John and The Lower 911 (429) New Age Album: "Peace Time," Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm) Contemporary Jazz Album: "Randy in Brasil," Randy Brecker (MAMA) Jazz Vocal Album: "Loverly," Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note) Jazz Instrumental Solo: "BE-BOP," Terence Blanchard, soloist; track from "Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival" (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) (Monterey Jazz Festival) Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: "The New Crystal Silence," Chick Corea and Gary Burton (Concord) Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard," The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts Recordings) Latin Jazz Album: "Song for Chico," Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (Zoho) Latin Pop Album: "La Vida .
Demonstrating its usual zeal for the creativity of Latino artists, Ballet Hispanico celebrates its 20th season at the Joyce with Willie Rosario's Palladium Nights, accompanied by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Willie Rosario collaborated with Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in Palladium Suite (left), celebrating the elegance and flash of 1950s mambo.
The Shedd Institute will play host to an eclectic bunch of performers, including Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and Rickie Lee Jones.
Of all the things we do at Jazz at Lincoln Center -- even our trip to China -- Essentially Ellington is by far the most important," says Arturo O'Farrill, pianist and director of J@LC's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
