April 21, 2008

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Features: Jazz/Blues Features

Jazz at Lincoln Center: Abyssinian Celebrates 200 Years
20 Mar 2008
Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates The Abyssinian Baptist Church's gospel bicentennial April 10-12 at Frederick P. Rose Hall.

Monty Alexander: Lords of the West Indies
24 Feb 2008
Monty Alexander and friends bring calypso to Jazz at Lincoln Center March 7 and 8.



Body-Surfing with Bobby McFerrin
13 Feb 2008 -- Bobby McFerrin returns to Carnegie Hall February 21 to perform two Perspectives concerts. McFerrin discusses his past experiences performing at the Hall, as well as his foray into the world of conducting.

Marcus Roberts: Deep In The Shed— A Blues Suite
17 Jan 2008 -- For his new blues cycle, pianist Marcus Roberts digs deep. Deep in the Shed--A Blues Suite plays Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room February 1 and 2.

Kings of the Crescent City
18 Dec 2007 -- There's no jazz without New Orleans jazz - and native son Victor Goines (the new Director for Jazz Studies at Northwestern University's School of Music) and friends play music from the mother lode Jan. 13-14 at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Red Hot Holiday Stomp
28 Nov 2007 -- Victor Goines, reed virtuoso and new Director for Jazz Studies at Northwestern University's School of Music, talks about Jazz at Lincoln Center's annual holiday celebration, held this year on December 6, 7 and 8.

Eddie Jefferson Remembered
21 Oct 2007 -- A reflection on the life and music of the founder of Vocalese, who will be celebrated in a special jazz at Lincoln Center program Nov. 9-10.

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra
29 Aug 2007 -- This all-female ensemble, founded by former Buddy Rich cohort Stanley Kay, plays Jazz at Lincoln Center's Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival Sept. 11-16.

A Room of Their Own
08 Jun 2007 -- A look at Jazz at Lincoln Center's intimate venue, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, which no less than Tony Bennett calls "the best jazz room in the city."

Young Guns
02 May 2007 -- If it's spring at Jazz at Lincoln Center, it must be the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz band program, which culminates in a competition and festival in New York May 4-6.

In This House, On This Morning
23 Mar 2007 -- A masterpiece by Wynton Marsalis comes home to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater May 24-26.

Once a Stone-Thrower
13 Mar 2007 -- Brazilian legend - and now government minister - Gilberto Gil comes to Carnegie Hall on March 20.

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