Dizzy and Bird Festival Coming to Jazz at Lincoln Center

By Jeff Tamarkin

Jazz at Lincoln Center will present the Dizzy and Bird Festival, highlighting the music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie “Bird” Parker, from Feb. 28-March 10. The festival, one of six presented during this season to celebrate JALC’s 25th anniversary, will include several simultaneous performances in Rose Theater, the Allen Room and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. The concerts comprising the Dizzy and Bird Festival are as follows:

• Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie 
The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York & Quintet 
March 8-9, 2013, 8 p.m., Rose Theater 
The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra includes: Faddis (trumpet, conductor and leader), Lew Soloff, Greg Gisbert, Michael Philip Mossman, Max Darche (trumpets), Mark Vinci, Steve Wilson, Walt Weiskopf, Ralph Lalama, Frank Basile (saxophones), Ted Rosenthal (piano), Todd Coolman (bass), with special guests Ignacio Berroa (drums), NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), Pedrito Martinez (congas) and Steve Turre (trombone and conch shells – Friday only). 
Ticket prices for Rose Theater are $10, $30, $50, $75, $95 or $120 dependent upon seating section. 

• Paquito D’Rivera’s “Charlie Parker with Strings” 
March 8-9, 2013, 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., the Allen Room 
Cuban reedist, arranger, composer Paquito D’Rivera will delve into the musical compositions of the 1950 session of Charlie Parker with strings. Performers include D’Rivera (alto saxophone, clarinet, conductor), Charles Pillow (oboe, alto saxophone), Riza Printup (harp), Alex Brown (piano), Ben Williams (bass), and Vince Cherico (drums). The core ensemble will be augmented by six violins, two violas and two cellos. 
Ticket prices for the Allen Room are $65 for the 7:30 p.m. sets and $10 or $55 for the 9:30 p.m. sets.

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