Full Concert: South African Songbook - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

From the Vault: South African Songbook
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Rose Theater
Sep. 12, 2019

1:50 - Lulu In Adderley Street (Composer: Feya Faku; arranger: Sherman Irby)
9:04 - Ithemba (Comp.: Nduduzo Makhathini; arr.: Victor Goines)
18:30 - Abyssinia (Comp.: Thandi Ntuli; Arr.: Chris Crenshaw)
27:00 - A Song For Bra Des Tutu (Comp.: Winston Mankunku Ngozi; arr.: Marcus Printup)
36:47 - Through The Years (Comp.: Bheki Mseleku; arr.: Wynton Marsalis)
43:18 - Gunjoh (Comp.: Gilbert Matthews; arr.: Chris Crenshaw)
56:40 - Face The Music (Comp.: Mccoy Mrubata; arr.: Carlos Henriquez)
1:03:22 - Qula Kwedini (Comp.: Traditional / Zim Ngqawana; arr. Sherman Irby)
1:13:18 - Rapela (Comp.: Moses Taiwa Molelekwa; arr.: Carlos Henriquez)
1:22:01 - Weave Me A Fantasy, Child of the Sun (Comp.: Melanie Scholtz / James Mathews; arr.: Victor Goines)
1:27:05 - Mantau (Comp.: Traditional; arr.: Victor Gardner)
1:35:14 - Send Me (Comp.: Hugh Masekela; arr.: Marcus Printup)

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis kicks off Opening Weekend in Rose Theater with a musical celebration of South African democracy, 25 years after apartheid's end. Top South African musicians will join the orchestra to perform essential South African music, with each song chosen by a guest performer and newly arranged for the show by the JLCO.

South Africa has long been a vibrant and unique jazz hub, and most of the guests featured tonight helped shape the sound of jazz as a new South Africa was being born—and the music performed this evening reflects the sound of a nation defining itself anew.

Personnel:
REEDS
Sherman Irby - alto & soprano saxophones, flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, Bb & Eb clarinets
Camille Thurman - tenor & soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet
Paul Nedzela - baritone & alto saxophones, bass clarinet

TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis

TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner
Chris Crenshaw
Elliot Mason

RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Charles Goold - drums

FEATURING
McCoy Mrubata - tenor saxophone and flute
Nduduzo Makhathini - piano
Thandi Ntuli - piano
Nonhlanhla Kheswa - vocals
Melanie Scholtz - vocals
Vuyo Sotashe - vocals
Seton Hawkins - presenter

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