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Listen to Wynton Marsalis And Vince Giordano: Live In New York

The New Year’s Eve party at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola featured two institutions of New York jazz: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Nighthawks. They count down to midnight with their interpretations of Louis Armstrong’s monumental Hot Fives recordings.

Listen to the full show on NPR.org

WBGO’s year-end salute features Wynton Marsalis, Vince Giordano and more

Wynton Marsalis will ring in 2013 on WBGO (88.3 FM) as the city’s jazz station crosses the country on its annual “Toast of the Nation” feature.

This ambitious show starts in New York and moves west as each time zone welcomes the new year.

WBGO’s Rhonda Hamilton hosts the event, which begins at 9 p.m. Monday with John Scofield and his Uberjam Band live at the Berklee Center in Boston.

At 10 p.m. it’s Henry Cole and his Afrobeat Collective at the 92nd St. Y Tribeca. Then Marsalis and Vince Giordano team up at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., playing a tribute to Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens.

Dee Alexander plays in Chicago at 12:30 a.m., followed by an encore of a 1990 broadcast with Clark Terry and Red Holloway from Chicago.

Things wrap up starting at 2:30 a.m. with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band from Los Angeles.

Elsewhere for New Year’s on the radio:

WCBS-FM (101.1): Top 101 party songs of all time, Monday and Tuesday.

WFUV (90.7 FM): “Sunday Breakfast” year in review, Sunday, 8-11 a.m. “Ceol na nGael” year in Irish music, Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Folk music year in review, Sunday, 4-5 p.m.

WHTZ (100.3 FM): Top 100 songs of 2012, through Tuesday.

WHUD (100.7 FM): Top 100.7 songs of 2012, Tuesday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

WKCR (89.9 FM): Bach festival through Monday midnight.

WPLJ (95.5 FM): Biggest songs of 2012 hosted by Scott and Todd, running over the weekend through Tuesday.

WQHT (97.1 FM): All-mix weekend from Friday through noon Tuesday, when the listener-voted top 97 of 2012 countdown begins.

WSOU (89.5 FM): Uncle Kevin’s “Streamlined,” Monday, 10 p.m. “The Loudest New Year,” Monday, midnight-6 a.m. Top 89 metal songs of 2013, Tuesday, noon.

Sirius XM Satellite: “New Year’s Nation,” pop-up Ch. 3, from 3 p.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday. The best New Year’s party tunes from across Sirius XM stations.

Monday night: concert by Willie Nelson (Ch. 56), Gregg Allman (Ch. 26), Widespread Panic (Ch. 29), Lumineers (Ch. 28) and Southside Johnny (Ch. 20). Live DJ sets, Ch. 51 and 52.

Wynton Marsalis Meets Vince Giordano

The Louis Armstrong Continuum – Music of the Hot Fives and Sevens

Musician and bandleader Vince Giordano joins Wynton Marsalis for this special engagement. The recordings by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five and Hot Seven, recorded between 1925 and 1929, are widely considered to be some of the most historically significant recordings in jazz history.

When:

Dec 26-30

7:30pm & 10pm

A year-end contribution of $250 to Jazz at Lincoln Center is recognized with two seats for these special sets at Dizzy’s (food, beverage, and gratuity not included).

Reservations: 212-258-9892 (available by phone only)

Dec 31: New Year’s Eve

Early Diz: $350 per person

Doors open at 6pm; music begins at 7:30pm. Price includes music charge and 4-course meal.

Midnight Diz:

$500 per person

Doors open at 10pm; music begins at 11pm. Price includes music charge, cocktail reception, 5-course meal, and champagne toast.

Reservations: 212-258-9595/9795 (available by phone only)

Personnel:

Jon-Erik Kellso – Trumpet

Andy Stein – Violin

Ken Salvo – Banjo, Guitar

Vince Giordano – Bass, Tuba

Victor Goines – Sax, Clarinet

Dan Nimmer – piano

Carlos Henriquez – bass

Ali Jackson – drums

Chris Crenshaw – trombone

Wynton Marsalis – trumpet

Of your contribution, $180 is tax-deductible. Online reservations are not available for this event. Please note, single seats also require a donation of $250.

