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Jazz At Lincoln Center for January 06, 2008
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: New Composers: Derek Bermel, Dafnis Prieto —Two new composers - two premiere works. First, Derek Bermel brings us his 'Migration Series,' based on Jacob Lawrence's paintings of the northern exodus of Afro-Americans in the early 20th century, performed by the American Composers Orchestra with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Then, Dafnis Prieto debuts an Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra commission, 'A Song for Chico,' featuring angular altoist Greg Osby. Written by Simon Rentner. Wynton Marsalis hosts.
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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