[TPIN] Wynton

[James Calore]

I agree. My daughter and I went to hear Wynton & LCJO at Johns Hopkins 
Univ in Baltimore a couple months ago. They were outstanding. Half the 
show was Coltrane (Alabama brought tears on the bari's solo), the other 
half a series of pieces based on colors written by one of the tenor 
players. Wyntons trumpet section was Ryan Kisor, Marcus Printup and 
Sean Jones (?). For the finale, Wynton brought up an old jazz blues 
pianist (didn't catch the name) and while he played, Wynton led a line 
around the stage, improvising as he went. The cat can swing and 
entertain. Wonderful stories between tunes.

j

On Feb 2, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Robert Fox wrote:

> My wife suprised me with tickets to Wyton and the Lincoln Center Jazz 
> Orchestra last Thursday night at the Orange Co (CA) Performing Arts 
> Center.  I knew she was keeper when she surprised me while we were 
> dating with tickets to Stan Kenton in 1978 at the old Ambassador Hotel 
> in L.A.  Anyway, what a great concert.  She purchased the tickets late 
> so the only thing left was front row Choir loft seats behind the band. 
>  I was less than 20 feet from the trumpet section and to the side.  I 
> had a great view of Ryan Kysor, Steve Jones and a great player that I 
> can't recall right now (sorry, age is a terrible thing) and Wynton.  
> Several times Wyton turned around and played his solo to us.  It was 
> great!  All of those guys were great.  They played an all Ellington 
> concert, with alot of things I've never heard.  It was wonderful.  If 
> they come to a town near you, you really need to go hear them.