Wednesday Evening, January 20, 2016, at 8:30

Vanessa WilliamsRob Mathes, Music Director, Piano, and GuitarCarmen Ruby Floyd, VocalsShelley Thomas, VocalsBrian Hatton, CelloLeo Colon, KeyboardsHenry Hey, KeyboardsKeith Robinson, GuitarAl Caldwell, Bass JT Lewis, Drums

This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will beperformed without intermission.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Amy & Joseph Perella.

Endowment support provided by Bank of America

This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

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We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper mightdistract the performers and your fellow audience members.

In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. Flash photography and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.

Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and Irwin B. Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends ofLincoln Center.

Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Artist catering provided by Zabar’s and zabars.com

MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center

UPCOMING AMERICAN SONGBOOK EVENTSIN THE APPEL ROOM:

Thursday Evening, January 21, at 8:30Is That All There Is?Remembering Peggy LeeHosted by James Gavin, featuring Jane Monheit, Nellie McKay, and others

Friday Evening, January 22, at 8:30Loudon Wainwright III

Saturday Evening, January 23, at 8:30Rita Moreno

Wednesday Evening, February 3, at 8:30Craig Finn

Thursday Evening, February 4, at 8:30The Songs of Todd Almondwith special guests Courtney Love and Sherie Rene Scott

Friday Evening, February 5, at 8:30Janis Ian

Saturday Evening, February 6, at 8:30Jerry Dixon & Mario Cantone

The Appel Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.

For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center InfoRequest Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program infor-mation.

Join the conversation: #LCSongbook

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With more than 7 million records sold worldwide, Vanessa Williams is one ofthe most respected and multifaceted performers in the entertainment indus-try today. She is one of the few artists to score No. 1 and Top 10 hits onBillboard’s Albums and Singles charts in the combined areas of pop, dance,R&B, adult contemporary, holiday, Latin, gospel, and jazz. Her 2009 albumThe Real Thing reached No. 1 in the category of top contemporary jazz.

Ms. Williams’s work in film, television, recordings, and on the stage has been recognized by four Emmy nominations, 17 Grammy nominations(11 of which were for her individually), a Tony nomination, three SAGAward nominations, seven NAACP Image Awards, and three SatelliteAwards. Her platinum single “Colors of the Wind,” from the Disney filmPocahontas, won an Oscar for Best Original Song, as well as a Grammyand Golden Globe Award. In 2007 Ms. Williams received a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.

Her autobiography, You Have No Idea, co-written with her mother, HelenWilliams, was a New York Times bestseller in 2012. Ms. Williams returnedto Broadway in the spring of 2014 for a special limited engagement in themusical After Midnight. She has also co-starred with Cicely Tyson andCuba Gooding Jr. in the Broadway play The Trip to Bountiful.

A strong advocate for equal rights, especially concerning the gay commu-nity and minorities, Ms. Williams was honored with the Human RightsCampaign’s Ally for Equality Award for her humanitarian contributions. Hercharitable endeavors are many and varied, including supporting such orga-nizations as the Special Olympics and more. Ms. Williams is the mother offour—Melanie, Jillian, Devin, and Sasha—and divides her time betweenLos Angeles and New York.

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Rob Mathes

Rob Mathes (music director, piano, guitar) is an Emmy-winning, Tony- andGrammy-nominated arranger/composer and music producer/director. He hasproduced recordings by Sting, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Bettye LaVette, BethHart, Vanessa Williams, Panic! at the Disco, and others. He won the Emmy forhis work on the Kennedy Center Honors, a program he has music directed forover a decade. He directed President Obama’s inaugural celebration at theLincoln Memorial; A Journey in Faith, the concert for Pope Francis at MadisonSquare Garden; and PBS’s Great Performances 40th Anniversary Special. Mr.Mathes has arranged and conducted music for artists such as BruceSpringsteen, Elton John, Lou Reed, Beck, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, ArethaFranklin, Eric Clapton, and Tony Bennett, as well as classical artists like Yo-YoMa, Luciano Pavarotti, Bryn Terfel, and Renée Fleming. He has written thesoundtrack for two HBO documentaries, one about Thurgood Marshall starringLawrence Fishburne and another about the Pulitzer Prize–winning Herblock,both nominated for Best Original Score Emmys. Mr. Mathes has also writtenmusic for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, and NationalSymphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. In 2014 he supervised andorchestrated Sting’s Broadway show, The Last Ship.

