Jazz at Lincoln Center’s popular family concert series presents its final concert of the 2010-11 season with Jazz for Young People: “What is the Big Band Era?” with host Ted Nash and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Even 75 years after the big band era, scholars and fans – not to mention dancers – agree that this was the period when jazz reached its peak, not only of popularity but of musical greatness.
Joined by his father, trombonist Dick Nash (who began his career in the swing era), and a pair of swing dancers, Ted Nash will lead families through big band classics like Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing,” Count Basie’s “One O’Clock Jump,” Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood,” and Tommy Dorsey’s “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.” Recommended for ages 6 and up.
Come early and join in the Atrium for family-friendly pre-concert activities. Young musicians (ages 8 and up) are invited to bring their instruments for a workshop in the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. Events are 12noon-2pm.
When: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1pm & 3pm.
Where: Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY.
How: Tickets for the Jazz for Young People concert are $12, $20, and $28 and can be purchased through jalc.org or CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 9am to 9pm. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street in Manhattan, ground floor. Box office hours are Monday through Saturday from 10am – 6pm and Sunday from 12pm – 6pm. For more information, visit jalc.org/jfyp.
Jazz for Young People is generously funded by Con Edison Community Partnership Fund, The Irene Diamond Fund, The Heckscher Foundation for Children, the Arthur Levine Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and the United States Department of Education. The program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly acknowledges its major corporate partners:
Bank of America, Bloomberg, Brooks Brothers, Centric, The Coca-Cola Company, Con Edison, Entergy, SiriusXM.
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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Holly Rosen Fink has spent the last 15 years in NYC working in all facets of media, from MTV to the world of traditional and online publishing. Now working as a consultant in Westchester, she blogs about travel, theater, film, art, books, advocacy and more at The Culture Mom . She has two children, ages 5 and 7, who share her culture addiction.