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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ORCHESTRA ROSTER

Sunday, March 17, 2013, 7pm at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Zellerbach Hall Wynton Marsalis Artistic Director, trumpet Orchestra Marcus Printup trumpet with Wynton Marsalis Kenny Rampton trumpet Vincent Gardner Chris Crenshaw trombone Elliot Mason trombone Sherman Irby alto Ted Nash alto & soprano , clarinet , Jr. tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet Victor Goines tenor & soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Paul Nedzela baritone & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet Carlos Henriquez bass Dan Nimmer piano Ali Jackson drums Frank StewartFrank

Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.

Jazz at Cal Performances is sponsored by Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith.

These performances are made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors The Joseph and Sherry Felson Family Foundation, and Dayna and John Ziegler.

Cal Performances’ SchoolTime presentation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis is sponsored by Maris and Ivan Meyerson.

Cal Performances’ 2012–2013 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

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ailed as “an extraordinarily versatile Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) is the Managing 2010’s Live at Smalls. He has been a member of with Mingus Epitaph (under the direction of Horchestra” by the Los Angeles Times, the and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1994. Gunther Schuller), Bebo Valdés’s Latin Jazz All- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is composed Center. Born in , Louisiana, in Stars, Maria Schneider, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s of 15 of jazz music’s leading soloists under the 1961, Mr. Marsalis began his classical train- Born and raised in Conyers, Georgia, Marcus Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Charles Earland, Dr. leadership of musical director Wynton Marsalis. ing on trumpet at age twelve. He entered the Printup (trumpet)’s first musical experiences John, , Jon Hendricks, Illinois Drawing from an extensive repertoire that in- at age 17 and, shortly thereaf- were hearing the fiery gospel music his parents Jacquet, Geoff Keezer, Christian McBride, and a cludes original compositions by Mr. Marsalis, ter, joined the legendary Art Blakey and the Jazz sang in church. While attending the University host of others. Most recently, he was hired to be Ted Nash, and other members of the orchestra, Messengers. Mr. Marsalis made his recording of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the trumpet voice for . Some of his as well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, debut as a leader in 1982, and has since recorded the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet Broadway credits include Finian’s Rainbow, The Coltrane, and other great jazz composers, the more than 70 jazz and classical albums which competition. In 1991, Mr. Printup’s life changed Wiz, : The Musical, In The Heights, Hair, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton have garnered him nine Grammy Awards. He when he met his mentor, the great pianist Marcus Young Frankenstein, and The Producers. Marsalis concerts are internationally critically is only artist to win both classical and jazz Roberts, who introduced him to Wynton acclaimed. “The finest in the world to- Grammys in the same year, in both 1983 and Marsalis, leading to Mr. Printup’s induction Vincent Gardner (trombone) was born in day,” said London’s Daily Telegraph. 1984. Mr. Marsalis’s rich body of compositions into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Chicago in 1972 and was raised in Hampton, Jazz at Lincoln Center also regularly pre- includes Sweet Release; Jazz: Six Syncopated 1993. Mr. Printup has recorded with Betty Virginia. After singing and playing piano, vio- mieres works commissioned from a variety Movements; Jump Start and Jazz; Citi Movement/ Carter, , , Madeline lin, saxophone, and French horn at an early age, of composers, including , Joe Griot ; At the Octoroon Balls; In This Peyroux, Ted Nash, , Wycliffe he decided on the trombone at age twelve. He Henderson, Benny Golson, , House, On This Morning; and Big Train. Other Gordon, and Mr. Roberts, among others. His attended Florida A&M University and the , Sam Rivers, Joe Lovano, works include the 1999 ballet Them Twos, a col- records as a leader include Song for the Beautiful University of North Florida, and caught the ear Chico O’Farrill, , Charles laboration with the Ballet, as Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal Traces, of Mercer Ellington, who hired Mr. Gardner for McPherson, , Geri Allen, Eric well as three symphonies that have been per- The New Boogaloo, Peace in the Abstract, Bird his first professional job. He moved to Brooklyn, Reed, Wallace Roney, and Christian McBride, formed by orchestras around the world. In 1997, of Paradise, London Lullaby, Ballads All Night, New York after graduating from college, com- as well as from current and former Jazz at Mr. Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be and A Time for Love. Mr. Printup’s most recent pleted a world tour with Lauryn Hill in 2000, Lincoln Center Orchestra members Wynton awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his ora- album, Homage, was released in 2011 on the and then joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Marsalis, , and Ted Nash. torio . Recent recordings on SteepleChase label. He made his screen debut in Orchestra. Mr. Gardner has served as Instructor Over the last few years, the Jazz at Lincoln the Blue Note label include Two Men with the the 1999 movie Playing by Heart and recorded at the Juilliard School, as Visiting Instructor Center Orchestra has performed collaborations , featuring (2008), He and on the film’s soundtrack. August 22nd has been at Florida State University and Michigan State with many of the world’s leading symphony or- She (2009), and Here We Go Again featuring declared “Marcus Printup Day” in his home- University, and as Adjunct Instructor at the New chestras, including the , Willie Nelson and Norah Jones (2011). town of Conyers, Georgia. School. He has contributed many arrangements the Russian National Orchestra, the Berlin for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra, the , Chicago Ryan Kisor (trumpet) was born in 1973 in In addition to the Jazz at Lincoln Center other ensembles. In 2009, he was commissioned and London Symphony Orchestras, and the Sioux City, Iowa, and began playing trumpet Orchestra, which he joined in 2010, Kenny by Jazz at Lincoln Center to write The Jesse B. Orchestra Esperimentale in São Paolo, Brazil. at age four. In 1990, he won first prize at the Rampton (trumpet) also performs as the leader Semple Suite, a 60-minute suite inspired by the In 2006, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Thelonious Monk Institute’s first annual Louis of his own sextet and with the Mingus Big Band, short stories of Langston Hughes. Mr. Gardner collaborated with Ghanaian drum collec- Armstrong Trumpet Competition. In 1991, the Mingus Orchestra, the Mingus Dynasty, is featured on a number of notable recordings tive Odadaa!, led by Yacub Addy, to perform Mr. Kisor enrolled in Manhattan School of George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, and the and has recorded five albums for SteepleChase Congo Square, a composition Mr. Marsalis Music, where he studied with trumpeter Lew Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (under the direc- Records as a leader. He has performed with the and Mr. Addy co-wrote and dedicated to Soloff. He has performed and/or recorded with tion of Dave Matthews). In 2010, Mr. Rampton Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, Mr. Marsalis’s native New Orleans. The Jazz the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra, performed with the Scottish National Jazz Harry Connick, Jr., the Saturday Night Live at Lincoln Center Orchestra has also been fea- Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Haden’s Orchestra for the Edinburgh International Band, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest, and tured in several education and performance Liberation Music Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Festival, and was the featured soloist on the many others. residencies in the last few years, including Jazz Band, the Philip Morris Jazz All-Stars, /Gil Evans classic version of Porgy those in Vienne, France; Perugia, Italy; Prague, and others. As well as being an active sideman, and Bess. He has toured the world with the Born in Thomson, Georgia, in 1982,Chris Czech Republic; London, England; Lucerne, Mr. Kisor has recorded numerous albums as a Orchestra, in 1990; the legend- Crenshaw (trombone) has been driven by and Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; São Paulo, leader, including Battle Cry, The Usual Suspects, ary jazz drummer Panama Francis; the Savoy surrounded by music since birth. He started Brazil; and Yokohama, Japan. Point of Arrival, Kisor, Power Source, Kisor II, Sultans; and soon thereafter, the Jimmy McGriff playing piano at the age of three, and his teachers The Dream, , Awakening, Donna Quartet, with whom he played for ten years. and fellow students quickly noticed his aptitude Lee, This Is Ryan, Conception Cool and Hot, and As a sideman, Mr. Rampton has performed for the instrument. This love for piano led to his