Carmen Ruby Floyd

Carmen Ruby Floyd (vocals) performed last year as Matron “Mama” Morton inthe long-running Broadway musical Chicago and as Creole Love Caller in the Tony-winning musical After Midnight, where she was happily adopted by VanessaWilliams. Other Broadway credits include Porgy and Bess (Audra McDonald),Avenue Q (original cast), and The Lion King. Her Off-Broadway/regional creditsinclude Cotton Club Parade, Crowns, Langston Hughes’s Little Ham, Blind LemonBlues, Little Miss Sunshine, Ain’t Misbehavin’, You’re a Good Man, CharlieBrown, and Show Boat (Carnegie Hall debut). Ms. Floyd has been seen in varioustelevision shows such as Person of Interest and Law & Order: SVU. She has alsolent her talents to many commercials and numerous voiceovers.

Shelley Thomas

Shelley Thomas (vocals) has toured as a backup vocalist with Vanessa Williamsfor more than a decade. Theatrically she has starred in the original casts ofTriassic Parq and Zanna, Don’t! Other credits include Brooklyn (Broadway), Rent(Broadway tour), On the Levee (Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3), Race (CapitalRepertory Theatre, Northern Stage), The Women of Brewster Place (ArenaStage, Alliance Theatre), The Bluest Eye (Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage),and the musical Carmen (La Jolla Playhouse). Ms. Thomas’s television and filmcredits include Jessica Jones (Netflix) and Kings (NBC) and the independentfilms New Brooklyn and Immaculate Misconception. She received a bachelor offine arts degree in musical theater from Syracuse University.

Brian Hatton

Based in New York City, Brian Hatton (cello) is active in a variety of genres,from classical chamber music to backing up high-profile pop artists on stage.He has performed on New York’s major concert stages with orchestra andtours the country with his piano trio as a representative of the Anti-Defamation League. Mr. Hatton has performed alongside Christina Aguilera,M83, and Zedd at Radio City Music Hall, as well as on live television for ABCNews and MTV. As a studio musician, he has recorded as solo cellist forindependent films and documentaries, as well as with orchestra on thesoundtracks of numerous major motion pictures. Mr. Hatton received bach-elor and master of music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.

Leo Colon

A native of Brooklyn, Leo Colon (keyboards) is a classically trained musicianwho has toured with the likes of Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Ricky Martin, NewEdition, Allison Williams, and many more. He has served as VanessaWilliams’s music director and has been her keyboardist and backup vocalistfor the past 20 years. Mr. Colon is a recording artist and can often be foundplaying locally around New York.

Henry Hey

Henry Hey (keyboards) is an established composer, arranger, producer,music director, songwriter, and keyboard player. Currently he is the musicaldirector and orchestrator for David Bowie’s theater show Lazarus. In recentyears Mr. Hey has been George Michael’s musical director, working closelywith him and legendary producer Phil Ramone in the creation of the criticallyacclaimed album Symphonica, and going on to lead the 40-piece orchestraand band in touring Europe. Prior to working with Michael, Mr. Hey was themusical director for Rod Stewart’s Great American Songbook. In addition, hiswork can be heard in several television and film scores. Mr. Hey appearsoften with Vanessa Williams and Chris Botti, among others. He has workedclosely with producers Tony Visconti, Kevin Killen, Frank Filipetti, RichardPerry, and Steve Tyrell, and freelances with a number of jazz groups that playin various festivals throughout the world.

Keith Robinson

Born in Mississippi to a musical household, Keith Robinson (guitar) attendedBerklee College of Music. After moving to New York City in 1986, he startedhis first world tour with R&B vocalist Keith Sweat and recorded his debutCD, Perfect Love. Mr. Robinson has recorded gold and triple-platinum CDswith Sweat, titled Keith Sweat Live and I’ll Give All My Love to You. In the

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past decade he has also recorded and shared the stage with such artists asEarth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Vanessa Williams, Al Green, Beyoncé, PattiAustin, Alex Bugnon, Randy Crawford, Yolanda Adams, Gerald Albright, JamesBrown, John Legend, Diana Krall, Queen Latifah, k.d. lang, and others.

Al Caldwell

Al Caldwell (bass) is a multi-instrumentalist from St. Louis, Missouri, where hehad many of city’s finest to mentor him in the blues, including Albert King,Johnnie Johnson, and Oliver Sain. Mr. Caldwell received a scholarship toMississippi Valley State University that allowed him to switch from classicaltrumpet to acoustic and electric bass. It was then that he had the opportunityto study music theory with Mulgrew Miller and was encouraged to study jazz.Mr. Caldwell has shared the stage with Phillip Wilson, John Hicks, LonnieSmith, and Stanley Turrentine. On the bass he has been influenced byAnthony Jackson, Jaco Pastorius, Chuck Rainey, and Bob Babbitt. Mr.Caldwell’s current passion is the banjo, and he has developed his own style ofplaying that he calls hootananny soul. He is also one of the pioneers in theextended-range bass movement.

