Jazz at Lincoln Center presents "Kings of the Crescent City"

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Kings of the Crescent City

Featuring Victor Goines, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Marcus
Printup, Wycliffe Gordon, Don Vappie, Jonathan Batiste, Reginald Veal
& Herlin Riley


January 11 & 12, 2008 - Rose Theater - Jazz at Lincoln Center


WHO/WHAT: Kings of the Crescent City celebrates the music of Louis
Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe "King" Oliver and Sidney Bechet. Led
by Victor Goines (clarinet, soprano saxophone), the ensemble comprised
predominately of New Orleans natives will consist of Troy "Trombone
Shorty" Andrews (trumpet), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Wycliffe Gordon
(trombone), Don Vappie (guitar), Jonathan Batiste (piano), Reginald
Veal (bass) and Herlin Riley (drums). Kings of the Crescent City is
one of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
concert series. The show will be hosted and narrated by actor Wendell
Pierce.

Free Pre-Concert Lecture both nights at 7pm in the Irene Diamond
Education Center: Victor Goines (music director for Kings of the
Crescent City) discusses the music of New Orleans and four of its
greatest practictioners - Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, King
Oliver and Sidney Bechet. Mr. Goines will be joined by Jazz at Lincoln
Center's Education Manager Ken Druker for these lectures.

WHEN: January 11 & 12, 2008, 8pm

WHERE: Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, on Broadway at 60th St., New York City.

HOW: Tickets at $30, $50, $75, $95, $120 and are available at the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling
CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via www.jalc.org

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