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| Jazz Orchestra returns to ASU |
Stephanie
Marshall
Entertainment Beat |
Returning for a second
performance, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is honoring Boone
by making it their only tour stop in North Carolina.
Presented by the Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) and sponsored
by SkyBest Communications, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will
be performing tonight in Farthing Auditorium as part of the Appalachian
Jazz Festival.
“They were here six years ago with Wynton Marsalis, and we
have great memories of it and felt it was time to bring them back,”
OCA Director of Marketing Denise R. Ringler said Monday. “We
feel that jazz is a wonderful art form to feature, and this orchestra
is probably the best-known name in jazz.”
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is part of a larger branch in
New York called Jazz at Lincoln Center, according to the Jazz at
Lincoln Center Web site.
The Lincoln Center is the world’s largest not-for-profit arts
organization dedicated to jazz, making the music comprehensive and
unique.
“A lot of the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission is to be
in residence in New York but also to travel,” Ringler said.
During the 2002-03 season, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce more
than 450 events including performances, concerts, national and international
tours, broadcasted events, recordings and much more, according to
the Web site.
The Lincoln Jazz Orchestra has been in residence at Jazz at Lincoln
Center for over 10 years and features the orchestra’s versatility.
The orchestra is composed of the 15 finest jazz soloists and ensemble
players available and is directed by Wynton Marsalis, who has had
a large part in shaping the orchestra into what it is today.
The orchestra’s fame is due in part to the high quality of
the performers, as well as having Winton Marsalis as the music director,
Ringler said.
Under Wynton Marsalis, the orchestra plays a vast repertoire, ranging
from rare, historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned
works, according to an OCA press release.
There are a variety of instruments used in the orchestra including
the alto, soprano, baritone and tenor saxophones, piano, trumpet,
clarinet, bass clarinet, trombone, drums and bass, according to
a press release.
“This is the kind of orchestra that is so wonderful that in
the course of four years students pass through and do not have the
chance to see them, so this is the kind of orchestra that is good
enough probably to feature every four years,” Ringler said.
The performance will begin at 8 p.m. and is estimated to last 90
minutes. Tickets are being sold in the Farthing Auditorium box office
for $25 for the public, $20 for seniors and Appalachian faculty
and $14 for students. |
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