Yacub Addy

The tour continues following the LCJO Debut in New Orleans, when The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (LCJO) performed free events for people of all ages, including concerts, master classes, clinics, and workshops during a weeklong residency in New Orleans from April 17-23, in conjunction with the state of Louisiana and in partnership with the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. The LCJO in collaboration with Odadaa! performed a composition called "Congo Square" co-written by Mr. Marsalis and Yacub Addy who leads Odadaa! The new work is dedicated to Mr. This was the debut performance of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans.

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

In addition, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce a New Orleans Festival throughout its home in New York, Frederick P. Rose Hall. There will be Crescent City Gospel concerts in The Allen Room featuring Wycliffe Gordon, Crescent City Swing in Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola featuring Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson, and a Jazz in the Schools tour by the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble featuring the music of the Big Easy called, "New Orleans: Melting Pot of Sound." Many of these productions take place during Jazz at Lincoln Center's celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month throughout April and into May.

New Orleans celebration schedule:

• April 17-20 New Orleans, LA TBA LCJO education, various artists
• April 17 New Orleans Basin Street Station Frank Stewart Photography Exhibit Opens + Wynton Marsalis Press Conference
• April 21 New Orleans, LA TBA LCJO Jazz for Young People(SM)
• April 23 New Orleans, LA Congo Square in Louis Armstrong Park LCJO + Odadaa! -- WORLD PREMIERE
• April 24 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• April 25 Miami, FL Gusman Center for the Performing Arts LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• April 27 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• April 29 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• April 30 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• May 2 Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center Concert Hall LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• May 2-7 New York, NY Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Crescent City Swing - Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson Quartet
• May 4-6 New York, NY Frederick P. Rose Hall, Rose Theater LCJO + Odadaa! Congo Square
• May 4-6 New York, NY Frederick P. Rose Hall, The Allen Room Wycliffe Gordon and guests in Crescent City Gospel

Wynton Marsalis

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