34 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 35 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS first gig with Echoes of Joy, his father Casper’s Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau. A member of the have received critical acclaim, appearing on the He has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln group. Mr. Crenshaw picked up the trombone Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 2006, “best-of” lists in , The New Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis at age eleven, and hasn’t put it down since. He Mr. Mason also continues to co-lead the Mason Yorker, The Village Voice, , and Septet since 1993, touring throughout the graduated from Thomson High School in 2001 Brothers Quintet with his brother. Their debut Newsday. His albums The Mancini Project and world and recording over 20 releases, includ- and received his bachelor’s degree in jazz perfor- album, Two Sides, One Story, was released on Sidewalk Meeting have been placed on several ing Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning record- mance from Valdosta State University (VSU) Archival Records in 2012. “best-of-decade” lists. Mr. Nash’s composition ing Blood on the Fields, and the soundtracks in 2005, with honors throughout his educa- Portrait in Seven Shades was recorded and re- for Ken Burns’s acclaimed documentaries, tion, including Most Outstanding Student in Born and raised in Tuscaloosa, , leased by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra including Jazz (1999) and The War (2007). As the VSU Music Department and College of Sherman Irby (alto saxophone) found his calling in 2010, the first release by the Orchestra featur- a leader, Mr. Goines has released eight record- Arts. Mr. Crenshaw received his master’s de- to music at age 12. In high school, he played and ing original music by a band member other than ings, most recently Love Dance (CrissCross, gree in jazz studies from the Juilliard School in recorded with gospel immortal James Cleveland. bandleader Wynton Marsalis. His most recent 2007) and Twilight (Rosemary Joseph, 2012). 2007. His teachers include Dr. Douglas Farwell Graduating from Clark Atlanta University with album, The Creep, came out in 2012 on Plastic A gifted composer, Mr. Goines has more than and Wycliffe Gordon, and he has worked with a B.A. in music education, Mr. Irby joined Sax Records. 50 original works to his credit. In 2000, he was Gerard Wilson, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Johnny O’Neal’s Atlanta-based quintet in 1991. commissioned by Juilliard’s Dance Division to Printup, Vincent Gardner, Jiggs Whigham, In 1994, he moved to New York City and re- Born to a musical family in Cleveland, Ohio, in compose a musical work in celebration of their Carl Allen, Victor Goines, Marc Cary, Walter corded his first two albums, Full Circle (1996) 1971, Walter Blanding, Jr. (tenor & soprano sax- 50th anniversary. In 2008, Performance Music Blanding, Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, and Big Mama’s Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note. ophones, clarinet), began playing the saxophone at the University of Scranton commissioned him , Eric Reed, and many more. Mr. Irby toured the United States and the at age six. In 1981, he moved with his family to to compose two separate pieces for their choir In 2006, Mr. Crenshaw joined the Jazz at Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in New York City; by age 16, he was performing and concert band. Additional commissions have Lincoln Center Orchestra. With the Orchestra, 1995, and was previously a member of the Jazz regularly with his parents at the Village Gate. come from Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Goines he has written and performed the piece Bearden at Lincoln Center Orchestra from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Blanding attended LaGuardia High School has recorded and/or performed with many not- (The Block), and he appears on fellow orches- During that tenure, he also recorded and toured of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the inspi- ed jazz and popular artists, including Ahmad tra member Marcus Printup’s album Ballads with Marcus Roberts and , and ration for the TV series Fame) and continued his Jamal, , , Ray All Night. was part