Celebrate Romance with the “Greatest Large Jazz Ensemble Working Today”

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Brings
Ellington Love Songs to Santa Rosa January 25 at 8:00 pm

Santa Rosa, Ca. (December 21, 2007) - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts presents the return of “the greatest large jazz ensemble working today” (The Chicago Tribune), as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs Ellington Love Songs January 25th at 8:00 pm.

The program will feature the world renowned big band performing beloved love songs written and made famous by Duke Ellington. The band will also draw on other repertoire from the jazz canon including tunes by jazz luminaries and new and original music by members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

The extraordinarily versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is composed of 15 of jazz music's leading soloists under the leadership of artistic director and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Drawing from an extensive collection of work that includes original compositions by Marsalis, Ted Nash, Ron Westray and other members of the orchestra, as well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other great jazz composers, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's concerts are everything that jazz was, is, and is to be: improvisational, driven, and incredibly cool.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra includes: Sean Jones, Ryan Kisor, Marcus Printup (trumpet); Vincent R. Gardner, Chris Crenshaw (trombone); Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, Walter Blanding, Victor Goines, Joe Temperley (reeds); Dan Nimmer (piano); Carlos Henriquez (bass); and Ali Jackson (drums).

Tickets ($10, $35, $45, $65, $85) for the January 25th performance are available at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Box Office located at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa, by phone at 707-546-3600, and online at wellsfargocenterarts.org.

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The non-profit Wells Fargo Center for the Arts is the North Bay's premier arts organization presenting world-class performances, contemporary sculpture, festivals, and events to 500,000 residents and visitors each year. Together with its resident companies, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts provides more than 100 annual performances, serves to present intriguing contemporary art, and is one of California's largest providers of arts education programs for children. Located in the heart of the Wine Country, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts campus features spacious auditoriums, an intimate cabaret, and outdoor festival grounds with a big-top tent. Unlike many similar organizations, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts is not aligned with any federal, state, or municipal entity-such as a city or university. The Center was created by and is supported by the community it serves, making it uniquely positioned as an independent, entrepreneurial-focused, non-profit arts organization. We serve to Enrich, Educate and Entertain - Connecting Our Community through the Arts.