalis became artistic director in 1991, he emphasized the history of jazz, particularly Duke Ellington. The first album was Portraits by Ellington (1992), and seven years later the Ellington centennial was honored with the album Live in Swing City: Swingin' with the Duke (1999).^[1]

Under the leadership of Marsalis, the band performs at its home in Lincoln Center, tours throughout the U.S. and abroad, visits schools, appears on television, and performs with symphony orchestras. The orchestra backed Wynton Marsalis on his album Blood on the Fields, which won the Pulitzer Prize.^{[2] [3]}

Since 2015, the orchestra's albums have been issued on its own label, Blue Engine Records.^[4]

Band members

Saxophones

• Sherman Irby – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Ted Nash – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Walter Blanding – tenor saxophone
• Victor Goines – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Paul Nedzela – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet

Trumpets

• Ryan Kisor – trumpet
• Marcus Printup – trumpet
• Kenny Rampton – trumpet
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet

Trombones

• Vincent Gardner – trombone
• Christopher Crenshaw – trombone
• Elliot Mason – trombone

Rhythm section

• Dan Nimmer – piano
• Carlos Henriquez – bass
• Obed Calvaire – drums

Discography

• Portraits by Ellington (1992)
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire of the Fundamentals (1994)
• They Came to Swing (1994)
• Blood on the Fields (Columbia, 1997)
• Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke (1999)
• Big Train (Columbia, 1999)
• All Rise (Sony Classical, 2002)
• Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (Warner Bros., 2004)
• Cast of Cats (2004)
• A Love Supreme (2005)
• Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus (2005)
• Congo Square (2007)
• Portrait in Seven Shades (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2010)
• Vitoria Suite (Universal, 2010)
• Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues (2011)
• Live in Cuba (Blue Engine, 2015)
• Big Band Holidays (Blue Engine, 2015)
• The Abyssinian Mass (Blue Engine, 2016)
• The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine, 2017)
• All Jazz Is Modern: 30 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center Vol. 1 (2017)
• Handful of Keys (Blue Engine, 2017)
• United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (2018)^{[5] [6]}
• Una Noche con Rubén Blades (2018)
• Swing Symphony (2019)
• Jazz and Art (2019)
• Jazz for Kids (2019)
• Big Band Holidays II (2019)^[7]
• Sherman Irby's Inferno (2020)
• The Music of Wayne Shorter (2020)
• Black, Brown, and Beige (2020)
• Rock Chalk Suite (2020)
• Christopher Crenshaw's The Fifties: A Prism (2020)
• Big Band Holidays III (2023)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Huey. Steve. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra . AllMusic. 28 May 2018.
2. Web site: Blood on the Fields, by Wynton Marsalis . Pulitzer.org.
3. News: Reich . Howard . Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer-winning 'Blood on the Fields' returns . February 12, 2013 . Chicago Tribune.
4. Web site: Russonello. Giovanni. At 30, What Does Jazz at Lincoln Center Mean?. The New York Times. 27 May 2018. 13 September 2017.
5. Web site: Discography – Jazz at Lincoln Center Recordings. wyntonmarsalis.org. 25 May 2018.
6. Web site: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. AllMusic. 25 May 2018.
7. News: Wyckoff . Geraldine . Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Big Band Holidays II (Album Review) . November 26, 2019 . OffBeat Magazine.