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Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 8pm The at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), , Charles McPherson, Marcus Zellerbach Hall composed of 15 of today’s finest jazz soloists and en- Roberts, Geri Allen, , Wallace Roney semble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center and Christian McBride, as well as from current and resident orchestra for over 13 years. Featured in all former JLCO members , Wycliffe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s programming, Gordon, Ted Nash and Ron Westray. Over the last the remarkably versatile JLCO performs and leads few years, the JLCO has performed collaborations with educational events in , across the United with many of the world’s leading symphony or- States and around the world; in concert halls, chestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Wynton Marsalis dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, river boats the Russian National Orchestra, the and churches; and with symphony orchestras, bal- Philharmonic, the Boston, , and let troupes, local students and an ever-expanding symphonies, and the Orchestra Esperimentale in roster of guest artists. Education is a major part São Paolo, Brazil. In 2006, the JLCO collaborated Wynton Marsalis music director, of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission, and its educa- with Ghanaian drum collective Odadaa!, led by James Zollar trumpet tional activities are coordinated with concert and Yacub Addy, to perform Congo Square, a compo- trumpet JLCO tour programming. sition Mr. Marsalis and Mr. Addy co-wrote and trumpet These programs, many of which feature JLCO dedicated to Mr. Marsalis’s native . Vincent R. Gardner members, include the celebrated Jazz for Young The JLCO has also been featured in several Elliot Mason trombone PeopleSM family concert series, the Essentially education and performance residencies in the last Christopher Crenshaw trombone Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & few years, including those in Vienne, Perugia, TM Sherman Irby Festival, the Jazz for Young People Curriculum, Prague, London, Lucerne, Berlin, São Paulo and educational residencies, workshops and concerts Yokohama. Television broadcasts of Jazz at Lincoln Ted Nash alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet for students and adults worldwide. Jazz at Lincoln Center programs have helped broaden the aware- tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet Center educational programs reach over 100,000 ness of its unique efforts in the music. Concerts tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet students, teachers and general audience members. by the JLCO have aired in the United States, baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet The Jazz at Lincoln Center weekly radio series, England, France, Spain, , the Czech Dan Nimmer at Lincoln Center Radio, is distributed by Republic, Portugal, Norway, Brazil, Argentina, Carlos Henriquez bass the WFMT Radio Network. Winner of a 1997 Australia, China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. Ali Jackson drums Peabody Award, Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio Jazz at Lincoln Center has appeared on several is produced in conjunction with Murray Street XM Satellite Radio live broadcasts and seven Live Enterprises, New York. from Lincoln Center broadcasts, carried by PBS Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the stations nationwide; most recently on October Personnel subject to change. JLCO spends over a third of the year on tour. 18, 2004, during the grand opening of Jazz at This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Joseph and Sherry Felson and The performs a vast repertoire, from rare Lincoln Center’s new home, Frederick P. Rose Corporate Sponsor Pacific National Bank. historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center- Hall, and on September 17, 2005, during Jazz at commissioned works, including compositions and Lincoln Center’s Higher Ground Benefit Concert. Cal Performances’ 2009–2010 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank. arrangements by , Count Basie, The benefit concert raised funds for the Higher Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Ground Relief Fund that was established by Jazz Williams, Billy Strayhorn, , Benny at Lincoln Center and administered through the Goodman, Charles Mingus, Sy Oliver, Oliver Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the musi- Key Notes Nelson and many others. Guest conductors have cians, music industry related enterprises and other Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis included , John Lewis, Jimmy Heath, individuals and entities from the areas in Greater Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 5–6:15 pm, Zellerbach Hall Lobby Mezzanine Chico O’Farrill, Ray Santos, Paquito