JLCO on Tour

Big Band Holidays
Featuring Vocalists
Ekep Nkwelle and Robbie Lee

Dec 3–Dec 22, 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