Toshiko Akiyoshi 9/16-17

Coca-Cola is committed to the encouragement and development of female jazz artists of the future. Toward that aim, Coca-Cola will underwrite tickets for the IAJE's "Sisters in Jazz" Upstarts! night performance on September 26th for distribution to local area high school music students. "New York City is the jazz capital of the world, and Diet Coke is delighted to help bring this first-time festival to the Big Apple and support creative music and the arts," said Chuck Fruit, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Coca-Cola Company.

"From Harlem to Queens, New York City has always been at the center of the jazz music evolution," said Cristyne Nicholas, President & CEO of NYC & Company. "This festival will further establish New York City as the premier destination for experiencing live jazz music."

Lynne Arriale 9/25 (Photo by Howard A. Gittelson)

• Fri-Sat, Sep 16-17
  Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
  Featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano), Eddie Marshall (drums), Paul Gill (bass), (7:30 & 9:30 only on Saturday).
  
• Sat, Sep 18, 2005
  Tessa Souter Quintet & Cynthia Scott with John DiMartino Trio featuring Patience Higgins-tenor saxophone
  Featuring Tessa Souter Quintet Alex Hutton (piano), Saul Rubin (guitar), Kahlil Kwame Bell (percussion) and Paul Beaudry (bass), (7:30)
  
• Cynthia Scott with John DiMartino Trio featuring Patience Higgins-tenor saxophone John DiMartino (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Dewayne Cook Broadnax (drums), Patience Higgins (tenor saxophone), (9:30) .
  
• Mon, Sep 19
  UPSTARTS!
  Featuring Carol Sudhalter & Friends (7:30)
  Carol Sudhalter (leader, baritone sax, tenor sax and flute); Myrna Lake (vocals); Jack Davis (Trombone and percussion); Tootsie Bean (Drums); Joe Vincent Tranchina (piano); Dmitri Kolesnik (bass)
  
• Lenora Zenzalai Helm (9:30)
  Rick Germanson (piano); Miriam Sullivan (bass); Nasheet Waits (drums) .
  
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  Ann Hampton Callaway 9/23-34
  Tue-Wed, Sep 20-21
  Claudia Acuna Quartet
  Featuring Claudia Acuna (vocals), Jason Lindner (piano), Omer Avital (bass), Antonio Escapa (drums) .
  
• PLEASE NOTE 9/21, 7:30PM SET IS SOLD OUT
  
• Thu, Sep 22, 2005
  Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & friends
  Featuring Bruce Barth (piano), Peter Washington (bass), Todd Strait (drums), Nancy King (vocals) & Karrin Allyson (vocals/piano) .
  
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  Nnenna Freelon 9/25
  Fri-Sat, Sep 23-24
  Sherrie Maricle and DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway (special guest vocalist)
  Featuring Sherrie Maricle, leader/drums with Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist; Idit Schner, alto 1; Leigh Pilzer, alto 2; Anat Cohen, tenor 1; Erica Von Kleist, tenor 2; Lisa Parrott, bari; Liesl Whitaker, trumpet 1; Tanya Darby, trumpet 2; Christine Fawson, trumpet 3; Jami Dauber, trumpet 4; Deborah Weisz, trombone 1; Jennifer Krupa, trombone 2; Leslie Havens, bass trombone; Tomoko Ohno, piano; Noriko Ueda, bass.
  
• Sun, Sep 25, 2005
  Lynne Arriale Trio & Nnenna Freelon
  Featuring Lynne Arriale Trio (7:30)
  Lynne Arriale (piano) Jay Anderson (bass); Steve Davis (drums)
  
• Nnenna Freelon (vocals), (9:30) .
  
• Mon, Sep 26
  Terri Lyne Carrington with special student guests
  Featuring Adam Rogers (guitar), Gary Thomas (sax); James Westfall (vibes); Alan Hampton (bass).
  
• Tue, Sep 27, 2005
  Helen Merrill Quartet
  Featuring Helen Merrill Quartet with Torrie Zito (piano); Ronnie Zito (drums); Steve la Spina (bass).
  