of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program. studies at the New School for Social Research, Charles, , , Lenny Following a four-year stint with Mr. Hargrove, receiving his B.F.A. in May 2005. His 1991 de- Kravitz, , Ellis Marsalis, Born in England in 1977, Elliot Mason (trom- Mr. Irby focused on his own group, in addition but release, Tough Young Tenors, was acclaimed Dianne Reeves, Willie Nelson, Marcus Roberts, bone) began trumpet lessons at age four with to being a member of ’s ensemble as one of the best jazz albums of the year, and , and . Currently, he his father. At age seven, he switched his focus and Papo Vazquez’s Pirates Troubadours. Since his artistry began to impress listeners and crit- is Director of Jazz Studies/Professor of Music at from the trumpet to the trombone. At eleven 2003, Mr. Irby has been the regional director for ics alike. Since that time, in addition to joining . Prior to that appoint- years old, he was performing in various venues JazzMasters Workshop, mentoring young chil- the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1998, ment he was, for seven years, the artistic direc- and concentrating on jazz and improvisation. By dren, and a board member for the CubaNOLA he has performed, toured, and/or recorded with tor of the jazz program at the Juilliard School, 16, Mr. Mason left England to join his brother, Collective. After leaving Blue Note, Mr. Irby his own groups and with such renowned artists and a faculty member teaching saxophone and Brad Mason, at the Berklee College of Music formed Black Warrior Records and has released as the Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, clarinet. He has also served on the faculties of on a full tuition scholarship. After graduating, Black Warrior, Faith, Organ Starter, and Live at Hilton Ruiz, , Illinois Florida A&M University, the University of New he moved to New York City. He has won the the Otto Club under the new label. Jacquet Big Band, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Orleans, Loyola University in New Orleans, following awards: Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Roberts, Wynton Marsalis Quintet, and Isaac and Xavier University. He received a Bachelor Soloist (under 25) Award, the prestigious Frank Ted Nash (alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet), Hayes. Mr. Blanding lived in Israel for four years, of Music degree from Loyola University in New Rosolino Award, the International Trombone was born in Los Angeles into a musical fami- where he had a major impact on the music scene, Orleans in 1984 and a Master of Music degree Association’s Under 29 Jazz Trombone com- ly—his father, Dick Nash, and uncle, Ted Nash, touring the country with his own ensemble and from Virginia Commonwealth University in petition, and the Slide Hampton Award in are both well-known jazz and studio musicians. with invited such U.S. artists as , Richmond in 1990. recognition of outstanding performance abili- Mr. Nash exploded onto the jazz scene at the Eric Reed, and Vanessa Rubin. He also taught ties from Berklee. In 2008, Mr. Mason joined early age of 18, moved to New York, and released music in several Israeli schools and even opened Paul Nedzela (baritone & soprano saxophones, Northwestern University’s faculty as the jazz his first album, Conception (Concord Jazz). He his own private school in Tel Aviv. During this bass clarinet) has become one of the top bari- trombone instructor, and he continues to is one of the co-leaders of the Jazz Composers period, Newsweek International described him in tone saxophone players around. He has played be an integral part of the jazz studies pro- Collective, and is constantly pushing the en- a feature article as “Jazz Ambassador to Israel.” with many renowned artists and ensembles, gram. Mr. Mason has performed with Count velope in the world of “traditional jazz.” His including Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Basie Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the group, Odeon, has often been cited as a creative Victor Goines (tenor & soprano saxophones, clar- Bill Charlap, Paquito D’Rivera, Victor Goines, Maria Schneider Orchestra, and the Maynard focus of jazz. Many of Mr. Nash’s recordings inet, bass clarinet), is a native of New Orleans. Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, Roy Haynes,