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis announces 25th Anniversary U.S. Tour

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates its 25th anniversary and the formation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 25th Anniversary Tour. From January 23 to March 22, 2013, the tour will take the world-renowned big band across the U.S.: from Portland, Maine to Tallahassee, Florida and from Austin, Texas to Davis, California. The JLCO will bring JALC’s milestone 25th anniversary celebration to 27 cities and will perform a brilliant repertoire which may include classic Blue Note Records selections and tunes made famous by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis and more. Check the full tour schedule

Exclusive JALC 25th anniversary t-shirts and baseball caps will be available for purchase in every tour venue.

In 1987, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis was comprised of the surviving members of the Duke Ellington Big Band and the Wynton Marsalis Septet. The critically-acclaimed resident orchestra continues to perform a repertoire across the full jazz spectrum – from the music’s New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets, big bands, chamber music ensembles, symphony orchestras, tap dance, and ballet, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places the group among the finest musicians today.

Wynton’s new book launches in Apple iBookstore

Candlewick has announced that it will begin selling books on Apple’s iBookstore. A selection of the company’s picture books is now available, including Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! from Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers, which include integrated audio read by the author.

John Mendelson, senior v-p, sales and digital initiatives for Candlewick, said, “Just as we aim to publish and sell superior print books, Candlewick strives to bring the same high standards to our digital book program. We are excited to launch our catalog on the iBookstore as part of our ongoing effort to make our books as widely available as possible across all formats.”

20% Off Sheet Music at wyntonmarsalis.org

Happy Holidays!

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Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center 25th Anniversary

Jazz at Lincoln Center co-founder and artistic director Wynton Marsalis speaks to the “CBS This morning” co-hosts about the 25th anniversary of the organization.

Big Band Holidays featuring the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and vocalist René Marie and Gregory Porter

Holiday celebrations have been de rigueur at Jazz at Lincoln Center since December 1989, when Wynton Marsalis’ band and The Lincoln Center Classical Jazz Orchestra presented “A Classical Jazz Christmas.”

Jazz at Lincoln Center has proudly continued the tradition over the years. For this year’s Big Band Holidays concert, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will present fresh arrangements of timeless holiday classics, joined by vocalist René Marie, who All About Jazz called “one of the most arresting and complex vocal personalities performing today,” and vocalist Gregory Porter, who in a brief time has racked up a continuing stream of accolades and awards.

Big Band Holidays takes place in Rose Theater on December 7-8 at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee on December 8.

Where:

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, New York.

Tickets:

Tickets for Big Band Holidays on December 7-8, 8pm: $10-$120; on December 8, 2pm: $10-$95

New book: The First 25 Years Of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) celebrates a milestone 25th anniversary with the launch of In the Spirit of Swing: The First 25 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center (Chronicle Books), a limited edition keepsake book available for purchase on Amazon.com beginning on November 28.

In the Spirit of Swing: The First 25 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center is comprised of hundreds of gorgeous photographs, including rarely seen shots by JALC Senior Staff Photographer Frank Stewart, and historical documents from JALC’s expansive archives. Narrated by Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and with contributions from Albert Murray, Jimmy Heath, Dianne Reeves, Stanley Crouch and past and present members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, In the Spirit of Swing: The First 25 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center illustrates the organization’s rich history.

Photo highlights include the first incarnation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,formed 25 years ago and featuring members of Marsalis’ young septet and the surviving members of the Duke Ellington Big Band; musicians and actors, including Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, Tony Bennett, Al Roker, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Laurence Fishburne, Robin Williams, Toni Morrison, Liza Minelli, Diana Ross, BB King and Eric Clapton, who have performed on JALC’s stages; supporters including Hillary R. Clinton, Ed Bradley, Ahmet Ertegun, Emilio Sosa; the construction of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home on Columbus Circle; and the children around the world who have been touched by the organization’s education initiatives.

From its first downbeat as a summer concert series at Lincoln Center in 1987, to the fully orchestrated achievement of opening the world’s first venue designed specifically for jazz in 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center has celebrated this music and these landmarks with an ever-growing audience of jazz fans around the world. In the Spirit of Swing is a gorgeous book and illuminating revelation of how a group of committed citizens championed jazz as a cause and inspired a movement.

Wynton conversing with Tony Bennett about his 60-years career

Legendary singer Tony Bennett just published a memoir, “Life Is A Gift: The Zen of Bennett.” Bennett joins the “CBS This Morning” co-hosts with CBS News cultural correspondent Wynton Marsalis to discuss his new memoir.