JAZZ GUITAR CELEBRATION OF HALL OF FAMERS DJANGO REINHARDT & CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
WHO/WHAT:
Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates in concert the induction of legends Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian into the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. The concert will feature the music of the two masters performed by guitarists Bobby Broom, Birli Lagrne, Russell Malone and Frank Vignola with rhythm section powered by drummer/music director Lewis Nash and Frank Wess on flute and tenor saxophone.
WHO/WHAT:
Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates in concert the induction of legends Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian into the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. The concert will feature the music of the two masters performed by guitarists Bobby Broom, Birli Lagrne, Russell Malone and Frank Vignola with rhythm section powered by drummer/music director Lewis Nash and Frank Wess on flute and tenor saxophone.
**Free pre-concert lecture with Lewis Nash along with other performers and Jazz at Lincoln Center's Manager of Public Programming Ken Druker will discuss the music in the Irene Diamond Education Center at 7 p.m.**
WHEN:
May 2-3, 2008, 8 p.m.
WHERE:
Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St., NYC
HOW:
Tickets are $30, $50, $75, $95, $120 and available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via jalc.org.
For more information about Django Reinhardt or Charlie Christian visit the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame in person or online at jalc.org/halloffame.
Artists subject to change.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
