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“Wendell understands the art of swing. He grew up in the New Orleans, so that rhythm is in his heart and in his words.” Of course, if you’ve seen HBO’s “The Wire” you need no introduction to the man with the rich baritone voice who plays Detective "Bunk" Moreland. As Marsalis notes, he’s a New Orleans native, with a deep appreciation of jazz. In fact, Pierce plays a jazzman’s in Tremé, (tre-May) a forthcoming HBO drama, set in the Crescent City. “Jazz at Lincoln Center has become a home for me. I’ve always admired the amount of sweat and soul they put into every performance. I’m honored to share a piece of the music.” You can find photos, a bio, links to Wendell’s work on, and all you’ll need for program guides and web pages at www.jalc.org/jazzcast. We’ll still hear from Ed Bradley in our featured shows from the archive, and Wynton Marsalis on new shows from Rose Hall. This Spring swells in April with Jazz Appreciation Month and our National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters special (free to all stations). We also honor the glory of the 88s. Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander masters Mento - the ‘New Calypso bebop.’ Geri Allen and Geoff Keezer honor the woman Duke Ellington called ‘soul on soul’ in 100 years of Mary Lou Williams. In May we’ll celebrate 15 years of Essentially Ellington, with the a new crop of fine and fierce High School competitors -- and look at some of the players who have graduated from EE to carry on the jazz flame. Dianne Reeves and Joe Lovano bring us through “Seventy Years of Blue Note.” Then Wes Anderson and Kenny Washington lead the music of Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver and Art Blakey. And Wynton Marsalis leads his quintet and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in highlights from his own band book. Steve Rathe For our full program schedule, click here. Remembering Ed
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Bring
Home the Swing!
"From
Alice Tully Hall, It's Jazz at Lincoln Center … I'm Ed Bradley."
The words felt right the first time Ed read them. That would have been
the rehearsal for our live broadcast and premiere of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Radio in April, 1994. It was also the premiere of Wynton Marsalis' composition
"Calling the Indians Out" – later to be renamed "Blood
on the Fields"...