Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to Host BIG BAND HOLIDAYS, 12/1

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts will present Big Band Holidays: Jazz at Lincoln Center With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Special Guest Cécile McLorin Salvant in Uihlein Hall, for one night only, on December 1 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $65-$30 with limited VIP seating at $90 and are subject to change. Tickets go on sale this Sunday, October 12 at 12:00 pm at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee. They can also be purchased by phone at 414-273-7206, or online at MarcusCenter.org or Ticketmaster.com. Groups of 10 or more SAVE by calling 414-273-7121 ext. 210. This one night only performance is sponsored by the InterContinental Hotel.

Hailed as "an extraordinarily versatile orchestra" by The Los Angeles Times, the JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA is composed of 15 of jazz music's leading soloists under the leadership of musical director Wynton Marsalis. Drawing from an extensive repertoire that includes original compositions by Mr. Marsalis, Ted Nash, and other members of the orchestra, as well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other great jazz composers, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis concerts are internationally critically-acclaimed. "The finest big band in the world today," said the Daily Telegraph, UK.

Over the last few years, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has performed collaborations with many of the world's leading symphony orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston, Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestra Esperimentale in São Paolo, Brazil and others. In 2006, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra collaborated with Ghanaian drum collective Odadaa!, led by Yacub Addy, to perform "Congo Square," a composition Mr. Marsalis and Mr. Addy co-wrote and dedicated to Mr. Marsalis' native New Orleans. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has also been featured in several education and performance residencies in the last few years, including those in Vienne, France; Perugia, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; London, England; Lucerne, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Yokohama, Japan and others.