We the People

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Blue Engine Records is proud to announce the release of We the People, the latest album from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Recorded live in 2019, this suite of music emerged from an historic collaboration between Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art that united two great American institutions in service of using our shared cultural heritage to lead the way toward a better future.

The project began when the JLCO’s masterful composers were asked to select a single work of art from Crystal Bridges’ incomparable collection as inspiration for a new original work. The resulting songs, stitched together into a suite, present a stunning big band portrait of our nation’s history, scoring works from acclaimed artists such as Romare Bearden, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, and Grace Hartigan. Both stirring and elegiac, We the People celebrates America’s unparalleled cultural contributions to the world; and by bringing together Jazz at Lincoln Center and Crystal Bridges, the record shows how the arts can connect disparate communities and unite us all.

Track listing:

Personnel:

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra:
Wynton Marsalis – music director, trumpet
Ryan Kisor – trumpet
Kenny Rampton – trumpet
Michael Rodriguez – trumpet

Vincent Gardner – trombone
Chris Crenshaw – trombone
Elliot Mason – trombone

Sherman Irby – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Ted Nash – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Victor Goines – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Camille Thurman – tenor saxophone
Carl Maraghi – baritone saxophone

Dan Nimmer, piano
Carlos Henriquez, bass
Jason Marsalis, drums

Recorded live on June 7-8 2019 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center

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