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Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Performance Schedule for August 29-September 4

August 30 – September 4 - Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson Quartet

AFTER HOURS WITH GREG BANDY & THE BANDITS

(New York, NY) August 29, 2005 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola -- located in The House of Swing, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall – presents saxophonist Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, one of the major figures in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and in Wynton Marsalis’ Septet for many years. Wynton has been known to show up and play when Wess is at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. “Warmdaddy” is also a leader in his own right, having released several critically acclaimed CDs starting with his debut in 1994, Warmdaddy in the Garden of Swing. Holding down the After Hours slot is the GRAMMY-nominated drummer/educator Greg Bandy. August 29 – UPSTARTS! student showcase 7:30pm Next Generation Jazz 9:30pm Ali Jackson Trio – Jammin’ with Jackson

August 30-September 4 7:30pm & 9:30pm with additional 11:30pm set on Friday-Saturday Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson Quartet Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson (alto sax), Marc Carey (piano), Kengo Nakamura (bass), Joe Blax (drums)

Wess “Warmdaddy" Anderson (alto & sopranino saxophones) began playing the saxophone at age 14. He attended Jazzmobile workshops in Harlem, studied with Frank Wess, Frank Foster, and Charles Davis, and frequented jam sessions led by saxophonist Sonny Stitt at the Blue Coronet. Before entering Southern University, where he studied with clarinetist Alvin Batiste, Mr. Anderson met Wynton and Branford Marsalis. In 1988, he became a member of Wynton Marsalis’ Septet, with which he toured and recorded for seven years, and was a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra since it began touring in 1992. As a leader, Mr. Anderson has recorded and released three solo albums entitled Warmdaddy in the Garden of Swing (1994), The Ways of Warmdaddy (1996), and Live at the Village Vanguard. Mr. Anderson is a frequent participant in Jazz at Lincoln Center educational events, and is on the faculty of the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies that opened in fall 2001.

August 30-September 3 - After Hours 11pm/12:30am Friday-Saturday Greg Bandy & the Bandits

This legendary, GRAMMY-nominated drummer and educator leads his group through a program of standards and originals.

****NEXT WEEK AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA****

September 5 – Labor Day Special 7:30pm & 9:30pm – Cascadu: Caribbean Jazz Nights Sam Barrios (piano), Steve Williams (drums), Mick Gaffney (guitars), Stanley Banks (bass), Burny Pelsmajer (saxophones/flute), Cascadu (congas/percussion/steel drums / vocals)

September 6-11 7:30pm & 9:30pm with additional 11:30pm set on Friday-Saturday The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions that women have made to jazz music, kicks off with: Angela Bofill

This Bronx native sang with Ricardo Morrero & the Group and the Dance Theater of Harlem chorus before her 1978 debut. With her strong, distinctive alto, she has carved a niche as an outstanding interpreter of soul ballads. Between 1978 and 1984, Bofill had consistent success on the R&B charts, with six albums making the Top 40 (five of which made the Top 100 on the pop charts as well), including two, Angel of the Night (1979) and Too Tough (1983) that made the Top Ten. During this period, she also placed seven singles in the R&B Top 40, with “Too Tough" making the Top Ten. Bofill's returned to the R&B charts with Intuition (1988), I Wanna Love Somebody (1993), and Love in Slow Motion (1996).

September 6-10: After Hours at 11pm / 12:30am Friday-Saturday September 6: The Angelica Sanchez Trio Featuring Brad Jones (bass); Tom Rainey (drums) September 7: Julie Hardy (vocals), with Sam Sadigursky (tenor saxophone), Randy Ingram (piano), Mat Clohesy (bass), Ferenk Nemeth (drums) September 8: Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch Duo: Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch (vocals) with Donald Smith (piano/vocals) September 9: “Sweet Sue" Terry Quartet: 'Sweet' Sue Terry (saxophone & vocals). Saul Rubin (guitar), Leon Lee Dorsey (bass), Vincent Ector (drums & percussion) September 10: Judi Silvano (vocals), with Frank Kimbrough (piano), Miriam Sullivan (bass); Newman Baker (drums)

You never know who’s going to show up at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.

Coming Up At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: September 6 – October 2: The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music. September 13: Marian McPartland – special solo piano concerts September 14, 15: Rita Coolidge (sold out-7:30pm set on Sept. 15 only) September 16, 17: Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with special guests September 18: Tessa Souter / Cynthia Scott September 20, 21: Claudia Acuña Quartet (sold out-7:30pm set on Sept. 21 only) September 22: Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends September 23, 24: Sherrie Maricle and DIVA Jazz Orchestra w/ Ann Hampton Callaway September 25: Lynne Arriale Trio / Nnenna Freelon



High-resolution, downloadable photos available at: http://www.jalc.org/dccc/c_calendar.asp

About Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, one of the three main performance venues located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home at Frederick P. Rose Hall, is an intimate 140-seat jazz club, set against a glittering backdrop with spectacular views of Central Park that provides a hip environment for performance, education and other special events. The club also includes fine dinner, dessert and late night menus by New York culinary creators Great Performances and Spoonbread Inc. Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz and advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages.

Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children’s concerts, lectures, adult education courses and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff, President & CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown and Jazz at Lincoln Center board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2005-06 season. In October 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. For more information, visit www.jalc.org.

For more information, please visit www.jalc.org

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