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This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Amy & Joseph Perella. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and Irwin B. Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Endowment support is provided by Bank of America. Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts. Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and zabars.com. MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center. United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center. WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center. William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center.

UPCOMING AMERICAN SONGBOOK EVENTS IN THE APPEL ROOM:

Saturday Evening, February 7, at 8:30 Danny Rivera & Nelson González: Obsesión

Wednesday Evening, February 11, at 8:30 Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine—A Dedication to Nina Simone

Thursday Evening, February 12, at 8:30 San Fermin with Metropolis Ensemble

Friday Evening, February 13, at 8:30 Talib Kweli

Saturday Evening, February 14, at 8:30 Dawn Landes

The Appel Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.

For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information.

Join the conversation: #LCSongbook

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces . The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. 02-06 Hilty_GP2 copy 1/27/15 1:27 PM Page 3

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M Broadway performer and television actress Megan Hilty has had a fast ride to the top. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in theater, she immediately landed the role of Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, later performing the role on tour and in the Los Angeles pro - duction. Her next role was Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5 , for which she was nominated for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Ovation awards in the category of Best Actress in a Musical.

Busy making guest appearances on television shows, Ms. Hilty joined the cast of NBC’s Smash in 2011 as Ivy Lynn, an actress desperate to land the lead in a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. In between seasons, Ms. Hilty starred in the New York City Center Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , earning stellar notices. Since then, Ms. Hilty has starred in NBC’s sitcom Sean Saves the World opposite her Smash co- star Sean Hayes. She regularly performs with orchestras across the coun - try, and her solo show, including its sold-out Carnegie Hall debut, has received critical acclaim. Her solo album, It Happens All the Time , is avail - able on Sony.

Matt Cusson

Matt Cusson (piano) is an award-winning singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and performs all over the world. Mr. Cusson has shared the stage with artists such as Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Megan Hilty, The Roots, Christina Aguilera, and many others. He won the 2008 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, receiv - ing the Maxell Song of the Year award, and has been nominated for Billboard and two Los Angeles Music Awards. He placed second in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition. Mr. Cusson has also appeared on television shows such as The View , The Tonight Show with 02-06 Hilty_GP2 copy 1/27/15 1:27 PM Page 4

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Jay Leno , the Rachael Ray Show , Live with Kelly and Michael , and The Millionaire Matchmaker . A native of Pittsfield, Massa chussetts, Mr. Cusson released a new single, “Leaving L.A.,” in 2013 and is currently working on his sophomore album, as well as a full-length follow-up to his critically acclaimed Christmas EP, It’s Christmas Time .

Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher (guitar) is an actor, guitarist, and singer-songwriter from New York City. He spent the better part of last year touring with his wife, Megan Hilty, and writing/recording a new solo album called All That’s Ahead . Recent theatrical credits include the Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde and the New York premiere of Chix 6 .

Dennis Michael Keefe

Dennis Michael Keefe (bass) plays bass for Megan Hilty and other singers and songwriters, including Joe Iconis, Lauren Marcus, and Rob Rokicki. He has also been known to play the saxophone, act onstage, and produce a record every now and then.

Jack DeBoe

Jack DeBoe (percussion) is a drummer, record producer, and engineer cur - rently residing in Boston. He has performed and/or recorded with artists across different genres, such as Emily King, The Shady Horns, Matt Cusson, Taj Mahal, and Will Champlin, among others.

Matt Berman

Matt Berman is the resident lighting designer for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook. He continues his design work for Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Minnelli, Kaye Ballard, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Salonga, and Elaine Paige on the road. Through his work with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and several U.S.-based charities, Mr. Berman has designed for a starry roster that includes Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire, Melissa Errico, Deborah Voigt, Michael Urie, Stevie Wonder, India Arie, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and Sting. His international touring schedule has allowed him to design for iconic venues such as Royal Albert Hall, the Paris Opera, the Olympia Theater in Paris, Royal Carré Theater in Amsterdam, the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, the Acropolis, the Taormina Amphitheater in Sicily, Luna Park in Buenos Aires, the Sydney Opera House, 02-06 Hilty_GP2 copy 1/27/15 1:27 PM Page 5

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and, closer to home, the Hollywood Bowl, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Berman’s television work includes Chenoweth’s recently released special Coming Home , as well as seven Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts and the Tony Award –winning Liza’s at the Palace , which he also designed for Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Bea Arthur on Broadway , Nancy LaMott’s Just in Time for Christmas , and Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony at the Belasco Theater.

