THE JON FADDIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK® - THE SUCCESSOR TO THE CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ BAND - PERFORMS IN CONCERT AT THE BLUE NOTE 131 West 3rd Street New York City THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 – SUNDAY, 18, 2009 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM Tickets: $20.00 (bar) - $35.00 (tables) Tel. 212-475-8592 www.bluenote.net
The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York at the Newport Jazz Festival photo: www.johnabbottphoto.com
The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York® is: Jon Faddis, trumpet and leader; saxophones: Mark Vinci, Andrew Gould, Xavier Perez, Ralph Lalama, Gary Smulyan; trombones: John Fedchock, Steve Turre, Luis Bonilla, Douglas Purviance; trumpets: Lew Soloff, Michael Philip Mossman, Terell Stafford, Max Darché; Ted Rosenthal, piano; Todd Coolman, bass; and Dana Hall, drums.
Catch the big band sound of The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York (JFJONY) at the Blue Note, 131 West Third Street in Greenwich Village, Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 18, at 8:00 pm and 10:30 pm each evening. The successor to the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (CHJB), of which Faddis was artistic director for a decade (1992 – 2002), the JFJONY epitomizes and celebrates Jazz at its best. The JFJONY debuted as the successor to the CHJB at a private event at The National Arts Club in New York in June 2003; in March 2004, the JFJONY performed for the first time under its new name for the public at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College-SUNY. The JFJONY performed at Newport Jazz Festival’s 50th Anniversary in August 2004; other appearances include Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University, and other venues.