NYO Jazz in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Carnegie Hall in association with The Market Theatre Presents

Friday, July 26, 2024 7 PM The Market Theatre

The Market Theatre with red awnings over oak doors

Market Theatre by Suzy Bernstein

Hear the brand-new lineup of NYO Jazz—Carnegie Hall’s evolving big band of top young jazz musicians from across the United States—as they perform under the leadership of trumpet great Sean Jones. The band has worked with some of today’s finest professional vocalists over the past couple years (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazzmeia Horn), and this season, it welcomes multi-genre singer and bandleader Alicia Olatuja to the mix. “You could be pretty confident you were hearing some stars of tomorrow,” wrote London’s The Times following a 2023 performance by NYO Jazz at Royal Albert Hall. As the ensemble's profile continues to grow, it becomes even more exciting to hear its latest accomplishments. From Duke Ellington to Thelonious Monk and Mary Lou Williams, to new arrangements and a Carnegie Hall-commissioned work by South African composer Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane, NYO Jazz showcases jazz as a living and limitless art form.

Part of: NYO-Jazz

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Performers

NYO Jazz
Sean Jones, Artistic Director, Bandleader, and Trumpet

with Special Guests
Alicia Olatuja, Vocals

Featuring
Linda Sikhakhane, Saxophone
Romy Brauteseth, Bass

Program

Program to be selected from:

SIBUSISO MASH MASHILOANE ISIGQI SUITE (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

LAKECIA BENJAMIN "Trane" (arr. Jhoely Garay, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

JOHNNY MANDEL / PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER "A Time for Love" (arr. Todd Bashore)

FRANK FOSTER "Shiny Stockings"

THELONIOUS MONK "Evidence" (arr. John Clayton)

WILLIAMS "New Musical Express"

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE "The Shade of the Cedar Tree"

BILLY CHILDS "Rejoice"

ELLINGTON "Chinoiserie"

DUKE ELLINGTON Theme from The Asphalt Jungle

HUGH MASEKELA "Dollar's Moods" (arr. Steven Feifke)

PHILEMON HOU "Grazing in the Grass" (arr. Steven Feifke)

ANGELA BOFILL "Under the Moon and Over the Sky" (arr. Michael Olatuja; adapt. Jim Pugh)

TRACY CHAPMAN "Give Me One Reason" (arr. Etienne Charles)

HAROLD ARLEN / YIP HARBURG "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (arr. Kyle Athayde)

JONI MITCHELL "Both Sides Now" (arr. Kyle Athayde)

LAURA NYRO "The Confession" (arr. Billy Childs; orch. Jim McNeely)

JIMMY MCHUGH / DOROTHY FIELDS "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (arr. Todd Bashore)

ALICIA OLATUJA / MICHAEL OLATUJA "Kadara" (arr. Etienne Charles)