Juilliard Jazz Ensembles

The Juilliard School Presents Juilliard Jazz Ensembles Monday, January 29, 2018, 7:30pm Paul Hall The Music of Miles Davis Wynton Marsalis, Guest Coach Dizzy Gillespie Ensemble Swing Spring (Miles Davis, arr. Joel Wenhardt) Flamenco Sketches (Miles Davis and Bill Evans, arr.Andrea Domenici) Nardis (Miles Davis, arr. Jeffery Miller) Paraphernalia (Wayne Shorter, arr. Adam Olszewski) Half Nelson (Miles Davis, arr. David Milazzo) David Milazzo, Alto Saxophone Anthony Hervey, Trumpet Jeffery Miller, Trombone Andrea Domenici, Piano Joel Wenhardt, Piano Adam Olszewski, Bass Cameron MacIntosh, Drums Elio Villafranca, Resident Coach Intermission (Program continues) Juilliard gratefully acknowledges the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, for their generous support of Juilliard Jazz. Major funding for establishing Paul Recital Hall and for continuing access to its series of public programs has been granted by The Bay Foundation and the Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation in memory of Josephine Bay Paul. Please make certain that all electronic devices are turned off during the performance. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not permitted in this auditorium. 1 The Dave Brubeck Ensemble Dig (Miles Davis, arr. Dave Brubeck Ensemble) Fall (Wayne Shorter, arr. Dave Brubeck Ensemble) Milestones (Miles Davis, arr. Dave Brubeck Ensemble) Circle (Miles Davis, arr. Dave Brubeck Ensemble) So Near, So Far (Tony Crombie and Bennie Green, arr. Dave Brubeck Ensemble) Zoe Obadia, Alto Saxophone Noah Halpern, Trumpet Jasim Perales, Trombone Joseph Block, Piano Isaiah Thompson, Piano Adam Olszewski, Bass Francesco Ciniglio, Drums Helen Sung, Resident Coach Program order and selections are subject to change. Changes will be announced from the stage. Performance time: approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission About Jazz Ensembles at Juilliard Beginning this season Juilliard Jazz has named each of our small ensembles after a jazz legend. This does not mean the named ensemble will solely perform the works of that artist, but, invoking these names reminds us, and our audience, of our music’s great history and its interconnectedness. In addition, ensemble coaches will incorporate important aspects of each artist’s work, into their ensemble teaching throughout the year. The named ensembles and their coaches are: The Dave Brubeck Ensemble, in the spirit of integrating arts, coached by Helen Sung; The Jelly Roll Morton Ensemble, in the spirit of interpreting the original meanings of jazz, coached by Doug Wamble; The Dizzy Gillespie Ensemble, in the spirit of innovation, dance, Afro-Latin music, humor, and teaching, coached by Elio Villafranca; The Max Roach Ensemble, in the spirit of Civil Rights experimentation and understanding of the African Diaspora, coached by Ulysses Owens Jr.; The Mary Lou Williams Ensemble, in the spirit of stride piano, arranging and intellectual discourse on music techniques and meaning, coached by Bruce Williams; The Duke Ellington Ensemble (Artist Diploma Ensemble), in the spirit of being ambassadors to the world, coached by Ben Wolfe. 2 Meet the Coaches Wynton Marsalis A world-renowned trumpeter, composer, educator, and leading advocate of American culture, Wynton Marsalis is director of jazz studies at Juilliard and managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans in 1961, he made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and has since recorded more than 80 jazz and classical recordings, and has won nine Grammy Awards. In 1983 he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year. Today he is the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards in five consecutive years (1983–87). Mr. Marsalis is the recipient of honorary doctorates from over 25 of America’s top academic institutions including Columbia, Harvard, Howard, Princeton, and Yale. His creativity has been celebrated the world over. In 1997 he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields. In 2001 he was appointed Messenger of Peace by Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, and in 2005, Mr. Marsalis received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. government. In September 2016 he received the National Humanities Medal for his work inspiring music lovers everywhere to embrace America’s quintessential sound. Mr. Marsalis has authored six books including Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits, Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life, and most recently, Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!. Mr. Marsalis helped lead the effort to construct Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home—the Frederick P. Rose Hall, which opened its doors in 2004. 3 Meet the Coaches Helen Sung Helen Sung, born in Houston, Tex., has worked with artists including the late Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Steve Turre, Wayne Shorter, and Regina Carter. She has appeared at festivals in Newport, Monterey, Detroit, and San Francisco. With her NuGenerations Project, she toured southern Africa as a U.S. State Department jazz ambassador. Her international engagements include the London Jazz Festival and Shanghai’s JZ Festival. She appears regularly with ensembles including the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty Band, T.S. Monk Band, and Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project. As a composer, she was awarded a 2014 Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation New Jazz Works grant. With five albums as leader, Sung’s Anthem for a New Day (2014) is her major label debut on Concord Records. Sung completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and her graduate studies at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory. She has been a faculty member at Juilliard since the fall of 2015. Elio Villafranca Pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was born in the Pinar del Río province of Cuba and is a Steinway Artist and the 2014 Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) Millennium Swing Award recipient. Classically trained in percussion and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, he arrived in the U.S. in 1995. Last year, he was among five pianists chosen by Chick Corea to perform at the first Chick Corea Jazz Festival at JALC. His concert Letters to Mother Africa was selected by New York City Jazz Record as one of the top concerts of 2016. He received a 2010 Grammy Award nomination in the best Latin jazz album of the year category. In 2008, Jazz Corner nominated him as pianist of the year. That same year Mr. Villafranca was honored with the BMI Jazz Guaranty Award and received the first NFA/Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant for the creation of his Concerto for Mariachi. In 2003 his first album,Incantations/Encantaciones was ranked among the 50 best jazz albums of the year by Jazz Times magazine. Mr. Villafranca’s Caribbean Tinge, received a 2014 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik nomination, and over the years he has recorded and performed nationally and internationally as a leader, in collaborations featuring jazz master artists including Wynton Marsalis, Pat Martino, Terell Stafford, Billy Hart, Paquito D’Rivera, Eric Alexander, Lewis Nash, David Murray, and Jon Faddis. Based in New York, he is a faculty member at Temple University, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard..

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