D’Rivera, Jon New Orleans who were impacted by Hurricane Faddis, Robert Sadin, David Berger, Gerald Wilson Katrina and to provide other general hurricane Chuy Varela and Clifford Brown Jr. of KSCM-FM discuss the big-band sound of and Loren Schoenberg. Jazz at Lincoln Center also relief. The band is also featured in the Higher the 21st century as exemplified by Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO. Artists will regularly premieres works commissioned from a Ground Benefit Concert CD that was released participate in the discussion, schedule permitting. variety of composers, including Benny Carter, Joe on following the concert. The Henderson, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Wayne JLCO was featured in a Thirteen/WNET produc- Shorter, Sam Rivers, , Chico O’Farrill, tion of Great Performances entitled Swingin’ with

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Duke: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton recorded many albums, his most recent being He Arts and continued his studies at the New School Vincent R. Gardner (trombone) was born in Marsalis, which aired on PBS. In September 2002, and She (2009) on Blue Note Records. Following for Social Research. Mr. Blanding lived in Israel Chicago in 1972 and raised in Virginia. His fam- BET Jazz premiered a weekly series called Journey Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Marsalis co-wrote a com- for four years, where he had a major impact on the ily had a strong musical background, including with Jazz at Lincoln Center, featuring performances position entitled Congo Square with Ghanaian music scene, inviting great artists such as Louis his mother, his brother and his father, Burgess by the JLCO around the world. drummer Yacub Addy and dedicated the piece to Hayes, Eric Reed and others to perform. He also Gardner, a trumpeter and music educator who has To date, 11 recordings featuring the JLCO with Mr. Marsalis’s native New Orleans. The Jazz at taught in several Israeli schools and toured the been very active on the Chicago music scene since Wynton Marsalis have been released and interna- Lincoln Center Orchestra, in collaboration with country with his ensemble. During this period, the 1960s. Singing in church from an early age, he tionally distributed: Congo Square (2007), Don’t Be Yacub Addy’s group Odadaa!, premiered Congo Newsweek described him as “Jazz’s Ambassador to began playing piano when he was six, and soon Afraid…The Music of Charles Mingus (2005), A Love Square on April 23, 2006 in New Orleans then Israel.” His first recording, Tough Young Tenors, switched to the violin, and French horn Supreme (2005), All Rise (2002), Big Train (1999), performed the piece on tour from Florida to New was acclaimed as one of the best jazz albums of before finally deciding on the trombone at age 12. Sweet Release & Ghost Story (1999), Live in Swing York. Mr. Marsalis is also an internationally re- 1991. Since then, he has performed or recorded Mr. Gardner became interested in jazz while at- City (1999), Jump Start and Jazz (1997), Blood on spected teacher and spokesman for music educa- with many artists, including , the tending high school and upon graduating went the Fields (1997), They Came to Swing (1994), The tion, and has received honorary doctorates from Wynton Marsalis Septet, , Illinois on to Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and Fire of the Fundamentals (1993) and Portraits by dozens of universities and colleges throughout the Jacquet, Eric Reed, and others. His the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. In Ellington (1992). For more information on Jazz at United States. He conducts educational programs latest release, The Olive Tree, features fellow mem- college, he took a summer job performing with Lincoln Center, please visit www.jalc.org. for students of all ages and hosts the popular Jazz bers of the JLCO. a jazz band at Walt Disney World in Orlando, for Young PeopleTM concerts produced by Jazz at where he caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, Lincoln Center. He has also written four books, Christopher Crenshaw (trombone) was born who hired him on his first professional job. After most recently Jazz ABZ, in collaboration with Phil on December 20, 1982. He is originally from graduating in 1996, he moved to New York to Schapp and illustrated by poster artist Paul Rogers. Thomson, Georgia, and currently resides in Saint pursue his professional career. Mr. Gardner has In 2001, Mr. Marsalis was appointed Messenger of Albans, New York. Ever since he was born, mu- performed, toured and/or recorded with the Duke Peace by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of sic has been his driving force. His mother Jeanette Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, the Count the United Nations, and he has also been desig- says that he did not speak a word until his sister Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster, the Glenn Miller nated cultural ambassador to the United States of Christian was born. He grew up with music all Orchestra, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest, America by the U.S. State Department through around him and of various influences and started Nancy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, , their CultureConnect program. Mr. Marsalis playing piano on his own at age three. Teachers , Wynton Marsalis, Tommy serves on Lieutenant Governor Landrieu’s National and students noticed his gift throughout his Flanagan, Marcus Roberts, Matchbox 20, Jimmy