36 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 37 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Mr. Nimmer has released four of his own al- Diana Krall, and the New York City Ballet. Marsalis, Christian McBride, Eric Reed, Diane bums on the Venus label (Japan). Most recently, his production skills can be heard Reeves, Herlin Riley, Maria Schneider, Frank on ’s GRP release Irreplaceable. Sinatra Jr., The Temptations, the Vanguard Jazz Carlos Henriquez (bass) was born in 1979 Mr. Jackson is also featured on the Wynton Orchestra, , and Max Weinberg. in the Bronx, New York. He began study- Marsalis Quartet’s The Magic Hour (Blue Note, He has performed in Twyla Tharp’s Broadway ing music at a young age, and played guitar 2004), and on Mr. Marsalis’s 2007 album From show Come Fly Away, as well as at major festi- through junior high school, taking up the bass the Plantation to the Penitentiary. He collabo- vals around the world, including the Monterey while enrolled in the Juilliard School’s Music rated with jazz greats Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Jazz Festival, the Banff Music Festival, the Advancement Program. Mr. Henriquez entered Veal, and James Carter on Gold Sounds (Brown International Montreal Jazz Festival, and the LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Brothers, 2005), a project that transformed the American Festival of the Arts in Doha, Qatar. Performing Arts, where he was involved with the alternative rock band Pavement’s songs into Mr. Nedzala has studied with some of the LaGuardia Concert Jazz Ensemble, which went unique virtuosic interpretations, with the atti- foremost baritone saxophonists in the world, on to win first place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tude of the church and the juke joint. He has including, Joe Temperely, Gary Smulyan, and Essentially Ellington competition in 1996. In been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Roger Rosenberg. While pursuing his musical 1998, shortly after graduating from LaGuardia, Orchestra since 2005. Mr. Jackson currently studies, Mr. Nedzala graduated with honors in Mr. Henriquez joined the Wynton Marsalis performs with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet 2006 from McGill University in Montreal with Septet and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Horns in the Hood, and leads his own Ali a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics. A touring the world and being featured on over 25 Jackson Quartet. He also hosted Jammin’ with recipient of the Samuel L. Jackson scholarship records. He has performed with many artists, Jackson, a series for young musicians at Jazz at award, he continued his musical studies at the including Chucho Valdés, Paco de Lucía, Tito Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. He is Juilliard School and graduated with a Master of Puente, the Marsalis family, Willie Nelson, Bob also the voice of “Duck Ellington,” a character Music degree in 2008. Dylan, Stevie Wonder, , and Marc in the Penguin book and music series Baby Loves Anthony. Mr. Henriquez has been a member of Jazz, released in 2006. Dan Nimmer (piano) was born in 1982 in the music faculty at Northwestern University , Wisconsin. With prodigious tech- School of Music since 2008, and was music di- nique and an innate sense of swing, his play- rector for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s ing often recalls that of his own heroes Oscar cultural exchange with the Cuban Institute of Peterson, , Erroll Garner, and Music with Chucho Valdés in 2010. Art Tatum. Mr. Nimmer first studied classical piano and eventually grew interested in jazz. He Ali Jackson (drums) developed his talent on began playing gigs with renowned saxophon- drums at an early age. In 1993, he graduated ist and mentor Berkley Fudge. Mr. Nimmer from Cass Tech High School in Detroit. He studied music at Northern Illinois University was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigious and became one of Chicago’s busiest piano Artserv “Emerging Artist” award in 1998, and players. A year after moving to New York City, was selected as the soloist for the “Beacons of he became a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Jazz” concert honoring legend Max Roach at the Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music the Wynton Marsalis Quintet. Mr. Nimmer in New York. After earning an undergraduate has worked with Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, degree in music composition at the New School, Dianne Reeves, George Benson, , he studied under legendary jazz drummers Elvin , Tom Jones, Benny Golson, Lewis Jones and Max Roach. Mr. Jackson has partici- Nash, , Ed Thigpen, Wessell pated in Young Audiences, a program that edu- “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Fareed Haque, and cates New York City youth about jazz. He has many more. He has appeared on numerous tele- performed and recorded with artists including vision shows, including The Tonight Show with Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha Jay Leno, The Late Show with , Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., The View, The , Live from KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman, Vinx, Abbey Road, and PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center. Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa,

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