BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR DALE CHIHULY New Works Elm Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262 (Next to Post Office) (413) 298-3044 fax: (413) 298-3275 www.holstengalleries.com Celebrating twenty years in our newly renovated and expanded gallery space JAZZ AT TANGLEWOOD SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1998 Friday, September 4, at 7:30 p.m. CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO JOE LOVANO QUARTET Ozawa Hall Saturday, September 5, at 4:00p.m. JOHN PIZZARELLI with trio Ozawa Hall at 7:30 p.m. TONY BENNETT with special guest DIANA KRALL Koussevitzky Music Shed Sunday, September 6, at 1:30 p.m. THE PATRICE WILLIAMSON GROUP JAMES MOODY QUARTET Ozawa Hall at 7:30 p.m. CASSANDRA WILSON with quartet Ozawa Hall JAZZ WEEKEND FOOD SERVICE AT TANGLEWOOD: Please note that food service will be available in the Hawthorne Tent across the lawn from Seiji Ozawa Hall before and after all Jazz Weekend events except the Tony Bennett concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Saturday night, for which food service will be avail- able at the Tanglewood Cafe. 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Name Address City State Zip Telephone ARTISTS Cyrus Chestnut cluded his own slow blues composition, "Grandmama's Blues." Mr. Chestnut has Cyrus Chestnut toured extensively throughout the United was born in Balti- States and internationally as pianist for the more in 1963 and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton started playing pi- Marsalis; with vocalists Betty Carter and Jon ano at Calvary Star Hendricks; and as leader of his own trio, Baptist Church at which includes bassist Steve Kirby and drum- the age of seven mer Alvester Garnett. and playing organ at nine. He re- Joe Lovano ceived further musical training Born in Cleve- at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore land, Ohio, in and at Boston's Berklee School of Music. 1952, Joe Lovano Mr. Chestnut began his professional career began playing in 1988 playing for the legendary vocalist alto sax as a child. Jon Hendricks; he went on to perform with His father, tenor many celebrated artists, including Wynton saxophonist "Big Marsalis, Carl Allen, Terence Blanchard, Tony" Lovano, and Donald Harrison. In 1991 he began a taught Joe the two-year stint as the pianist in Betty Carter's basics, as well as trio. In 1994 Cyrus Chestnut launched his dynamics and career as a leader with Revelation, his debut interpretation, and regularly introduced for Atlantic Jazz. The album was #1 on both him to other jazz artists, among them Son- the Gavin and CMJ year-end jazz charts and ny Stitt, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene was named "Best Jazz Album" in an annual Amnions, and Rasaahn Roland Kirk. While poll for The Village Voice. His second album, still a teenager, Joe Lovano immersed him- The Dark Before the Dawn, expressed his artis- self in the jam-session culture of Cleveland tic growth. Subsequently Mr. Chestnut par- and absorbed the free jazz experiments of ticipated in Kathleen Battle's Sony Classical Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Jim- recording So Many Stars and joined Ms. Battle my Giuffre. After high school, Mr. Lovano on a 1996 United States tour that featured attended the famed Berklee School of Music selections from the recording. His third re- in Boston, where he met and began playing cording for Atlantic Jazz, Earth Stories, in- with such future collaborators as John Sco- TanglewoDd THE BSO ONLINE Boston Symphony and Boston Pops fans with access to the Internet can visit the orches- tra's official home page (http://www.bso.org), which not only provides up-to-the-minute information about all the orchestra's activities, but also allows you to buy tickets to BSO and Pops concerts online. In addition to program listings and ticket prices, the web site offers a wide range of information on other BSO activities, biographies of BSO musicians and guest artists, current press releases, historical facts and figures, helpful telephone numbers, and information on auditions and job openings. A highlight of the site is a virtual- reality tour of the orchestra's Boston home, Symphony Hall. Since the BSO web site is updated on a regular basis, to include Tanglewood, BSO subscription season, and Boston Pops information as well as any program changes, we invite you to check in frequently. field, Bill Frisell, and Kenny Werner. Mr. John