Clay McBride Advisory Board for Culture, Recreation and schooling. His first gig was as a keyboardist in his Heath, Lauryn Hill and others. He has been a Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Artistic Director of Tourism, a national advisory board created to re- father’s gospel group called the Echoes of Joy. Mr. member of the JLCO since 2000. Jazz at Lincoln Center, was born in New Orleans, build Louisiana’s tourism and cultural economies. Crenshaw picked up the trombone at 11 years old Louisiana, in 1961. Mr. Marsalis began his classi- He has also been named to the Bring New Orleans and hasn’t let go of it since. Receiving top honors Victor Goines (tenor and soprano saxophones, cal training on trumpet at age 12 and soon began Back Commission, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray along the way, he graduated from Thomson High flute, clarinet, bass clarinet), has been a member of playing in local bands of diverse genres. He en- Nagin’s initiative to help rebuild New Orleans School in 2001 and from Valdosta State University the JLCO and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since tered The Juilliard School at age 17 and joined Art culturally, socially, economically, and uniquely for with a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance in 1993, touring throughout the world and appear- Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Mr. Marsalis has every citizen. He helped lead the effort to construct 2005. He received top honors at VSU, including ing on over 20 recordings, including Mr. Marsalis’s recorded more than 30 jazz and classical record- Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home—Frederick P. Most Outstanding Student in the VSU Music Pulitzer Prize-winning (1997) ings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. Rose Hall—the first education, performance and Department and College of the Arts. He is cur- and Ken Burns’s acclaimed documentaries, Jazz In 1983, he became the first and only artist to win broadcast facility devoted to jazz, which opened in rently pursuing a master’s degree in jazz studies at and Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack both classical and jazz Grammies in the same October 2004. The Juilliard School. Mr. Crenshaw was the 2004 Johnson. He is an acclaimed solo artist and leads his year and repeated this feat in 1984. Mr. Marsalis’s Eastern Trombone Workshop National Jazz Solo own quartet and quintet. As a leader, Mr. Goines rich body of compositions includes Sweet Release, Walter Blanding (tenor and soprano saxophones, Competition winner. His teachers include Douglas has five recordings, the latest beingNew Adventures, Jazz: Six Syncopated Movements, Jump Start, Citi clarinet) was born on August 14, 1971, in Cleveland, Farwell and , and he has worked released in 2006 by Criss Cross Records. In 2000, Movement/Griot New York, At the Octoroon Balls, Ohio, to a musical family and began playing the with the likes of Gerald Wilson, Wynton Marsalis, Mr. Goines was commissioned by Juilliard’s Dance In This House, On This Morning and Big Train. In saxophone at age six. In 1981, Mr. Blanding moved Marcus Printup, Vincent Gardner, Wycliffe Division to compose a work in celebration of its 1997, Mr. Marsalis became the first jazz artist to with his family to , and by age 16, Gordon, Jiggs Whigham, , Victor 50th anniversary. His composition Base Line was be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in mu- he was performing regularly with his parents at the Goines, Marc Cary, Walter Blanding, Wessell premiered in 2002 to support the original chore- sic, for his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was Village Gate. Mr. Blanding attended LaGuardia Anderson, and Eric Reed. ography by Juilliard alumnus Robert Battle. Born commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has High School for Music & Art and the Performing in 1961 and raised in New Orleans, Mr. Goines

