Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America and PVH Corp. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. Wednesday Evening, January 30, 2013, at 8:30 Lea Salonga Larry Yurman, Musical Director and Piano Jack Cavari, Guitar John Miller, Bass Dave Ratajczak, Drums Victor Lirio, Director This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission. Steinway Piano The Allen Room Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall Please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.
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Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory ofRichard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella.
Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America and PVH Corp.
Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center.
Wednesday Evening, January 30, 2013, at 8:30
Lea Salonga
Larry Yurman, Musical Director and PianoJack Cavari, GuitarJohn Miller, BassDave Ratajczak, Drums
Victor Lirio, Director
This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performedwithout intermission.
Steinway Piano
The Allen RoomJazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall
Please make certain your cellular phone,pager, or watch alarm is switched off.
This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.
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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s AmericanSongbook is provided by The DuBose and DorothyHeyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation,TopPatch, Inc., Jill and Irwin Cohen, The G & AFoundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle,Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center.
Public support is provided by the New York StateCouncil on the Arts.
Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s andZabars.com.
MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center.
United Airlines is the Official Airline of LincolnCenter.
WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner ofLincoln Center.
William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine ofLincoln Center.
Upcoming American Songbook Eventsin The Allen Room:
Thursday Evening, January 31, at 8:30Valerie Simpson
Friday Evening, February 1, at 7:30 and 9:30Karen Akers
Saturday Evening, February 2, at 8:30Cécile McLorin Salvant
Wednesday Evening, February 6, at 8:30Ring Them Bells! Rob Fisher CelebratesKander & Ebb*featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieleywith special guests Joel Grey and Chita Rivera
Thursday Evening, February 7, at 8:30Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Saturday Evening, February 9, at 8:30Stephanie Blythe: We’ll Meet Again—The Songsof Kate Smith*
Wednesday Evening, February 13, at 8:30Sondre Lerche
Thursday Evening, February 14, at 8:30Mavis Staples
Friday Evening, February 15, at 7:30 and 9:30Kristin Chenoweth*
*Limited availability
The Allen Room is located in Jazz at LincolnCenter’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visitAmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln CenterInfo Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visitAmericanSongbook.org for complete programinformation.
We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract theperformers and your fellow audience members.
In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leavebefore the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographsand the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.
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A Pledge of Allegianceby George Takei
When Lea Salonga sings, it’s like angels cry-ing. That’s the best way I can describe it.
My husband, Brad, and I first bore witness tothis phenomenon in London at the Drury LaneTheatre, where Miss Saigon made its inter-national debut. We were transported by herperformance, and I knew right there I washearing something without parallel. I knewLea would also take America by storm, whichshe did just a year later, winning the Tony forBest Leading Actress in a Musical andcementing forever her legacy as a hero of herhome country, the Philippines.
Years later, it so happened that we wound upworking on the same animated movie, Mulan,where we both had voice-over roles. So in asense, I was a costar with her even years ago,but alas, our paths never crossed in the mak-ing of that film.
Now here’s the astonishing thing: the next time I saw Lea performing live was in our liv-ing room. The writers of a brand-new musical, Allegiance, in which Lea and I both werecast, needed a piano. They hoped to work with Lea a bit in advance of the first stagedreading of the show in Los Angeles. So we offered up our home for the rehearsal. WhenLea arrived, she surprised us all by saying, “Oh, it is so cool to be in Sulu’s house.” Whoknew that Lea was a Trekkie! For our part, we were thrilled to have Miss Saigon singingin our living room. What a rare and unexpected privilege.
Working with Lea on Allegiance (a story set during the Japanese American intern-ment) has been a true joy. It so happens Lea has Japanese in-laws, including an unclewho served during World War II in the all–Japanese American 442nd RegimentalCombat Team, the most decorated unit in all of U.S. military history. So in a way, thestory of Allegiance for her also was personal. I was quite impressed that Lea picked upsome of the Japanese dialogue in the script of the show. As someone who already isfluent in both Tagalog and English, her language skill was apparent as she pronouncedthose lines excellently.
