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Quincy Delight Jones Jr., musician, bandleader, composer and producer, died in his home in Bel Air, California, on…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will premiere saxophonist Ted Nash’s composition, “Portrait In Seven Shades,” as part of a concert entitled “Jazz And Art,” on Feb. 22–24 at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.
“Jazz And Art” will also feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing historical compositions that have been inspired by visual art. These works include Duke Ellington’s “Degas Suite,” Coleman Hawkins’ “Picasso” and Charles Mingus’ “Self Portrait In Three Colors.”
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