Pizzarelli Lovano's first professional job was in New York, with organist Lonnie Smith, followed Singer/ guitarist by a stint with Brother Jack McDuff. From John Pizzarelli's 1976 to 1979 he toured with the Woody recent recordings Herman Thundering Herd. Subsequently have included settling in New York, Mr. Lovano joined the tributes to Nat Mel Lewis Orchestra for its regular Monday- King Cole (Dear night concert at the Village Vanguard, per- Mr. Cole) and old forming and recording with the ensemble Kris Kringle (Let's from 1980 to 1992. His first high-profile gig Share Christmas), was with guitarist John Scofield's Quartet, as well as a collec- with whom he recorded and toured for tion of ballads three years. He gained further renown, par- (After Hours) . His latest release, Our Love Is ticularly in Europe, through his work with Here to Stay (RCA Records), draws on the the trailblazing Paul Motion Trio. In 1990 vision and experience of arranger Don Se- his orchestra. he stepped out as a leader, making his first besky and Featuring players album for Blue Note, Landmarks. Since then, from the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Buddy he has experimented with different ensem- Rich, Woody Herman, and Claude Thorn- bles, releasing From the Soul, Universal Lan- hill, among others, the orchestra represents guage, Tenor Legacy (a Grammy nominee), a virtual who's who of the swing era. Yet it is Rush Hour, Quartets: Live at the Village Van- very much a John Pizzarelli Trio album, with guard (named 'Jazz Album of the Year" in brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass and Ray Kennedy piano. In addition to title the 1996 Down Beat Readers' Poll) ,Joe Lovano on the Celebrating Sinatra (another Grammy nomi- tune, the album selections include "Avalon," nee), Flying Colors, and, most recently, Trio "Little Girl," "Honey Pie," "Dream," "Nina Fascination, Edition One, with bassist Dave Never Knew," "Have Another One, Not Me," "The Day That I (with lyrics Holland and drummer Elvin Jones (all Blue Found You" Pizzarelli) Note). His albums and live performances by Mr. and "The Say Hey Kid" have brought him international acclaim. (another trio original, saluting baseball Consistently touring the United States, Eu- legend Willie Mays). John's father, jazz gui- rope, and Japan, Joe Lovano has received tarist Bucky Pizzarelli, makes a guest ap- numerous awards and magazine poll victo- pearance on several tracks. "Dream," with ries, including 'Jazz Artist of the Year" in words and music by Johnny Mercer, is the Down Beat's 1995-96 Critics' Poll, and 'Tenor title song from a new musical about Mercer's Player of the Year" in the 1995 Down Beat life and work, which opened on Broadway Readers' Poll; this year he was nominated in April 1997 starring John Pizzarelli. for several New York Jazz Awards and for The John Pizzarelli Trio has developed a several Jazz Journalists Association Critics strong following across the country while Choice Awards. In 1994 Mr. Lovano was playing to capacity crowds. John Pizzarelli given Berklee's "Distinguished Alumni grew up in New Jersey listening to Nat King Award." He has appeared previously at Cole and Billy Joel. Although he had a rock- Tanglewood, in the 1996 Jazz Weekend; band phase as a teenager, John always en- joyed listening to his dad swing with such this year he is performing with his quartet, which includes Cameron Brown on bass, artists as Zoot Sims and George Barnes, and first years his career ac- Kenny Werner on piano, and Idris Muham- spent the three of mad on drums. companying his father. John Pizzarelli began on the banjo as a boy of six or seven, switch- followed with "Because of You" (1951), "Rags ing four years later to guitar. His vocal career to Riches" (1953), and his signature tune, was inspired by the re-release of some old "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962, a Nat King Cole records. Mr. Pizzarelli has double-Grammy winner) . Along the way he appeared previously at Tanglewood, in the mastered the classics of the Great American 1993 and 1996 Jazz Festivals. He has twice Songbook and collaborated with such greats appeared with Keith Lockhart and the Bos- as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Dizzy ton Pops Orchestra: in a 1995 Gershwin Gillespie. In the 1990s a new generation tribute taped for "Evening at Pops" and in a discovered the glories of Tony Bennett's 1997 Holiday Pops concert taped for future voice and his polished style.