ALL THAT JAZZ AT UCLA.Byline: Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. Daily News Theater Writer A rare L.A. appearance by the New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall and has long been considered one of the best orchestras in the world. , a Duke Ellington tribute by the Lincoln Center Lincoln Center New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586] See : Theater Jazz Orchestra and the L.A. premieres of works by avant-garde icons Laurie Anderson (Sept. 25) and Mark Morris (Oct. 9-10) are among the potential high points of the 1998-99 season at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Center for the Performing Arts. Other marquee attractions will include Kronos Quartet (Oct. 11), jazz pianist Keith Jarrett (Feb. 25), Minimalist composer-pianist Terry Riley (Oct. 9) and Obie Award-winning monologist Spalding Gray (April 13-18). And, in their West Coast debut, French-Albanian choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and his 24-member company will present what's being described as a darkly erotic rereading of Prokofiev's ``Romeo and Juliet'' (Sept. 17-19). Perhaps as significant, for devotees of this eclectic series, is that most performances will take place in Royce Hall, which reopened earlier this spring after extensive earthquake retrofitting and restoration. The building, closed for more than four years, generally is considered to have some of the best acoustics of any U.S. performance space outside Manhattan. Two other UCLA venues, Schoenberg Hall and Haines Hall, will host additional events. Besides its traditional programming of dance, chamber music, early music, world music and jazz, UCLA is beginning a Puppet Theater Series, with the Jim Henson Festival of Puppet Theater, featuring three companies from Peru, South Africa and San Francisco (Sept. 25-27, Oct. 24); and a Word of Mouth Series, with spoken performances by U.S. Poet Laureates Robert Pinsky and Robert Hass (April 22); National Public Radio talk-show host Terry Gross (Feb. 21); and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, commentator and author David Sedaris (Nov. 6), best-known for his wry, true-life reminiscences about working as a Macy's elf, and other misadventures. UCLA also will reprise re·prise n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. its Cabaret Series, with appearances by Karen Mason (Oct. 17) and Amanda McBroom and Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30 1959) is a singer, composer, lyricist, pianist, and actress. She is best known for writing and singing the theme to the TV series The Nanny and starring in the Broadway musical Swing! (April 10); and its Celtic Series, with soulful singer Mary Black (Oct. 22), the Trinity Irish Dance Company (Nov. 1) and the 45-member Spirit of Ireland (March 17). The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Philharmonic's Jan. 9 concert will be its first at Royce since 1986, when Leonard Bernstein, not Kurt Masur, was at the podium. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, has a March 20 date at Royce. World music and dance will be represented with an encore performance by the Whirling Dervishes (Oct. 17-18); Japan's Kodo drummers (Jan. 27-31); Indian composer and musician Ali Akbar Khan Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (Bengali: আলী আকবর খাঁ), a Sarode legend, is considered to be one of India's greatest living classical instrumentalists. (Feb. 28); the polyglot pol·y·glot adj. Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages. n. 1. A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages. 2. polyrhythms of Zap Mama (April 18); and Salif Keita (Feb. 11), a Mali vocalist whose influences include reggae, American r&b and Nigerian dance music. Performers in the Recital Series will include lyric soprano Kathleen Battle (Nov. 14), violinist Midori (Nov. 8), Itzhak Perlman (Jan. 26), pianist Murray Perahia (April 8) and violinist Nigel Kennedy (Nov. 21). Season subscriptions to individual series may be purchased in discount packages ranging from $43 to $208. For information or to receive a free season brochure, call the UCLA Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Works by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson will be included. (2) L.A. premieres include works by Mark Morris and his dancers. (3) Other marquee attractions include drummer Jack Dejohnette, left, jazz pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Gary Peacock. |
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