"Work Song" - JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with Wynton Marsalis (from BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE)

“It sits alone in the history of jazz,” Wynton Marsalis says of Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking masterpiece Black, Brown & Beige. Since its 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall, the piece—a sprawling survey of African American history—has been heralded as one of the most significant compositions in American orchestral music. Now, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis is releasing a definitive, present-day recording of Black, Brown & Beige that conveys all the nuances and emotion of Ellington’s grandest work. Listen to the album now: jazz.org/bbb Captured during a live, Rose Theater performance in 2018, Black, Brown & Beige's Marsalis’s first recording of the work and Blue Engine’s first release dedicated entirely to Ellington. As Marsalis explains, the piece “covers a mosaic of not just Afro-American but of American styles of music,” and the expert musicians of the JLCO—not to mention special guests Brianna Thomas (vocals) and Eli Bishop (violin)—are perfectly equipped to tackle its stirring stylistic breadth. The JLCO’s spirited take on Ellington’s epic work not only pays tribute to some of the maestro’s most personal work but adds another important chapter to its enduring legacy. Track Listing I. Black 1. Work Song 2. Come Sunday 3. Light II. Brown 4. West Indian Dance 5. Emancipation Celebration 6. Blues Theme Mauve III. Beige 7. Various Themes 8. Sugar Hill Penthouse 9. Finale Personnel THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS REEDS Sherman Irby (alto saxophone) Ted Nash (alto saxophone) Victor Goines (tenor saxophone, clarinet) *Walter Blanding (tenor saxophone) Paul Nedzela (baritone saxophone) Julian Lee (substitute for Walter Blanding) TRUMPETS Ryan Kisor Marcus Printup Kenny Rampton Wynton Marsalis (music director) Jonah Moss TROMBONES *Vincent Gardner *Chris Crenshaw Elliot Mason Kasperi Sarikoski (substitute for Vincent Gardner) Sam Chess (substitute for Chris Crenshaw) RHYTHM SECTION Dan Nimmer (piano, bells) Carlos Henriquez (bass) Marion Felder (drums) James Chirillo (guitar) *Did not perform on this show Subscribe to our channel:    / @jalc   To learn more about Jazz at Lincoln Center, visit us at http://www.jazz.org