All that jazz

From: The Village Voice | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

New York City Ballet Now York State Thr Through June 27 American Ballet Theatre Metrolitan Opera House Through 1

BY DEBORAH JOWITT

Jazz and ballet are uneasy partners. Getting down isn't part of the classical lexicon. On NYCB's "Tribute to Ellington" program, Wynton Marsalis blows soul out his trumpet. His score for Peter Martins's 1993 Jazz is as rich as a cake laced with bourbon, hot as a New Orleans Saturday night. Despite the dancas' verve, the ballet keeps them above that gorgeous heat-jabbing a foot into it here and there.

Marsalis's expert new composition for orchestra, Them Twos, ...

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