New Orlean Jazz Orchestra coming to Norwich
NORWICH – The Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, will bring the flavor of New Orleans to central New York on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m., when Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra All Stars perform “Home for the Holidays.”
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc., was incorporated in December 2002 by founder and artistic director, Irvin Mayfield, the Grammy nominated, Billboard Award winning trumpeter and composer and the officially appointed Cultural Ambassador for the City of New Orleans. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) is a spirited, swinging, band steeped in the tradition of New Orleans jazz, blues, swing and spirituals. NOJO performs and presents educational programs that draw upon the rich musical and cultural traditions of New Orleans and is the premier major performing and presenting jazz institution based in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Under the leadership of Irvin Mayfield, NOJO has created a permanent national performing arts and education organization to celebrate America's native musical form in the city of its birth. As a touring ensemble, NOJO is regularly presented at the country's most prestigious venues, with performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Chicago's Ravinia Festival, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, UCLA's Royce Hall, SFJAZZ at The Palace, and Miami and Orange County's new Performing Arts Centers. In 2007-2008, NOJO will make its debut performances in the Orchestra Halls of Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota, as well as Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, UC Davis’ Mondavi Center, the University of IL-Krannert Center and Omaha’s new Holland Performing Arts Center.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, NOJO has become a cultural beacon for a troubled city steeped in rich cultural traditions. In addition, Tulane University announced in January 2006 that it would serve as the new home of NOJO in New Orleans.
At only 30 years old, Irvin Mayfield has quickly established himself as one of the most decorated and recorded Jazz musicians of his generation. Mayfield is a versatile trumpeter, bandleader, composer and arranger, recording artist, a passionate spokesman for the rich history and cultural significance of Jazz and the city that birthed it. Appointed the Cultural Ambassador of the City of New Orleans in 2003 by the United States Senate, Congress and other governmental agencies, his name has become synonymous with the still-unfolding legacy of America’s only indigenous music.
Even after Katrina—especially after Katrina, which took the life of his father, Irvin Mayfield, Sr.—this tireless Renaissance man considers Jazz nothing less than the manifestation of all that American democracy represents. Within the freedom so intrinsic to Jazz, Mayfield sees the story of America. In its myriad rhythms and personalities, he finds the oversized soul of New Orleans. He is the recipient of the Elysian Trumpet, hand-crafted for him by David Monette in honor of his father, who was found after the storm on Elysian Fields Avenue, and all those who lost their lives in the storm. Inlayed with jewels and images of New Orleans and of the Hurricane itself, the priceless instrument has been blessed by representatives of three of the world’ s religions, including the Archbishop of Canterbury during his historic visit to New Orleans last September
Most recently, during the North American Summit in New Orleans President George W. Bush declared the trumpet a “Cultural Treasure”.
Mayfield is a highly successful recording artist. On April 1st, 2008, Mayfield released his 11th album Love Songs, Ballads and Standards, with Ellis Marsalis on Basin Street Records. The album was the first release on the label since Hurricane Katrina. It is a release of instrumental interpretations that distills the essence of the Great American Songbook with great passion, including time-tested classics like “Yesterday” (the Beatles) and contemporary gems like “Don’t Know Why” (Norah Jones).
In January 2003, he founded the Institute of Jazz Culture at Dillard University. Mayfield, whose extensive discography stretches back nearly a decade, is rooted firmly in the present, but he has benefited enormously from studying that which comes before him. He has absorbed the music of the giants; particularly the trumpeters who have helped define the course of Jazz over the decades and set Irvin on his own journey of exploration: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. He considers Wynton Marsalis—another promoter of the great heritage of New Orleans—a mentor. Mayfield’s relationship with the Marsalis family goes back many years.
In October 2003, Mayfield debuted Strange Fruit, featuring the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and the Dillard University Concert Choir. Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra made history on November 17, 2005 when they symbolically reopened New Orleans with the performance of a historic piece – composed by Mayfield – titled All the Saints At Christ Church Cathedral. This commission was the first of its kind by an Episcopal diocese, and it served New Orleans as the first major cultural event inside the city post-Katrina.
He has also appeared on or produced dozens of other records including Strange Fruit with NOJO and the Dillard University Choir and Volume 5: Carnival, a Los Hombres Calientes recording. Their previous album, Volume 4: Voodoo Dance (2003), was nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award. Volume Three: New Congo Square (2001) was nominated for a Grammy. In 2000, Volume One was awarded Billboard’s Latin Music Award for “Contemporary Latin Jazz Album of the Year.” Outside of Basin Street Records, Mayfield has two other releases on the Half Note label. In 2005, he recorded “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” on Higher Ground/Blue Note Records, for the Musician’s Relief Fund, which was performed for President George W. Bush during Black Music Month.
Mayfield has remained steadfast in his effort to bring New Orleans culture back to its feet. He participated as advisory member to Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu’s Louisiana Cultural Rebirth Committee, and as committee member to Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s Bring New Orleans Back culture sub-committee.
Tickets for “Home for the Holidays” range in price from $16.50 to $23 with discounts for members of the Council of the Arts and senior citizens. Student tickets (Ander 18 years of age) are$10. The performance is being presented with support from Kerry Bio Science and Wachovia Securities. For reservations, go to www.chenangoarts.org or call 336-ARTS (2787).
