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Changing of the Guard at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
On October 23, Ted Nash – having toured the world playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform “Sketches of Gil Evans,” a concert tribute to the acclaimed composer-arranger, in New York from Oct. 25-27.
Among the selections, the performances will include music from Out Of The Cool, Gil Evans And Ten and New Bottle, Old Wine, as well as selections from some of Evans’ and Miles Davis’ famous collaborations on Sketches of Spain, Porgy And Bess and Miles Ahead.
The performances will take place at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Tickets are $30-120, and they are available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office on Broadway at 60th Street, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via www.jalc.org.
As Ted Nash, left, departs the alto saxophone chair for LCJO, Alexa Tarantino steps in as the band’s first female full-time member.
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