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Jazz from Lincoln Center for November 11, 2007
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Jimmy Heath's 75th Birthday Bash"
Composer, educator and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath brought his brothers - Albert Tootie" Heath (drums) and (the late) Percy Heath (bass) - to Alice Tully Hall for birthday celebration with Billy Strayhorn's classic "Day Dream", Jimmy's own "Gingerbread Boy" and the Heath's affectionate tribute to their old neighborhood, "South Filthy." Wynton Marsalis dedicates a new work honoring Jimmy's 75th birthday with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Written by David Goren.
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Peabody Award–winning radio series, Jazz From Lincoln Center, is hosted by Wynton Marsalis and broadcast weekly to over 240 public radio affiliates nationwide through the Jazz Satellite Network. The show features the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra along with contemporary jazz composers and performers.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is the world's largest not-for-profit arts organization committed to promoting the appreciation and understanding of jazz through performance, education, and preservation.
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