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc., was incorporated in December 2002 by founder and artistic director, Irvin Mayfield, the Grammy nominated, Billboard Award winning trumpeter and composer and the officially appointed Cultural Ambassador for the City of New Orleans. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) is a spirited, swinging, band steeped in the tradition of New Orleans jazz, blues, swing and spirituals. NOJO performs and presents educational programs that draw upon the rich musical and cultural traditions of New Orleans and is the premier major performing and presenting jazz institution based in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Under the leadership of Irvin Mayfield, NOJO has created a permanent national performing arts and education organization to celebrate America's native musical form in the city of its birth. As a touring ensemble, NOJO is regularly presented at the country's most prestigious venues, with performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Chicago's Ravinia Festival, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, UCLA's Royce Hall, SFJAZZ at The Palace, and Miami and Orange County's new Performing Arts Centers. In 2007-2008, NOJO will make its debut performances in the Orchestra Halls of Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota, as well as Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, UC Davis’ Mondavi Center, the University of IL-Krannert Center and Omaha’s new Holland Performing Arts Center.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, NOJO has become a cultural beacon for a troubled city steeped in rich cultural traditions. In addition, Tulane University announced in January 2006 that it would serve as the new home of NOJO in New Orleans.
At only 30 years old, Irvin Mayfield has quickly established himself as one of the most decorated and recorded Jazz musicians of his generation. Mayfield is a versatile trumpeter, bandleader, composer and arranger, recording artist, a passionate spokesman for the rich history and cultural significance of Jazz and the city that birthed it. Appointed the Cultural Ambassador of the City of New Orleans in 2003 by the United States Senate, Congress and other governmental agencies, his name has become synonymous with the still-unfolding legacy of America’s only indigenous music.
Even after Katrina—especially after Katrina, which took the life of his father, Irvin Mayfield, Sr.—this tireless Renaissance man considers Jazz nothing less than the manifestation of all that American democracy represents. Within the freedom so intrinsic to Jazz, Mayfield sees the story of America. In its myriad rhythms and personalities, he finds the oversized soul of New Orleans. He is the recipient of the Elysian Trumpet, hand-crafted for him by David Monette in honor of his father, who was found after the storm on Elysian Fields Avenue, and all those who lost their lives in the storm. Inlayed with jewels and images of New Orleans and of the Hurricane itself, the priceless instrument has been blessed by representatives of three of the world’ s religions, including the Archbishop of Canterbury during his historic visit to New Orleans last September
Most recently, during the North American Summit in New Orleans President George W. Bush declared the trumpet a “Cultural Treasure”.
Mayfield is a highly successful recording artist. On April 1st, 2008, Mayfield released his 11th album Love Songs, Ballads and Standards, with Ellis Marsalis on Basin Street Records. The album was the first release on the label since Hurricane Katrina. It is a release of instrumental interpretations that distills the essence of the Great American Songbook with great passion, including time-tested classics like “Yesterday” (the Beatles) and contemporary gems like “Don’t Know Why” (Norah Jones).
In January 2003, he founded the Institute of Jazz Culture at Dillard University. Mayfield, whose extensive discography stretches back nearly a decade, is rooted firmly in the present, but he has benefited enormously from studying that which comes before him. He has absorbed the music of the giants; particularly the trumpeters who have helped define the course of Jazz over the decades and set Irvin on his own journey of exploration: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. He considers Wynton Marsalis—another promoter of the great heritage of New Orleans—a mentor. Mayfield’s relationship with the Marsalis family goes back many years.
In October 2003, Mayfield debuted Strange Fruit, featuring the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and the Dillard University Concert Choir. Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra made history on November 17, 2005 when they symbolically reopened New Orleans with the performance of a historic piece – composed by Mayfield – titled All the Saints At Christ Church Cathedral. This commission was the first of its kind by an Episcopal diocese, and it served New Orleans as the first major cultural event inside the city post-Katrina.
He has also appeared on or produced dozens of other records including Strange Fruit with NOJO and the Dillard University Choir and Volume 5: Carnival, a Los Hombres Calientes recording. Their previous album, Volume 4: Voodoo Dance (2003), was nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award. Volume Three: New Congo Square (2001) was nominated for a Grammy. In 2000, Volume One was awarded Billboard’s Latin Music Award for “Contemporary Latin Jazz Album of the Year.” Outside of Basin Street Records, Mayfield has two other releases on the Half Note label. In 2005, he recorded “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” on Higher Ground/Blue Note Records, for the Musician’s Relief Fund, which was performed for President George W. Bush during Black Music Month.
Mayfield has remained steadfast in his effort to bring New Orleans culture back to its feet. He participated as advisory member to Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu’s Louisiana Cultural Rebirth Committee, and as committee member to Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s Bring New Orleans Back culture sub-committee.
Tickets for “Home for the Holidays” range in price from $16.50 to $23 with discounts for members of the Council of the Arts and senior citizens. Student tickets (Ander 18 years of age) are$10. The performance is being presented with support from Kerry Bio Science and Wachovia Securities. For reservations, go to www.chenangoarts.org or call 336-ARTS (2787).
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