24 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 25 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS began studying clarinet at age eight. He received a Sherman Irby (saxophones) was born and raised release Irreplaceable. Mr. Jackson is also featured the Mason Brothers, won the national competition Bachelor of Music Education degree from Loyola in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and chose the viola as his on the Wynton Marsalis Quartet’s The Magic Hour a second time. At age 16, Mr. Mason left England University in New Orleans in 1984, and a Master first instrument. Encouraged by his mother to ex- (2004). Mr. Jackson collaborated with jazz greats to join his brother at the of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth plore music, Mr. Irby later studied the guitar and , and in on a full scholarship, where he University in Richmond in 1990. In addition to piano, which he played in church. Although he on Gold Sounds (2005), a recording project that met and studied with Hal Crook and , performing, Mr. Goines is deeply committed to his studied classical music in school and played gos- transformed indie alternative rock band Pavement’s among others. In 1994, Mr. Mason won the pres- work in jazz education, and became an education pel music in church and R&B at dances, he was songs into unique virtuosic interpretations with the tigious Award for outstanding consultant for Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1998 and influenced by listening to Charlie Parker to turn to attitude of the church and juke joint. Mr. Jackson trombone performance abilities, and was invited to is a member of Juilliard’s Jazz Studies faculty. He jazz. At Clark-Atlanta University, he played in the currently performs with the JLCO, the Wynton perform at the International Trombone Workshop. is Juilliard’s first Director of Jazz Studies and con- school jazz orchestra and performed with Lionel Marsalis Quintet, “phenom ensemble,” Horns in At 18, he won the ITW’s Under 29 Jazz Trombone ductor of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, an integral Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Rouse and the Hood and leads his own Ali Jackson Quartet. competition, as well as the Award part of Juilliard’s two jazz programs: the Institute Kenny Burrell. In 1994, he moved to New York He also hosts “Jammin’ with Jackson” a series for in recognition of outstanding performance abilities for Jazz Studies and the new Bachelor of Music de- and played with the Boys Choir of Harlem, and young musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy from Berklee. After graduating from Berklee in gree in Jazz Studies. Mr. Goines has been a mem- the following year he landed the second alto chair Club Coca-Cola. He is also the voice of “Duck 1996, Mr. Mason moved to New York City, where ber of the faculties of Florida A&M University, with the JLCO. In 1996 and 1997, he participat- Ellington,” a character in the Penguin book series he distinguished himself as a respected and highly University of New Orleans, Loyola University and ed in ’s Jazz Ahead program. He has Baby Loves Jazz, released in summer 2006. in demand trombone and bass trumpet player. In Xavier University, and has conducted clinics and toured with Marcus Roberts and worked with Ann 2007, Mr. Mason was invited to become a mem- workshops around the world. Mr. Goines has re- Hampton-Callaway, the Brooklyn Philharmonic Ryan Kisor (trumpet) was born in 1973 in Sioux ber of the JLCO. While a permanent performer corded and/or performed with Terence Blanchard, and New York City Ballet. Also in 1997, Mr. Irby City, Iowa, and began playing trumpet at age four. with JLCO, Mr. Mason continues to co-lead the Ellis Marsalis, Bo Diddley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie joined Roy Hargrove’s band, performing in the In 1990, he won first prize at the Thelonious Monk Mason Brothers Band with his brother, Brad. Green, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Grammy-winning Crisol project and touring with Institute’s first annual Trumpet Mr. Mason’s career includes performances with Ross, Branford Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Ray Mr. Hargrove’s group for the following three years. Competition. Mr. Kisor enrolled in the Manhattan the , Maynard Ferguson Big Charles, , Bob Dylan, James Mr. Irby has released three records to date: Full School of Music in 1991, where he studied with Bop Nouveau, Mingus Big Band, Maria Schneider Moody, and a host of other re- Circle (Blue Note), Big Mama’s Biscuits (Blue Note) trumpeter . He has performed and/or Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra, George nowned musicians. and Black Warrior (BWR). The New York Times recorded with the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Gruntz Concert Jazz Band and the Temptations. voted Big Mama’s Biscuits as one of the top 10 re- Orchestra, , , Charlie He has also performed with Jessica Simpson, Carlos Henriquez (bass) was born in 1979 in the cords of 1998. He continues to tour with his own Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, the Carnegie Queen Latifah, , Shirley Bassey, Bronx, New York. After having studied classical group and promote Black