Release date: Jan. 30, 2004
Contact: Sally Corbett, Director of Public Relations, Arts,
at 404-727-6678 or sacorbe@emory.edu

Emory Hosts Jazz Series Feb. 6-April 26, 2004

Three celebrated guest artists -- trumpeter Jon Faddis on Feb. 6, the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra on March 3, and Wayne Shorter Quartet on April 3 -- swing in the Emory University Jazz Series for 2004. These performers continue a more than 10-year tradition of bringing acclaimed jazz musicians to Emory, enriching the Atlanta community and enhancing Emory's own jazz studies program.

All Emory jazz concerts are at 8 p.m. in the Emerson Concert Hall of Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta. Tickets may be ordered by phone or online through the Arts at Emory box office at 404-727-5050 or www.emory.edu/ARTS.

Trumpeter Jon Faddis performs with Atlanta's own hometown jazz favorite, The Gary Motley Trio, on Friday, Feb. 6 as special guest for Emory's Annual Jazz Festival. Faddis was the musical director of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band for 10 years and has played with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton, and sat in on studio recordings for Duke Ellington, the Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra to name a few. Tickets for jazz fest with Jon Faddis are $15 for adults, $12 for patrons 65 and older and other discount groups, and $6 for Emory students.

The recently formed Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, conducted by acclaimed saxophonist Victor L. Goines, performs Wednesday, March 3. Goines is a member of both the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet. The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra comprises the most talented young jazz artists in the United States and Canada. Tickets for Juilliard Jazz Orchestra are $15 for adults, $12 for patrons 65 and older and other discount groups, and $6 for Emory students.

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter brings his self-titled quartet to the Schwartz Center Saturday, April 3. The Wayne Shorter Quartet features Danilo Perez on piano, John Patitucci on bass and drummer Brian Blade. Wayne Shorter Quartet tickets are $45 for adults, $36 for patrons 65 and older and other discount groups, and $10 for Emory students. The Wayne Shorter Quartet is performing as part of Emory's long-standing Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series.

After the Wayne Shorter Quartet performance all ticket holders are welcome to continue to the celebration at "Candler Concert Nightcap" in the Club Room of the Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta. The Club Room offers complimentary pastries and coffee for ticket holders, cash bar, billiards, darts and relaxation by the fireplace.

"We're thrilled to have such an exciting line-up of jazz musicians performing in the Emerson Concert Hall this year," says Schwartz Center Managing Director Robert McKay. "I'm especially glad to bring the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra to the university. I think the ensemble will be an inspiration to our student jazz musicians."

In addition to the ticketed jazz events there will be a free concert by the Emory Jazz Combos at 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, under the direction of Gary Motley, jazz pianist and Emory faculty artist affiliate.

All jazz events begin at 8 p.m. in the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall at the Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta. Tickets are available by calling 404-727-5050 or going online at www.emory.edu/ARTS.

ARTS AT EMORY

Emory is home to a vibrant arts community and welcomes the public to more than 200 annual events featuring student, faculty and guest artists. As many as 80 concerts are performed each year, ranging from presentations by internationally-acclaimed artists in the Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series and Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence series to presentations by more than a dozen Emory music ensembles. The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts opened in February 2003, and houses the Dance Studio, Theater Laboratory and the 825-seat, state-of-the-art Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall.

The mission for the arts at Emory established in 2001, states that Emory University provides a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation and presentation of the arts. For more information on the Schwartz Center or for tickets to a jazz special event, visit www.emory.edu/arts and wwww.schwartzcenter.emory.edu or call the Arts at Emory Box Office at 404-727-5050.

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: photographs available upon request.

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