Jazz at Lincoln Center opens 2000-01 season with World Premiere of Wycliffe Gordon film score for Body & Soul

Produced in collaboration with The Film Society of Lincoln Center, event is a highlight of the 38th New York Film Festival

Classic 1925 silent film is masterpiece of pioneering African-American film maker Oscar Micheaux and features screen debut of Paul Robeson

Music performed live by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) with Wynton Marsalis and guest pianist Eric Reed

European premiere performed in Braunschweig, Germany on September 29, 2000

Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) will open its 10th Anniversary 2000-01 season with the world premiere of a commissioned film score by the renowned LCJO trombonist WYCLIFFE GORDON for the classic 1925 silent film Body and Soul. The event will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2000, with performances at 5:00pm and 8:00pm, in Avery Fisher Hall, and will feature the LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS, with guest pianist ERIC REED, performing the score below a large screen on which the film will be shown. Produced in collaboration with The Film Society of Lincoln Center, this event will be a highlight of the 38th New York Film Festival.

Tickets from $20 to $55 are available at the Alice Tully Hall box office (starting on August 27, 2000), by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via www.jazzatlincolncenter.org. Delta Air Lines is the official airline of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Body and Soul (US, 1925, B/W, 86 minutes) is considered the masterpiece of the pioneering African-American film director OSCAR MICHEAUX and features the screen debut of the influential performer PAUL ROBESON. The movie centers on Robeson