JLCO on Tour
Big Band Holidays
Featuring Vocalists
Ekep Nkwelle and Robbie Lee
Dec 9–Dec 15, 2024
Founded in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis tours the world performing a vast repertoire of music, from historic and rare compositions to commissioned works. The group’s compositions and arrangements include works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Charles Mingus, as well as new music from the group’s unrivalled collection of world-renowned composers and arrangers.
If you’re interested in booking the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis, please contact [email protected] or 212.258.9800.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Personnel
- CHRIS CRENSHAW, Music Director, Trombone, The Golkin Family Chair
- RYAN KISOR, Trumpet
- KENNY RAMPTON, Trumpet
- MARCUS PRINTUP, Trumpet
- MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ, Trumpet *for Wynton Marsalis
- ELLIOT MASON, Trombone
- DION TUCKER, Trombone *for Vincent Gardner
- SHERMAN IRBY, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet
- ALEXA TARANTINO, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet
- CHRIS LEWIS, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet *for Victor Goines
- ABDIAS ARMENTEROS, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, The Zou Family Chair in Saxophone
- PAUL NEDZELA, Baritone and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
- DAN NIMMER, Piano, The Zou Family Chair in Piano
- CARLOS HENRIQUEZ, Bass, The Mandel Family Chair in honor of Kathleen B. Mandel
- OBED CALVAIRE, Drums
- EKEP NKWELLE, Vocals
- ROBBIE LEE, Vocals
* = Substitute Musicians
Tour Dates
December 3, 2024
7:30PM
University of California, Davis - Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Davis, CA
December 5, 2024
8PM
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA
December 6, 2024
7:30PM
Rio Theatre
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
December 7, 2024
7:30PM
SF Jazz
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
December 8, 2024
7:30PM
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, AZ
Mesa, AZ
December 9, 2024
7:30PM
Del E. Webb Performing Arts Center
Wickenburg, AZ
Wickenburg, AZ
December 13, 2024
7:30PM
Nashville Symphony - Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
December 14, 2024
8PM
University of Delaware - Thompson Theatre
Newark, DE
Newark, DE
December 15, 2024
7:30PM
Long Island University - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Greenvale, NY
Greenvale, NY