Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra 2009
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London’s Barbican and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York have announced a new partnership which will mean the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is to become an International Associate of the Barbican with a series of biennial residencies in London starting next year involving large and small-scale concerts, new commissions, and educational and outreach work.
The first residency takes place in 2010 with three concerts, including one at the Hackney Empire. The concerts will be accompanied by workshops and a film season at the Barbican, discussions at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, jam sessions at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston and supper dance events at other east London venues.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra for over 12 years. Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center's programming, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe; in concert halls, dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, river boats, and churches; and with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists.
www.jalc.org
www.barbican.org.uk
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