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Tangtewqpd 19 3 7-1987 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Saturday, 29 August at 8:30 The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased to present WYNTON MARSALIS An evening ofjazz. Week 9 Wynton Marsalis at this year's awards to win in the last four consecutive years. An exclusive CBS Masterworks and Columbia Records recording artist, Wynton made musical history at the 1984 Grammy ceremonies when he became the first instrumentalist to win awards in the categories ofjazz ("Best Soloist," for "Think of One") and classical music ("Best Soloist With Orches- tra," for "Trumpet Concertos"). He won Grammys again in both categories in 1985, for "Hot House Flowers" and his Baroque classical album. In the past four years he has received a combined total of fifteen nominations in the jazz and classical fields. His latest album, During the 1986-87 season Wynton "Marsalis Standard Time, Volume I," Marsalis set the all-time record in the represents the second complete album down beat magazine Readers' Poll with of the Wynton Marsalis Quartet—Wynton his fifth consecutive "Jazz Musician of on trumpet, pianist Marcus Roberts, the Year" award, also winning "Best Trum- bassist Bob Hurst, and drummer Jeff pet" for the same years, 1982 through "Tain" Watts. 1986. This was underscored when his The second of six sons of New Orleans album "J Mood" earned him his seventh jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, Wynton grew career Grammy, at the February 1987 up in a musical environment. He played ceremonies, making him the only artist first trumpet in the New Orleans Civic Orchestra throughout high school, and Vaughan, a performance later televised in 1979, when he was seventeen, he was on the PBS series "Evening at Pops." a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Wynton's interest in education has led Center, where he received the Harry to lecture appearances and his participa- Shapiro Award for Outstanding Brass tion in numerous college workshops and Player, and where he has established a seminars, including Columbia College Wynton Marsalis Fellowship intended to in Chicago, Clark in Atlanta, the foster opportunity for talented young Eastman School of Music in Rochester, minority students. At eighteen, Wynton Georgia Tech, Duke Ellington High began attending Juilliard, and he was School of Music in Washington, D.C., soon making appearances with many of Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the jazz greats, including Art Blakey and Florida A&M in Tallahassee, and Lincoln the Jazz Messengers, Sarah Vaughan, University in Pennsylvania, among Sonny Rollins, and Herbie Hancock's others. He has performed at major jazz VSOP Quintet. His 1982 debut album, festivals throughout the country, ap- "Wynton Marsalis," was named "Jazz LP pears frequently at benefit concerts, and of the Year" by down beat, Stereo Review, was a judge at the 1983 Notre Dame and other publications; it also earned him Collegiate Jazz Festival. With his albums his first Grammy nomination. Wynton's "Black Codes (From the Underground)" Grammy-winning classical albums have and "J Mood" he has also gained increas- also won several other top international ing attention as a composer. In 1986, awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Philadelphia's "Inroads" organization, and an Edison Award. As a classical which creates career opportunities for artist, he has performed with many of college-bound inner city students, the world's great orchestras, including awarded him its Award for Excellence. those of Philadelphia, Cleveland, New Also that year he was nominated for the York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, NAACP's nineteenth annual "Image" Pittsburgh, Toronto, St. Louis, Detroit, award. This past June, CBS Records Atlanta, and Vancouver, under many of honored him "for his esteemed achieve- the world's most eminent conductors. In ments, his musical vision, and his dedica- 1984 he opened the Boston Pops season tion to the education and spirit of young with conductor John Williams and Sarah musicians." . lmwrA HMlilBLS condominiu in a landscaj of majestic pines and dramatic mountain views . less than " ' 7 w - ! l\ . ' . V'"' V Nothing compares "&' to... i li .*&**<«* tj^' 15. Ss^ ' (,' ' -J ft- 1 White '* f* : C* !*-« Pines country estate condominiums at Stockbridge Call our sales agent for an appointment: Reinholt Realty Stockbridge—298-3664 Lenox— 637-1251 White Pines— 637-1140 Or write: P.O. Box 529, Hawthorne Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262 Featured in g|je JfrUf JJork Sime0 Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Sixth Season, 1986-87 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leo L. Beranek, Honorary Chairman George H. Kidder, President NelsonJ. Darling, Jr., Chairman J. P. Barger, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John M. Bradley, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Mrs. George L. Sargent, Vice-Chairman Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Roderick M. MacDougall David B. Arnold, Jr. Archie C. Epps Mrs. August R. Meyer Mrs. Norman L. Cahners Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick E.James Morton George H.A. Clowes, Jr. Avram J. Goldberg David G. Mugar William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. John L. Grandin Mrs. George R. Rowland Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman John Hoyt Stookey Trustees Emeriti Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Thomas D. Perry, Jr. Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Irving W. Rabb Richard P. Chapman Albert L. Nickerson Paul C. Reardon Abram T. Collier John T. Noonan Sidney Stoneman Mrs. Harris Fahnestock John L. Thorndike Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Jay B. Wailes, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. Gustin, Assistant Managing Director Michael G. McDonough, Director of Finance and Business Affairs Anne H. Parsons, Orchestra Manager Costa Pilavachi, Artistic Administrator Caroline Smedvig, Director ofPromotion Josiah Stevenson, Director ofDevelopment Robert Bell, Data Processing Manager Marc Mandel, Publications Coordinator Helen P. Bridge, Director ofVolunteers Richard Ortner, Administrator of Madelyne Codola Cuddeback, Director Tanglewood Music Center of Corporate Development Nancy E. Phillips, Media and Vera Gold, Assistant Director ofPromotion Production Manager, Patricia F. Halligan, Personnel Administrator Boston Symphony Orchestra Nancy A. Kay, Director of Sales Charles Rawson, Manager ofBox Office John M. Keenum, Director of James Ross, Production Manager, Foundation Support Boston Pops James F. Kiley, Facilities Manager, Joyce M. Serwitz, Assistant Director Tanglewood ofDevelopment Anita R. Kurland, Administrator of Susan E. Tomlin, Director ofAnnual Giving Youth Activities James E. Whitaker, Chief Coordinator, Steven Ledbetter, Musicologist fcf Tanglewood Music Center Program Annotator Programs copyright ®1987 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Wondriska Associates Inc. OZAWA AND THE BSO: 15 EXTRAORDINARY YEARS AT SYMPHONY HALL AND CARNEGIE HALL. SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE 1987-88 SEASON! Join Music Director Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall for a 23-week season of magnificent music. In addition, Ozawa and the BSO will present their traditional three-concert series at Carnegie Hall, featuring appearances by Murray Perahia and Peter Serkin. For complete ticket and program information for the BSO's Boston and New York seasons write: BSO, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 02115 or call Symphony Hall, (617) 266-1492. Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Avram J. Goldberg Chairman Mrs. Carl Koch Ray Stata Mrs. Gordon F. Kingsley Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary John Q. Adams Gerhard M. Freche Richard P. Morse Mrs. Weston W. Adams Dean Freed Mrs. Thomas S. Morse Martin Allen Mrs. Thomas J. Galligan Mrs. Robert B. Newman Mrs. David Bakalar Mrs. Thomas Gardiner Mrs. Hiroshi Nishino Bruce A. Beal Mrs. James G. Garivaltis Vincent M. O'Reilly Mrs. Richard Bennink Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg Stephen Paine, Sr. Peter A. Brooke Jordan L. Golding John A. Perkins William M. Bulger Haskell R. Gordon Daphne Brooks Prout Mary Louise Cabot Mrs. R. Douglas Hall III Robert E. Remis Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Joseph M. Henson Mrs. Peter van S. Rice James F. Cleary Arnold Hiatt David Rockefeller, Jr. John F. Cogan, Jr. Mrs. Richard D. Hill John Ex Rodgers Julian Cohen Glen H. Hiner Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld William H. Congleton Mrs. Marilyn B. Hoffman Mrs. William C. Rousseau Walter J. Connolly, Jr. Ronald A. Homer Mrs. William H. Ryan Mrs. A. Werk Cook H. Eugene Jones Mrs. Raymond H. Schneider Albert C. Cornelio Howard Kaufman Gene Shalit Phyllis Curtin Richard L. Kaye Mark L. Selkowitz A.V. dArbeloff Robert D. King Malcolm L. Sherman Mrs. Michael H. Davis Robert K. Kraft W. Davies Sohier, Jr. Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett John P. LaWare Ralph Z. Sorenson Ms. Phyllis Dohanian Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt William F. Thompson Harriett Eckstein Laurence Lesser MarkTishler,Jr. Mrs. Alexander Ellis R. Willis Leith, Jr. Mrs. An Wang Edward Eskandarian Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Roger D. Wellington Katherine Fanning Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Thomas H.R Whitney John A. Fibiger Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Kenneth G. Fisher C. Charles Marran Brunetta Wolfman Peter M. Flanigan Nicholas T. Zervas Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Frank G. Allen Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Stephen V.C. Morris Hazen H. Ayer Leonard Kaplan David R. Pokross Paul Fromm Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Officers of the Boston Symphony Association ofVolunteers Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett President Ms. Phyllis Dohanian Ms. Helen Doyle Executive Vice-President Secretary Mr. Goetz B. Eaton Mrs. SeaburyT. Short, Jr. Treasurer Nominating Chairman Vice-Presidents Mrs. Ray A. Goldberg, Fundraising Projects Mrs. Jeffrey Millman, Membership Ms. Kathleen Heck, Development Services Mrs. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr., Public Relations Mrs. James T Jensen, Hall Services Mrs. Thomas Walker, Regions Mrs. Eugene Leibowitz, Tanglewood Ms. Margaret Williams, Youth Mrs. Robert L. Singleton, Tanglewood Activities and Adult Education Chairmen of Regions Mrs.