2023 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra at MJF66

Recorded at the 66th Monterey Jazz Festival, September 24, 2023
Jimmy Lyons Stage, Monterey, Calif.

0:00 Introduction by Tim Jackson
1:28 Blues in Hoss' Flat (Count Basie)
7:00 The Little Pixie (Thad Jones)
13:45 NGJO introduction by Gerald Clayton
15:20 Green Piece (Maria Schneider) feat. Ava Preston
22:45 Smack Dab in the Middle (Jesse Stone) feat. Ava Preston
26:00 A Beautiful Friendship (Stanley Styne/Donald Kahn) feat. Ava Preston
30:05 Haitian Fight Song (Charles Mingus) feat. Lakecia Benjamin
39:10 The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael) feat. John Handy
46:06 Thelonious, Thelonious (Thelonious Monk/J Dilla/Igmar Thomas), arr. Igmar Thomas

2023 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
Directed by Gerald Clayton
with special guests Lakecia Benjamin and John Handy

TRUMPETS
Nelson Keakopa, lead
Alex Hong,** lead
Giovanni Martinez,** trumpet 2
Lucas Rivero, trumpet 3
Joe Friedman, trumpet 4

TROMBONES
Luciano Soriano,** trombone 1
Miles Cole,** trombone 2
Luke Ramee,** trombone 3
Priyanka Magavi, trombone 4
Zach Andrews,** bass

WOODWINDS
Cosmo Lieberman,** alto saxophone 1
Miriam Gorof-Behel, alto saxophone 2
Nick Caldwell,**** tenor saxophone 1
Chloe Madrak, tenor saxophone 2
Austin Falvey, baritone saxophone

RHYTHM
Benjamin Collins-Siegel, piano
Jacqueline Lee, violin
Mason Bryant, guitar
Ethan Fairclough, bass
Benjamin Schwartz, drums
Ava Preston, vocal

** Two-time NGJO member
**** Four-time NGJO member

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