During our pre-Broadway tryout in San Diego, the writers even added a duet between thetwo of us, “Ishi Kara Ishi” (“Stone by Stone”). I’ve got to admit, there is nothing moredaunting than knowing that your voice will be paired with a voice like Lea’s. (Not only isshe pitch-perfect, but a highly disciplined and hardworking performer—Brad calls her
Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura and George Takei asOjii-san in Allegiance at the Old Globe, San Diego
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“the machine.”) It is her professionalism that leads and inspires our cast, and her tran-scendent vocals that thrill audiences, who packed every performance and helped us setthe all-time box office record at San Diego’s Old Globe. Indeed, her amazing solo,“Higher,” brought down the house every show.
Most of all, throughout these three-plus years we have worked closely together, Lea hasbecome a very dear friend. I cannot wait until we bring our show to Broadway together.Once again, she will take New York by storm. Tonight you are in for a glimpse of that. Getready for the angels to cry.
Lea Salonga is a Filipina singer and actorbest known for originating the role of Kimin the West End production of Miss Saigon,for which she won an Olivier Award. Shethen brought the role to Broadway, winninga Tony among other awards. She was thefirst Asian to play Éponine in LesMisérables on Broadway; she returned tothe show in 2007 as Fantine and reprisedthis role for its sold-out 25th-anniversaryconcert in London.
Ms. Salonga most recently appeared onstage in Allegiance, a new musical devel-oped by legendary actor George Takei.Allegiance tells the story of a JapaneseAmerican family forced into an internmentcamp during World War II. The productionfinished its world premiere run at the OldGlobe in San Diego last fall. She was alsoseen in a production of God of Carnageoverseas in Manila and Singapore.
Ms. Salonga wowed audiences and criticsin her first-ever cabaret show at New York’sfamed Café Carlyle in 2010, and shereturned in 2011 for another engagement.In August 2011 she released a live versionof her 2010 concert, Lea Salonga: TheJourney So Far, and the recording rose toNo. 3 on the iTunes Jazz Chart.
Honored with an appointment as a UnitedNations Food and Agriculture OrganizationGoodwill Ambassador in 2010, Ms. Salongahas vowed to act as advocate for the Youthand United Nations Global Alliance initiative.
Ms. Salonga’s feature film credits includethe singing voice of Princess Jasmine inAladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and MulanII. In honor of her portrayal of the belovedprincesses, the Walt Disney Companybestowed upon her the honor of DisneyLegend in the summer of 2011. For moreinformation, please visit leasalonga.com.
Larry YurmanLarry Yurman (musical director and piano)has accompanied Lea Salonga around thecountry for the past five years, includingtwo engagements at the Carlyle and arecent evening at Town Hall. He was themusic director and arranger of the recentrevival of On a Clear Day You Can SeeForever and music directed the originalNew York production of Grey Gardens.Additional Broadway conducting creditsinclude Thoroughly Modern Millie, SideShow, A Funny Thing Happened on theWay to the Forum, Guys and Dolls, LesMisérables, Marie Christine, Arcadia(Lincoln Center Theater), and the Radio CityChristmas Spectacular. He has providedarrangements for and recorded with Ms.Salonga, Christine Ebersole, HowardMcGillin, T. Oliver Reid, Anne Runolfsson,and Sam Harris and Laurie Beechman.
Jack CavariJack Cavari (guitar) has been playing theguitar since the tender age of five and hasenjoyed a successful career as a respectedNew York City guitarist. Besides playing forBroadway musicals, television, and moviesoundtracks, he has recorded and per-formed with artists including Liza Minnelli,Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, ArtGarfunkel, and Aretha Franklin, to name afew. As a versatile guitarist, Mr. Cavaribecame well known in New York recordingstudios and has played on thousands oftelevision and radio jingles and assorted
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television specials, such as the TonyAwards, Night of 100 Stars, the Song-writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony,and tributes to Irving Berlin. He has alsotaken part in 92nd Street Y star-studdedgalas celebrating the music of BurtBacharach, the Beatles, and Frank Sinatra.Recently on Broadway, Mr. Cavari per-formed in On a Clear Day You Can SeeForever starring Harry Connick Jr. under themusical direction of Larry Yurman. In recentyears he has accompanied Lea Salonga inconcert throughout the U.S. and Canada, aswell as at her celebrated engagements atCafé Carlye and Town Hall.
