Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis, tp
Marcus Printup, tp
Kenny Rampton, tp
Ryan Kisor, tp
Chris Crenshaw, tb
Vincent Gardner, tb
Elliot Mason, tb
Sherman Irby, as & ss & fl & cl
Dan Block, ts & ss & cl & bcl
Paul Nedzela, bs & ss & bcl
Alexa Tarantino, as & ss & fl & cl
Walter Blanding, ts & ss & cl
Dan Nimmer, p
Carlos Henriquez, b
Obed Calvaire, dr
Exclusive in Switzerland!
Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. Wynton has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. Wynton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, to Ellis and Dolores Marsalis, the second of six sons. At age 17 Wynton became the youngest musician ever to be admitted to Tanglewood’s Berkshire Music Center. Wynton moved to New York City to attend Juilliard in 1979. In 1980 Wynton joined join the Jazz Messengers and studied under master drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. It was from Blakey that Wynton acquired his concept for bandleading and for bringing intensity to each and every performance. In the years to follow Wynton performed with Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sweets Edison, Clark Terry, Sonny Rollins, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and countless other jazz legends. Wynton assembled his own band in 1981 and performed over 120 concerts every year for 15 consecutive years. With the power of his superior musicianship, the infectious sound of his swinging bands and an exhaustive series of performances and music workshops, Marsalis rekindled widespread interest in jazz throughout the world. Wynton’s creativity has been celebrated throughout the world. He won countless awards in the Netherlands, France, Spain and Great Britain. In 1987 Wynton Marsalis co-founded, and became Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center and Music Director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 1996, due to its significant success, Jazz at Lincoln Center was installed as new constituent of Lincoln Center - a historic moment for jazz as an art form and for Lincoln Center as a cultural institution. Under Wynton’s leadership, Jazz at Lincoln Center has developed an international agenda presenting rich and diverse programming. Wynton has won nine Grammy Awards. He is the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards in five consecutive years (1983-1987). Honorary degrees have been conferred upon Wynton by over 25 of America’s leading academic institutions In 2005 Wynton Marsalis received The National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government.
The Swiss Jazz Orchestra with Michael Zisman
19 musicians
The Swiss Jazz Orchestra is Switzerland’s most busy professional big band, performing weekly in Bierhübeli Bern - a concert series that runs from Mid-October to the end of May each year and encompasses around 30 concerts (this series was originally initiated in Marians Jazzroom in 2003). Including external concerts, the SJO has played over 700 concerts so far. Additionally, they perform and record projects of varying stilistic content and have so far released 11CDs. The SJO’s repertoire encompasses over 1’000 arrangements and own compositions by band members. For its achievements, the SJO has been rewarded the great culture prize by the Burgergemeinde Bern. Since 2020, the SJO is on the list of the regionally significant cultural institutions of the region Bern-Mittelland. The SJO has performed with internationally acclaimed musicians like Alex Sipiagin, Chico Pinheiro, Torun Erisken, Claudio Roditi, Jerry Bergonzi, Miguel Zenon, Phil Woods, Buddy DeFranco, Jim McNeely, Bob Mintzer, Grégoire Maret, Jamey Cullum, Sandy Patton, Scott Robinson, Bert Joris, George Gruntz, Franco Ambrosetti, Paquito D’Rivera, Anat Cohen, Roberta Gambarini, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Joey DeFrancesco, Mike Mainieri and Peter Erskine, Donny McCaslin as well as with Swiss top musicians Alex Sipiagin, Chico Pinheiro, Torun Erisken, Claudio Roditi, Jerry Bergonzi, Phil Woods, Buddy DeFranco, Jim McNeely, Bob Mintzer, Bert Joris, George Gruntz, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Joey DeFrancesco, Mike Mainieri and Peter Erskine, Donny McCaslin as well as with Swiss top musicians Andy Scherrer, Matthieu Michel, Nat Su, Domenic Landolf, Joe Haider, Michael Zisman and Pepe Lienhard.
Concerts
Sun. 24.10.2021
7:30 p.m.
(Doors 6:30 p.m.)
Venue
Casino Bern
Admission
First Category CHF 115.-
Second Category CHF 95.–
Third Category CHF 75.-
Fourth Category CHF 55.-
Fifth Category CHF 35.-