Warrior. Hall Jazz Band, the Philip Morris Jazz All-Stars , Glenn Close, Natalie Cole, Wynton guitar in junior high school, he started playing and others. As well as being an active sideman, Marsalis, Randy Brecker, Chris Potter, Mike Stern, bass at The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Ali Jackson (drums) developed his talent on Mr. Kisor has recorded several albums as a leader, Hiram Bullock, , Airto Moreira, John Program. Mr. Henriquez entered LaGuardia High drums at an early age. In 1993, he graduated from including Battle Cry (1997), The Usual Suspects Abercrombie, Abe Laboriel, Jeff Ballad, Victor School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Cass Tech High School and was the recipient of (1998) and Point of Arrival (2000). He has been a Lewis, Gary Husband, Kenny Wheeler, Claudio where he performed in the LaGuardia Concert Michigan’s prestigious Artserv “Emerging Artist” member of the JLCO since 1994. Roditi, , Slide Hampton, Carl Jazz Ensemble, which earned first place in the award in 1998. As a child, he was selected as the Fontana, Bill Watrous, Matthew Garrison, Lionel Jazz at Lincoln Center First Annual Essentially soloist for the “Beacons of Jazz” concert at New Elliot Mason (trombone), born in England in Loueke and Gregoire Maret. Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition School University that honored drummer Max 1977, began trumpet lessons with his father at age and Festival in 1996, and second place the follow- Roach. After earning an undergraduate degree in four and at age seven took up the piano. However, Ted Nash (saxophones, clarinets and flutes) was ing year. Mr. Henriquez has performed with art- music composition at the New School, he studied struck with an overwhelming curiosity in his fa- born in Los Angeles into a musical family—his ists as diverse as Steve Turre, Eddie Palmieri, Tito under and Mr. Roach. Mr. Jackson ther’s trombone, young Mason soon switched father, Dick Nash, and uncle, Ted Nash, were well- Puente, Carlos Santana and George Benson. He has been part of Young Audiences, a program his focus from the trumpet. As an 11-year-old, known jazz and studio musicians. He first came to traveled with the JLCO during its 20-city summer that educates New York City youth about jazz. Mr. Mason was already performing as a trombon- New York at age 18 and soon released, Conception, 1998 tour of the United States, Canada and Japan. He has performed and recorded with artists in- ist in dance halls, theaters, clubs and pubs, covering his first album as a leader. During his first three He was also featured on the JLCO fall 1998 world cluding Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, all styles of music but concentrating primarily on years in New York, he became a regular member tour, which traveled to 33 cities in Europe, South Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, jazz and improvisation. In 1992, at 15, he won the of the Gerry Mulligan Big Band, the National Jazz America and the United States. Since then, he has Jr., KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman, national Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Soloist (under Ensemble and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, the recorded, toured and performed with such artists Vinx, conductor Seiji Ozawa, and 25) Award and was featured at John Dankworth’s latter an association that would last for more than as Wynton Marsalis, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Danilo New York City Ballet. Most recently, his produc- Wavendon Jazz School. Entering alternate age cat- 10 years. It was in this fertile environment that Pérez and Celia Cruz. tion skills can be heard on George Benson’s GRP egories the next year, Elliot and his brother Brad, as Mr. Nash began to write his first arrangements. In

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1994, Mr. Nash was commissioned by the Davos Marcus Printup (trumpet) was born and raised an original member of the JLCO, and serves on the Music Festival (Switzerland) to compose for a in Conyers, Georgia. His first musical experiences faculty of the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies. string quartet in a jazz setting. This commission were hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang was the inspiration for Mr. Nash’s CD Rhyme in church, and he later discovered jazz as a senior James Zollar (trumpet) began his musical career and Reason, which was voted one of the top five in high school. While attending the University of at age nine, playing bugle in his hometown of CDs of 1999 by JazzTimes magazine. Currently, North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated to the trum- Mr. Nash is a member of both the JLCO and International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet com- pet at age 12, discovering his musical voice and fo- the Jazz Composers Collective, a