John MillerJohnMiller (bass) has played basswith artistsas diverse as Lea Salonga, Michael Jackson,Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Madonna,Frank Sinatra, Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, theSmashing Pumpkins, Elvis Costello, B.B.King, Bette Miller, Bob Dylan, Cheap Trick,Portishead, James Brown, the New YorkPhilharmonic, Pete Seeger, and Peter, Pauland Mary. He has also been the music coor-dinator on more than 100 Broadway shows,most recently Jersey Boys, Once, Elf,Newsies, Rock of Ages, Porgy and Bess,Jesus Christ Superstar, Priscilla Queen ofthe Desert, and Sister Act. His album StageDoor Johnny: John Miller Takes on Broad-way is available on PS Classics. Learn moreat johnmillerbass.com.
Dave RatajczakDave Ratajczak (percussion) is one of themost sought-after percussionists in the NewYorkmetropolitan area. Mr. Ratajczak has per-formed and recorded with a wide variety ofartists and ensembles, including the WoodyHerman Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, the NewYork Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Orchestra ofSt. Luke’s, Kenny Rankin, Audra McDonald,Barbara Cook, Rosemary Clooney, BebeNeuwirth, Christine Ebersole, Plácido Do-mingo, Lea Salonga, and jazz greats EddieDaniels, Grady Tate, and Milt Hinton.
Mr. Ratajczak is currently performing in theBroadway production of Mary Poppins. Healso has performed in the orchestras forTony Award–winning Broadway showssuch as City of Angels, Crazy for You,Titanic, The Music Man, Wonderful Town,and Sweet Charity. As a studio musician,he has performed on several movie sound-tracks, including Dead Man Walking,Cradle Will Rock, Wolf, The Pelican Brief,Miller’s Crossing, Brighton Beach Mem-oirs, and Biloxi Blues. He can be seen inthe starring role of an award-winningmovie short called The Drummer, availableat thedrummershort.com.
Mr. Ratajczak was called upon to recreatethe role of jazz drumming great Gene Krupain a performance with Bob Wilber’s orches-tra celebrating the 50th anniversary ofBenny Goodman’s historic jazz concert atCarnegie Hall. He is a graduate of theEastman School of Music.
Victor LirioVictor Lirio (director) is an actor and theaterdirector and currently the artistic director ofDiverse City Theater Co. (DCT). He hasworked at the Kennedy Center as an actor,Carnegie Hall as producer, and LincolnCenter as director. Last year, with specialpermission from Stephen Sondheim, hedirected Suites by Sondheim with TonyAward winner Lea Salonga at Alice TullyHall. This show for American Songbook ishis third collaboration with Ms. Salonga,having also produced her Carnegie Hallconcert debut in 2005.
Mr. Lirio’s other concert work includes LongSeason: The Musical (Huntington TheatreCo.), An Evening with Anthony Fedorov, andBroadway Stars Sing for Diversity! (withNorm Lewis), and he is currently in collabo-ration with Broadway stars Ali Ewoldt, AdamJacobs, and Tonya Pinkins. He has producednearly 20 original works in ten productions,including three theater festivals, at Theatre
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Row since 2005. For more than ten years hehas trained with renowned actor, director,and teacher Deborah Hedwall, studying theworks of Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen.
On stage, Mr. Lirio directed the world pre-miere of Warren Bodow’s play Race Music,as well as Cassandra Medley’s award-winning Noon Day Sun (Time Out New YorkCritics’ Choice), which starred Ron CephasJones and earned several AUDELCO Awardnominations, including Best DramaticProduction of the Year. He directed severalnew works by emerging and establishedplaywrights in DCT’s Green Room Series,including Yussef El Guindi’s Pilgrims Musaand Sheri in the New World (2012Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award). UnderMr. Lirio’s artistic leadership, DCT receivedseveral awards and earned two nomina-tions for the Actors’ Equity Association’sRosetta LeNoire Award.