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  Jane Ira Bloom 9/28 (photo by Susan Cook)
  Wed, Sep 28, 2005
  Jane Ira Bloom Quartet & Cindy Blackman Quartet
  Featuring Jane Ira Bloom Quartet (7:30)
  7:30 SET SOLD OUT
  Jane Ira Bloom (soprano sax ); Jamie Saft (piano); Mark Helias (bass); Bobby Previte (drums)
  
• Cindy Blackman Quartet (9:30)
  Cindy Blackman (drums), J.D. Allen (tenor saxophone), George Mitchell (bass), Fionn O'Lachlainn (guitar and piano).
  
• Thu, Sep 29, 2005
  Joanne Brackeen solo piano & Bertha Hope & Jazzberry Jam!
  Featuring Joanne Brackeen-solo piano (7:30)
  
• Bertha Hope & Jazzberry Jam! (9:30)
  Bertha Hope (piano), Kim Clarke (bass), Paula Hampton (drums), Ulysses Slaughter (vocals) .
  
• Fri-Sat, Sep 30-Oct 1
  Barbara Carroll Trio with special guests
  Featuring Barbara Carroll (piano), Frank Tate (bass), Joe Ascione (drums), plus special guest Ken Peplowski (saxophones and clarinet) .
  
• Sun, Oct 2, 2005
  Karen Briggs Band & Leanne Ledgerwood Trio
  Featuring Featuring Karen Briggs Band (7:30)
  Karen Briggs (violin)
  
• Lee Ann Ledgerwood Trio (9:30)
  Buster Williams (Bass), Brandon Lewis (Drums).
  

Karrin Allyson 9/22

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola is accessible through the Jazz at Lincoln Center marquee entrance on the corner of Broadway at 60th Street. The club is located on the 5th floor. Doors open at 6:00pm for the 7:30pm set and guests may arrive at 8:45-9:00pm for the 9:30pm set. Sets begin at 7:30pm and 9:30pm, with an 11:30pm set on Friday and Saturday nights only. After Hours sets are at 11:00pm Tuesday through Thursday, and at 12:30am on Friday and Saturday. Tuesday through Sunday, there is a $30 cover charge for music. On Mondays for the student UPSTARTS! programming, there is a $15 music charge. After Hours set cover charge is $10. There is no additional music charge for patrons who stay after the last artist set. Student rates with valid ID: Sunday 9:30pm set $15, Monday 7:30pm and 9:30pm sets $10, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:30pm set $15, After Hours hang set $5. Standard food and beverage minimum of $10 applies at tables, $5 minimum is required at the bar. Food and beverage minimum applies to student rates.

Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in October 2004 to critical acclaim and popularity with musicians and music fans. The intimate club features artists from around the world seven nights a week in a spectacular setting with views of the Manhattan skyline. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola also features a full menu by Jazz at Lincoln Center's exclusive facility caterer, Great Performances in collaboration with Harlem's Spoonbread Catering, reflecting the diversity of jazz.

Jazz at Lincoln Center received a leadership grant from The Coca-Cola Company towards the creation of the world's first performing arts center designed specifically for jazz, Frederick P. Rose Hall. In recognition of the company's commitment to this authentic art form, Jazz at Lincoln Center named the 140-seat jazz club performance venue in the new facility Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. The late Mrs. Lorraine Gillespie, Dizzy's wife, said, "I know that my husband would be proud and honored that many musicians will further their careers and the awareness of jazz as an art form in a place that bears his name."

About Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, one of the three main performance venues located in Jazz at Lincoln Center's new home at Frederick P. Rose Hall, is an intimate 140-seat jazz club, set against a glittering backdrop with spectacular views of Central Park that provides a hip environment for performance, education and other special events. The club also includes fine dinner, dessert and late night menus by New York culinary creators Great Performances and Spoonbread Inc. Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz and advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. For more information, please visit www.jalc.org.