musician-run, petition. In 1991, Mr. Printup’s life changed dra- cus. He attended San Diego City College and UC non-profit organization dedicated to presenting matically when he met his mentor, pianist Marcus San Diego. While in college, Mr. Zollar honed his the original works of composers who are pushing Roberts. Mr. Roberts introduced him to Wynton chops with various and jazz bands, which led the boundaries of their self-expression. His CDs Marsalis, which led to his induction into the him to form his own straight-ahead jazz quintet. have received many awards, including top 10 CD JLCO in 1993. Mr. Printup has performed and/ In 1984, he moved to New York City and played lists in The New York Times, The Village Voice, The or recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, with the Cecil McBee Quintet for five years and Boston Globe, New York Newsday, The New Yorker, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon and recorded with Tom Harrell, Weldon Erving and Down Beat and JazzTimes. Mr. Nash has been cited Mr. Roberts, among others. Mr. Printup has also Sam Rivers. Mr. Zollar was featured in Robert as “rising star” in the tenor sax category of 2003 released several recordings as a leader, Song for the Altman’s motion picture Kansas City, Madonna’s Down Beat Critics’ Poll. His most recent release, Beautiful Woman, Unveiled, Hub Songs, Nocturnal music video “My Baby’s Got a Secret,” Malcolm La Espada de la Noche (2005), featuring his band Traces and his most recent, The New Boogaloo. He Lee’s motion picture The Best Man and on the Odeon, has received significant critical acclaim made his screen debut in the 1999 movie Playing by soundtrack of The Perez Family. He is also proud and quickly moved to the top position on the CMJ Heart and recorded on the film’s soundtrack. to be included in The Biographical Encyclopedia of radio chart. Jazz (Oxford University Press, 1999). Mr. Zollar Joe Temperley (baritone and soprano saxophones, has been a featured soloist in the Jon Faddis and Dan Nimmer (piano) was born in , bass clarinet) was born in Scotland and first Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestras and the JLCO with Wisconsin, in 1982. He began playing the piano at achieved prominence in the United Kingdom in Wynton Marsalis. He currently performs in a wide age 10. His family inherited a piano and he started 1958 as a member of Humphrey Lyttelton’s band, range of musical settings, including the Duke playing by ear. Soon Mr. Nimmer was given clas- which toured the United States in 1959. In 1965, he Ellington Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, sical lessons, and at age 15 he began to study jazz came to New York City, where he performed and/ Don Byron’s bands, the Marty Ehrlich Sextet and at the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music. His par- or recorded with Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Joe Latin piano master Eddie Palmieri. ents took him to local jazz clubs so that he could Henderson, Duke Pearson, the Jazz Composer’s hear the music and eventually had opportunities Orchestra, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra to sit in and meet people. It was not long before he and , among many others. In October started working with his mentor, Milwaukee saxo- 1974, he toured and recorded with the Duke Brooks Brothers is the official clothier of the Jazz at phone legend Berkley Fudge. Upon graduation Ellington Orchestra as a replacement for Harry Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. from high school, Mr. Nimmer studied music at Carney. In the 1980s, Mr. Temperley performed Northern Illinois University for two years, work- in the Broadway show Sophisticated Ladies, and his ing in Chicago clubs nightly and expanding his film soundtrack credits include The Cotton Club, contacts and repertoire. He joined guitarist Fareed Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, When Harry Haque’s band, with whom he has toured and re- Met Sally and Tune in Tomorrow, with a score com- corded ever since. Mr. Nimmer moved to New posed by Wynton Marsalis. Mr. Temperley is a York City in January 2004 and began working with mentor and a co-founder of the FIFE Youth Jazz Wynton Marsalis in March 2005. Mr. Nimmer has Orchestra program in Scotland, which now enrolls appeared at the Montreux, Vienne and North Sea 70 young musicians ages 7 to 17 playing in three jazz festivals. He has shared the stage with Curtis full-size bands. He has released several albums as a Fuller, Benny Golson, Larry Ridley, Ed Thigpen, leader, including Nightingale (1991), Sunbeam and Frank Wess, Fareed Haque, Wess Anderson, Thundercloud with pianist Dave McKenna (1996), Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling and Carl Allen, and With Every Breath (1998) and Double Duke among others. (1999) with several fellow JLCO members. He is

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