American SongbookIn 1998, Lincoln Center launched AmericanSongbook, dedicated to the celebration ofpopular American song. Designed to high-light and affirm the creative mastery ofAmerica’s songwriters from their emer-gence at the turn of the 19th century upthrough the present, American Songbookspans all styles and genres, from the form’searly roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to
the eclecticism of today’s singer-songwriters.American Songbook also showcases theoutstanding interpreters of popular song,including established and emerging con-cert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter per-formers. American Songbook presentationsinclude major concert programs in venuesaround Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center for thePerforming Arts, Inc.Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts(LCPA) serves three primary roles: presen-ter of artistic programming, national leaderin arts and education and community rela-tions, and manager of the Lincoln Centercampus. A presenter of more than 3,000free and ticketed events, performances,tours, and educational activities annually,LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festi-vals including American Songbook, GreatPerformers, Lincoln Center Festival,Lincoln Center Out of Doors, MidsummerNight Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival,and the White Light Festival, as well as theEmmy Award–winning Live From LincolnCenter, which airs nationally on PBS. Asmanager of the Lincoln Center campus,LCPA provides support and services for theLincoln Center complex and the 11 resi-dent organizations. In addition, LCPA led a$1.2 billion campus renovation, completedin October 2012.
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Lincoln Center Programming DepartmentJane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic DirectorHanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music ProgrammingJon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary ProgrammingLisa Takemoto, Production ManagerBill Bragin, Director, Public ProgrammingCharles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingKate Monaghan, Associate Director, ProgrammingJill Sternheimer, Producer, Public ProgrammingMauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingNicole Cotton, Production CoordinatorRegina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic DirectorJulia Lin, Programming AssociateAnn Crews Melton, House Program Coordinator
For American SongbookMatt Berman, Lighting DesignScott Stauffer, Sound DesignMelinda Basaca, Wardrobe Assistant
UPCOMING EVENTSJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’SFREDERICK P. ROSE HALL
FEBRUARY 2013ROSE THEATER
Family Concert: What is Latin Jazz?February 9, 1pm & 3pmLatin Jazz fuses intoxicating Afro-Caribbean and Pan-American rhythms with the elevated harmonic structureand instrumental virtuosity of jazz. Drummer, percus-sionist, and educator Bobby Sanabria will lead TheMultiverse Big Band in introducing families to theidiom’s concepts and historical timeline. Sanabria’scelebrity in Latin jazz is renowned, having shared thestage over the years with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente,Paquito D’Rivera, Chico O’Farrill, and the Godfather ofAfro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá. This South Bronx nativeand GRAMMY® Award nominee will have audiences ofall ages tapping their feet and moving to the beat.Free pre-concert activities at 12:15pm and 2:15pm
Blood on the FieldsFebruary 21–23, 8pmEighteen years after its premiere at Alice Tully Hall,Wynton Marsalis’ Pulitzer-winning epic jazz oratorioon slavery and freedom receives its Rose Theater debutin its entirety with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestrawith Wynton Marsalis. A high-level conversation withthe history of jazz, with a superb vernacular libretto,“Blood on the Fields” remains one of Marsalis’ greatestworks, reinforcing his dictum that “all jazz is modern.”Rising star baritone Gregory Porter, scat-master KennyWashington, and the great contralto Paula West reprisethe vocal roles, Eli Bishop is featured on violin, and spe-cial guest Eric Reed, an original Blood on the Fields(1994) performer, joins on piano.Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.
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Joe Lovano Us FiveFebruary 22–23, 7:30pm & 9:30pmEver the musical renaissance man, Joe Lovano is ascomfortable with “inside approaches,” which he treatswith a spirit of freedom, as with the speculative side of
musical production. Both attitudes will come forth asLovano presents his ensemble Us Five, which frameshis brilliant playing with an orchestral array of soniccolor and rhythms, and features GRAMMY®-winnerEsperanza Spalding on bass, James Weidman onpiano, Otis Brown III on drums, and Francisco Melaon drums. Special guest Lionel Loueke joins thegroup on guitar.
