NYO Jazz in Cape Town, South Africa

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Carnegie Hall in association with Artscape Presents

Saturday, August 3, 2024 3 PM Artscape

Artscape

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.

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Performers

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

with Special Guest
Alicia Olatuja, Vocals

Featuring
Muneeb Hermans, Trumpet

Program

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

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

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

FRANK FOSTER "Shiny Stockings"

THELONIUS MONK "Evidence" (arr. John Clayton)

WILLIAMS "New Musical Express"

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE "The Shade of the Cedar Tree"

BILLY CHILDS "Rejoice"

ELLINGTON "Chinoiserie"

ELLINGTON Theme from The Asphalt Jungle

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

MASEKELA "Grazing in the Grass" (arr. Steven Feifke)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WYCLIFFE GORDON "We're Still Here / He's Alright"