Scott Stauffer

Scott Stauffer has been the sound designer for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook (1999–2015); the Actors Fund concerts of Frank Loesser , Broadway 101 , Hair, and On the Twentieth Century ; and Brian Stokes Mitchell at Carnegie Hall. His Broadway credits include A Free Man of Color , The Rivals , Contact (also in London and Tokyo), Marie Christine , Twelfth Night , and Jekyll & Hyde . Off-Broadway Mr. Stauffer has worked on Hereafter , A Minister’s Wife , Bernarda Alba , Third , Belle Epoque , Big Bill , Elegies , Hello Again , The Spitfire Grill , Pageant , and Hedwig and the Angry Inch . His regional credits include pro - ductions at the Hanger Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Alley Theatre. As a sound engineer, Mr. Stauffer has worked on The Lion King , Juan Darién , Chronicle of a Death Foretold , Carousel , Once on This Island , and Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway).

American Songbook

In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Songbook, dedicated to the cele - bration of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the cre - ative mastery of America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn of the 19th century up through the present, American Songbook spans all styles and genres, from the form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to the eclecticism of today’s singer-songwriters. American Songbook also show - cases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established and emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: pre - senter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and com - munity relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and edu - cational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals including American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winning 02-06 Hilty_GP2 copy 1/27/15 1:27 PM Page 6

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Live From Lincoln Center , which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Jill Sternheimer, Acting Director, Public Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Claudia Norman, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Julia Lin, Associate Producer Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Luna Shyr, Programming Publications Editor Olivia Fortunato, House Seat Coordinator

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UPCOMING EVENTS Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall February 2015

THE APPEL ROOM ROSE THEATER Sherman Irby’s Journey Through Swing February 20 at 7pm Dianne Reeves February 21 at 9:30pm February 13–14 at 8pm Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra saxophonist One of the most recognized voices in jazz, Dianne Sherman Irby debuts an ensemble made up of the Reeves coalesces her signature sound, broad-spec- “swinging-est” musicians on the East Coast to trum repertoire, and fondness for love songs into a explore the migration, development, and evolution of very special Valentine’s Day weekend performance. jazz through the lens of swing. Irby first performed Reeves has long revered the city of New York, and with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1995, not too many cities top the Big Apple when it comes making his mark with Roy Hargrove and Elvin Jones to romance, making Rose Theater the perfect place to along the way. In this performance highlighting revel in the occasion. Her latest CD, Beautiful Life, important and differing regions of jazz, Irby will cover was a perfectly timed Valentine’s Day release in 2014, Chicago (Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin), Kansas given the sensual essence of both original songs and City (Count Basie and Charlie Parker), West Coast covers of Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley. Reeves will cool jazz (Chet Baker and Dave Brubeck), New assuredly set the mood for what is becoming a Jazz Orleans (Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton), New at Lincoln Center tradition; for the second year in a York City (Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Freddie row, the most awarded female jazz vocalist of all time Hubbard), and more. Joining Irby will be saxophonist treats audiences to an intimate evening of music and and clarinetist Victor Goines, trumpeter Bruce Harris, storytelling, delivered as only she can. Reeves will be trombonist Vincent Gardner, violinist Eli Bishop, gui- joined by pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Peter Sprague, tarist James Chirillo, pianist Charles Craig, Sr., bassist bassist Reginald Veal, and drummer Terreon Gully. Gerald Cannon, and drummer Alvester Garnett. Free pre-concert discussions at 6pm (2/20) and New Orleans Songbook 8:30pm (2/21). February 20-21 at 8pm Pianist Aaron Diehl and vocalists Cyrille Aimée and Elio Villafranca’s Music of the Caribbean Milton Suggs kick off the evening by celebrating the Featuring Jon Faddis and Leyla McCalla composers and inspired songs of New Orleans, the February 20 at 9:30pm historic epicenter of jazz. The prodigious Diehl, who February 21 at 7pm has re-imagined the music of masters like New An artist who incorporates elements of Bebo Valdés, Orleans’ own Jelly Roll Morton, serves as Music Perez Prado, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Elio Villafranca Director. DownBeat calls Suggs, “A commanding is a leading voice of music today and part of an extra- singer... steeped in tradition... but with modern sen- ordinary lineage of Cuban pianists. Villafranca pos- sibilities." The Washington Post describes Thelonious sesses a unique gift of conceptualizing projects that Monk International Vocal Competition finalist Aimée fuse the jazz idiom with his extensive knowledge of as possessing “a voice like fine whiskey – oaky and percussion and Latin rhythms. Along with his band smooth, with a hint of smokiness.” The evening con- the Jass Syncopators and special guests trumpeter tinues with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s pre- and Dizzy Gillespie protégé Jon Faddis and singer, cel- miere of founding Artistic Director Irvin Mayfield’s list, and banjo player Leyla McCalla, Villafranca will “New Orleans Jazz Market,” a composition celebrat- present Cinqué- Suite of the Caribbean, a debut work ing the orchestra’s soon-to-be-built permanent home focusing on the influences of the Congolese traditions of the same name. of rhythms, melodies, and dances through the music Free pre-concert discussion nightly, 7pm. of Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba. Via this six-movement work with Congolese drumming and costumed dancers, Villafranca will showcase unifying elements of these islands, which share similar cultures despite their diverse histories. Free pre-concert discussions at 8:30pm (2/20) & 6pm (2/21).