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Dizzy and Bird FestivalListening PartyFebruary 28, 7pmThis interview series invites audiences to listen to newjazz albums, while meeting and hearing from the artistswho recorded them.Free and open to the public.
MARCH 2013ROSE THEATER
Dizzy and Bird FestivalCelebrating Dizzy GillespieMarch 8–9, 8pm No living trumpet player can claim a closer relationshipto musician-teacher-humanitarian Dizzy Gillespie—personally or musically—than Jon Faddis, who met hisfriend and mentor at age 15. A veteran of the ThadJones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and former musicaldirector of Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra,Faddis will direct his current big band through newtranscriptions from Gillespie’s path-breaking 1940s bigband, repertoire from the spectacular 1950s editionthat toured the Middle East and South America underthe auspices of the State Department, and lead aquintet through selected gems from Gillespie’s consis-tently superb small group recordings. Faddis’ quintetwill feature two NEA Jazz Masters, pianist KennyBarron and saxophonist Jimmy Heath.Free pre-concert festival nightly at 6:30pm.Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.
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Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floorTickets: $10-$120
To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jalc.org. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office is located onBroadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.
For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jalc.org/events/group-sales.
For more information about our education programs, visit jalc.org/learn.
For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922.Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Foursquare.
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are encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.Artists and schedule subject to change.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.
Reservations: 212-258-9595/9795 or jalc.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9580 or jalc.org/dizzys/group-sales.Nightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm plus an 11:30pm set on Fridays.Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday, after the last Artist set.
Cover Charge: $20–40. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each set.
Rose Theater and The Allen Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get 50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.
Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theaterand The Allen Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.
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FEBRUARY 2013René Marie Quartet with Elias Bailey, Quentin Baxter, and Kevin BalesJanuary 31–February 37:30pm & 9:30pm, plus 11:30pm on Friday
Roswell Rudd Quartet with Sunny Kim, Ken Filiano, and Lafayette Harris February 47:30pm & 9:30pm
Gerald Clayton Triowith Joseph Sanders and Justin BrownFebruary 57:30pm & 9:30pmFebruary 68pm & 10pmLate Night Session: Benny Benack III Quartet
Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan with Steve Nelson, Antonio Hart, Duane Eubanks,and Rodney GreenFebruary 7–107:30pm & 9:30pm, plus 11:30pm on FridayLate Night Session: Benny Benack III Quartet
Gregoire Maretwith Federico Pena, Ben Williams, and Clarence PennFebruary 127:30pm & 9:30pmLate Night Session: Luca Santaniello Quartet
Nilson Mata’s Black Orpheus featuring Leny Andrade CD Releasewith Klaus Mueller, Fernando Saci, Alexandre Kautz,and Steve WilsonFebruary 13–177:30pm & 9:30pmLate Night Session: Luca Santaniello Quartet
Nellie Mckay and The Amigos Band:A Grand Experiment of Songwith Justin Poindexter, Sam Reider, and Eddie BarbashFebruary 187:30pm & 9:30pm
Toshiko Akiyoshi–Lew Tabackin Jazz Quartetwith Lew TabackinFebruary 19–207:30pm & 9:30pmLate Night Session: Emmet Cohen Trio
Tia Fuller Quartet with Special Guest Sean Joneswith Tia Fuller, Orrin Evans, Alexander Toth, andRalph Peterson Jr.February 21–247:30pm & 9:30pmLate Night Session: Emmet Cohen Trio (Note: No performance on February 24)
Julliard Jazz EnsembleFebruary 257:30pm & 9:30pm
The Music of Dexter GordonCelebrating 90 Yearswith George Cables, Victor Lewis, Joe Locke, Jerry Weldon, Walter Blanding, Brandon Lee, and Special GuestsFebruary 26–277:30pm & 9:30pmLate Night Session: Bruce Harris Quintet