JT Lewis

JT Lewis (drums) has been Vanessa Williams’s drummer for more than 19years and has performed and recorded with numerous pop and jazz icons,including Lena Horne, Phyllis Hyman, Herbie Hancock, Henry Threadgill, TinaTurner, Roy Ayers, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, and Sting. He is also co-founder of the avant-metal jazz band Harriet Tubman.

American Songbook

In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Songbook, dedicated to the cele-bration of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the cre-ative mastery of America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn ofthe 19th century up through the present, American Songbook spans all stylesand genres, from the form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to theeclecticism of today’s singer-songwriters. American Songbook also show-cases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established andemerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: pre-senter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and com-munity relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of

more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educa-tional activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivalsincluding American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival,Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly MozartFestival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winningLive From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of theLincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the LincolnCenter complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a$1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

Lincoln Center Programming DepartmentJane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic DirectorHanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music ProgrammingJon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary ProgrammingJill Sternheimer, Director, Public ProgrammingLisa Takemoto, Production ManagerKate Monaghan, Associate Director, ProgrammingCharles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingMauricio Lomelin, Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingRegina Grande, Associate ProducerLuna Shyr, Programming Publications Editor

For American SongbookMatt Berman, Lighting DesignScott Stauffer, Sound Design

For Vanessa WilliamsDon Juan Holder, Tour ManagerWill Lee, Sound Technician

Matt Berman

Matt Berman is the resident lighting designer for Lincoln Center’s AmericanSongbook. He continues his design work for Kristin Chenoweth, LizaMinnelli, Alan Cumming, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Salonga, and ElainePaige on the road. Through his work with ASCAP and several U.S.-basedcharities, Mr. Berman has designed for a starry roster that includesBernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire, Melissa Errico,Deborah Voigt, Michael Urie, Stevie Wonder, India Arie, Garth Brooks, BillyJoel, and Sting. His international touring schedule has allowed him to designfor iconic venues such as Royal Albert Hall, the Paris Opera, the Olympia the-ater in Paris, Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the Sporting Club in MonteCarlo, the Acropolis, the famed amphitheater in Taormina, Sicily, Luna Park inBuenos Aires, and the Sydney Opera House. Closer to home, he has donework for the Hollywood Bowl, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Mr.Berman’s television work includes Chenoweth’s recently released special,

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Coming Home, as well as seven Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts, and theTony Award–winning Liza’s at the Palace, which he also designed forBroadway. Other Broadway credits include Bea Arthur on Broadway, NancyLaMott’s Just in Time for Christmas, and Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony at theBelasco Theater.

Scott Stauffer

Scott Stauffer has been the sound designer for Lincoln Center’s AmericanSongbook since 1999; the Actors Fund concerts of Frank Loesser, Broadway101, Hair, and On the Twentieth Century; and Brian Stokes Mitchell at CarnegieHall. His Broadway credits include A Free Man of Color, The Rivals, Contact (alsoin London and Tokyo), Marie Christine, Twelfth Night, and Jekyll & Hyde. Off-Broadway Mr. Stauffer has worked on Promises, Hereafter, A Minister’s Wife,Bernarda Alba, Third, Belle Epoque, Big Bill, Elegies, Hello Again, The SpitfireGrill, Pageant, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His regional credits include pro-ductions at the Capitol Repertory Theatre, University of Michigan, HangerTheatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and AlleyTheatre. As a sound engineer, Mr. Stauffer has worked on The Lion King, JuanDarién, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Carousel, Once on This Island, and LittleShop of Horrors (Off-Broadway).

UPCOMING EVENTSJazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

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Jazz in the Key of LifeJanuary 15–16 at 8pmLed by Music Director and Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra lead trombonist Vincent Gardner, theJLCO with Wynton Marsalis will perform new jazzarrangements of the most skillfully crafted andsophisticated songs in popular music from the1960s to today. Among others, they will revisitthe hits of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway.The multitalented Gardner has considerable jazzexperience with our own orchestra, The CountBasie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra,Harry Connick, Jr., and more, and he has also per-formed with such diverse artists as Lauryn Hill,Matchbox 20, Chaka Khan, and A Tribe CalledQuest. If we’re lucky, we might also hear a sam-pling of why Gardner was the 2014 DownBeat“Rising Star” Critic’s Poll Nominee for MaleVocalist. For music fans new to jazz, this concertis an opportunity to hear familiar melodies withfresh ears, and fans of the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra already know that they can arrange anymaterial for big band, make it swing hard, and laceit with mind-blowing improvisation.

Our Love is Here to Stay: The George Gershwin SongbookJanuary 28–30 at 8pmA true giant of American song, George Gershwinis celebrated by the Jazz at Lincoln CenterOrchestra with Wynton Marsalis in a program thatmakes evident Gershwin’s perpetual significancein American culture. Gershwin’s thousands ofcompositions span the sweep of American music,and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will treatyou to a contemporary feast of jazz-influencedpieces by one of the most inventive and iconicsongwriters of all times.