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor Tickets starting at $10 To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jazz.org. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office is located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm. For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups. For more information about our education programs, visit academy.jazz.org. For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. 02-06 Hilty_GP2 copy 1/27/15 1:27 PM Page 8

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T.S. Monk Sextet February 2015 with Helen Sung, Willie Williams, Kenny Davis, Josh Evans, and Patience Higgins Victor Goines & Friends: February 18–19 With special guest Joe Temperley 7:30pm & 9:30pm February 7–8 with Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, and Sounds of Brazil: Mario Adnet Lawrence Leathers with Duduka Da Fonseca, Eduardo Belo, Vitor 7:30pm & 9:30pm Gonçalves, and Billy Drewes February 20–22 Allan Harris: Black Bar Jukebox Album Release 7:30pm & 9:30pm with Pascal Le Boeuf, Jake Goldbas, Leon Boykins, Yotam Silberstein, and Samuel Torres Jimmy Greene Quartet: Beautiful Life February 9 MONDAY NIGHTS WITH WBGO 7:30pm & 9:30pm with David Bryant, Luke Sellick, and Jimmy MacBride Clarence Penn and Penn Station: February 23 Monk, the Lost Files Album Release Concert 7:30pm & 9:30pm with Kevin Hays, Yasushi Nakamura, and Chad Leftkowitz-Brown William Paterson University Jazz Ensembles & February 10–11 Orchestra 7:30pm & 9:30pm February 24 7:30pm & 9:30pm Kim Nalley Sings Songs of Love February 12–15 The Amigos and Ken Peplowski 7:30pm & 9:30pm with Justin Poindexter, Sam Reider, Noah Special pricing applies on Saturday evening. Garabedian, and Will Clark February 25 Terry Waldo Gotham City Band: 7:30pm & 9:30pm From Ragtime to Jazz with Jon Erik-Kellso, Mike Davis, Evan Arntzen, Howard The Music of Dexter Gordon: A Celebration Alden, Brian Nalepka, Jim Fryer, and Rob Garcia The Dexter Gordon Legacy Ensemble February 16 with George Cables, Gerald Cannon, Lewis Nash, 7:30pm & 9:30pm Joe Locke, Abraham Burton, and Craig Handy February 26–March 1 Mardi Gras Stomp 7:30pm & 9:30pm with Joe Saylor and Alphonso Horne February 17 7:30pm & 9:30pm

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