"Kings of the Crescent City": The Music of Louis Armstrong, & More at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 60th Street New York City, NY 10023)
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The last date listed for "Kings of the Crescent City" was Saturday January 12, 2008 / 8:00pm.
10 Goldstar Member Reviews
S J McMurray
well-done performance by really fine musicians.Written on Feb 18 2008
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Lynne L.
Wonderful show and good seats! We loved the tribute to the greats of New Orleans Jazz. Very talented musicians. The acoustics were excellent. We like booking through Gold Star. It is easy and very clear; never any hassleWritten on Jan 15 2008
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E.M. Porter
Jazz at Lincoln Center is a phenomenal venue, with great acoustics and a wonderful design. There truly isn't a bad seat in the house. My boyfriend said it was the best show he'd seen of any kind, anywhere. We love New Orleans jazz, and this was a real celebnration - the crowd got very involved and it felt like a huge party.Written on Jan 15 2008
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Bob Frankel
More Information About "Kings of the Crescent City"
Description
Featuring the music of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and King Oliver, this high-energy concert showcases masterful Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra reedman Victor Goines and a front line of hard-swinging Crescent City sons, including Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, “Papa” Don Vappie, Jonathan Batiste, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and New Orleans neighbors Wycliffe Gordon and Marcus Printup.
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was born in the poorest neighborhood in New Orleans, and the story of his rise is as astonishing, as inexplicable--and as American--as Abraham Lincoln's. While in Fletcher Henderson's band in 1924 and 1925 he introduced the world to the super syncopated interpretation of the 4/4 rhythms that became the art of big band swing. The power and virtuosity, the musical logic and emotional intensity of his playing on his own "Hot Five" and "Hot Seven" recordings made between 1925 and 1929 persuaded a generation of musicians that jazz could be a soloist's art. And for the forty-plus years that followed, he was the universally recognized ambassador of America's music, beloved throughout the world. Along the way he extended the range of his instrument, fused the sound of the blues with the American popular song, and revolutionized American singing, bringing to it the same irresistible drive he'd brought to instrumental jazz. He was, as trumpet player and Armstrong contemporary, Max Kaminsky, wrote, "the heir of all that had gone before and the father of all that was to come." Miles Davis agreed: "You can't play anything on your horn that Louis hasn't played," he said. "I mean not even modern."
Victor Goines
Clarinetist (Bb clarinet and bass clarinet) saxophonist (tenor and soprano saxophones) and educator Victor L. Goines is Juilliard’s first Director of Jazz Studies, and conductor of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, an integral part of Juilliard's two jazz programs: the Institute for Jazz Studies and the new Bachelor of Music degree in jazz studies. Goines has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993, touring throughout the world and recording more than twenty releases including Wynton Marsalis's Pulitzer Prize-winning recording Blood on the Fields (Columbia Records, 1997), and Ken Burns' acclaimed documentaries, "Jazz" and "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson." He is an acclaimed solo artist and leads his own quartet and quintet. As a leader, Goines has five recordings, the latest being New Adventures, scheduled for release in spring 2006 from Criss Cross Records. In 2000, he was commissioned by Juilliard's Dance Division to compose a musical work in celebration of their 50th Anniversary. The composition "Base Line" was premiered in 2002 to support the original choreography by Juilliard alumni Robert Battle. Born in 1961 and raised in New Orleans, he began studying clarinet at age eight. He received a bachelor of music education degree from Loyola University in New Orleans in 1984, and a master of music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 1990.
In addition to performing and recording, Goines is deeply committed to his work in jazz education, and became an Education Consultant for Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1998 and is a member of Juilliard's Jazz Studies faculty. He has been a member of the faculties of Florida A & M University, University of New Orleans, Loyola University and Xavier University, and has conducted clinics and workshops around the world. Goines has recorded and/or performed with Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis, Bo Diddley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Ross, Branford Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bob Dylan, James Moody, Dianne Reeves and a host of other renowned musicians and ensembles.
About the Ticket Supplier: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Their mission is to enrich the artistic substance and perpetuate the democratic spirit of America's music. From down home and elegant concert performances by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra... to entertaining educational programs that bring the sound and feeling of jazz into the lives of thousands of kids and grownups... to innovative collaborative programs with artists in diverse idioms: they offer top quality musicianship and universal friendship. By taking the feeling of jazz on tour and by inviting artists and audiences from all over the world into their new home in New York City, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center brings people together for a simple purpose: To Have a Profoundly Good Time. Welcome is their motto.