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Charles Lloyd & The Marvels Featuring Bill FrisellJanuary 29–30 at 7pm & 9:30pmIconic, innovative saxophonist Charles Lloyd returnsto Jazz at Lincoln Center as a 2015 NEA Jazz Master.Still one of the most spiritually engaging and hardestworking performers in the world, Lloyd continues toprove his reputation for forming definitive smallgroups. In this unique formation of the Marvels,Lloyd pairs two of his favorite partners, bassistReuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland, with twogreat guitarists, Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz. Lloyd willdisplay his knack for threading complex, dynamicmusical ideas into the most elemental and open-hearted of riffs and melodies. Celebrating the releaseof Lloyd’s new recording for Blue Note Records, ILong To See You, the group explores rich canonicaltexts of the great American Songbook, including“Shenandoah,” “Abide With Me,” and Bob Dylan’s“Masters of War,” as well as Lloyd’s own classics.

February 2016ROSE THEATER

Family Concert: Who is Frank Sinatra?February 6, 1pm & 3pmSongs like “I’ve Got the World On a String,”“That’s Life,” and “It Was a Very Good Year” aresynonymous with one golden voice. As we cele-brate Frank Sinatra’s centennial, Jazz for YoungPeople shares an enriching illustration of just whatmakes “Old Blue Eyes” a singular pop icon. SingerKenny Washington will join Andy Farber & HisOrchestra to perform some of Sinatra’s mostrevered songs. Musician and storyteller AllanHarris serves as your host and guide for the show.Join us for this interactive event that will undoubt-edly leave you swinging.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor.

Tickets starting at $10.

To purchase tickets: Visit jazz.org or call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Officeis located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.

For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups.

For more information about our education programs, visit academy.jazz.org.

For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922.

Find us on Facebook (jazzatlincolncenter), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), andInstagram (jazzdotorg).

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In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Colaare encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.

Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.

Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys-reservationsNightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm.

Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday; doors open at 11:15pm

Cover Charge: $20–45. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.

Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get 50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theaterand The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.

Find us on Facebook (DizzysClubCocaCola), Twitter (@jazzdotorg), YouTube (jazzatlincolncenter), and Instagram (jazzdotorg).

January 2016Joey Alexander Triowith Dan Chmielinski and Ulysses Owens, Jr.January 15–177pm & 9pm

New Century Jazz Quintetwith Benny Benack, Tim Green, Takeshi Ohbayashi,Yasushi Nakamura, and Ulysses Owens, Jr.January 187:30pm & 9:30pm

Eric Legnini TrioCo-presented by French Quarter 2016with Thomas BramerieJanuary 197:30pm

Hugh Coltman: “Shadows—Songs of Nat King Cole”Co-presented by French Quarter 2016with Thomas Naim, Gael Rakotondrabe, ChristopheMink, and Raphael ChassinJanuary 199:30pm

Matthew Shipp TrioThe Conduct of Jazz Album Release Partywith Michael Bisio and Newman Taylor BakerJanuary 207:30pm & 9:30pm

René Mariewith John Chin, Elias Bailey, and Quentin BaxterJanuary 21–247:30pm & 9:30pm

Ramón Valle Triowith Omar Rodriguez Calvo and Liber TorrienteJanuary 257:30pm & 9:30pm

Emilio Solla & La Inestable de Brooklynwith John Ellis, Tim Armacost, Alex Norris, RyanKeberle, Meg Okura, Julien Labro, Jorge Roeder,and Eric DoobJanuary 26–277:30pm & 9:30pm

Ken Peplowski QuintetThe Great American Songbook Part 1: Honoring Richard Rodgers (Jan 28)Part 2: Honoring Harold Arlen (Jan 29)Part 3: The New Standards (Jan 30)Part 4: Audience Pick! (Jan 31)With Ehud Asherie, David Wong, Aaron Kimmel,Terell Stafford (Jan 28–29 & 31), and HoustonPerson (Jan 30)January 29–317:30pm & 9:30pm

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fred hersch & friends: intimate momentsJAN 15–16 • 7PM & 9:30PM | THE APPEL ROOMPianist Fred Hersch joined by pianist Sullivan Fortner, clarinetist Anat Cohen, guitarist Julian Lage, and vibraphonist Stefon Harris

jazz in the key of lifeJAN 15–16 • 8PM | ROSE THEATERJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and music director Vincent Gardner plays the music of Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, and more

our love is here to stay: the george gershwin songbookJAN 28–30 • 8PM | ROSE THEATERJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

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