There is a nice piece about "Louis," the silent film I, and many members of the JLCO (Including Wynton Marsalis) have been perfroming. The film is beautiful to watch, but what is amazing is how the music provides the dialogue, perhaps better than if the movie were a "talkie." I have always known music to be an effective language, but the fact that music speaks louder than words has never been more clear to me than after doing this project.
We are performing at the Apollo Theater in NYC on Monday night.
Here is a link to the Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/movies/28louis.html

This is a great project. A silent movie based (loosely) on the life of a very young Louis Armstrong with an amazing band, and a stylish score by Wynton Marsalis and others. We're performing the music live to the projected film in a few cities, then recording it in the studio. If you can catch this, do not miss it.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/louis/

Someone captured a bit of the recent gig at Kitano, with Frank Kimbrough, Ray Drummond, and Matt Wilson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMB-Svo54n0

Hey All.
Please join me this Friday and Saturday at Kitano (July 30 and 31).
I am playing with a great rhythm section:
Frank Kimbrough - piano
Ray Drummond - bass
Matt Wilson - drums

Sets at 8:00 and 10:00
cover $25
The Kitano Hotel
66 Park Avenue, at 38th street
Reservations 212-885-7110

For more information: www.kitano.com

Hope to see you!
Ted Nash

Nash performs original compositions inspired by Matisse and Monet, and the music of Henry Mancini, with bassist Christian McBride and pianist Frank Kimbrough on this Piano Jazz episode.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128392046

Check out the new Jazz at Lincoln Center video, made mostly from clips I made during our recent tour of the UK.
http://jalc.org/concerts/c_orchestras09.html

I was well-paid for a session yesterday, and then I thought about all the hours of practicing I have done over the years; I probably still have not earned minimum wage...

Another tour down, and more memories and experiences - musical, social, educational, gastronomical - to enrich this life. I think the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is growing in new ways. The band sounds tight and loose in all the right ways, and the sense of sharing a vision seems stronger than ever to me. Maybe because cats in the band are contributing more than ever to the repertoire.
After less then a day home, many of us participated in a concert in support of Target's effort to feed the homeless, in an event called Party for Good. We were a bit jet-lagged and began to hit the wall just before we had to perform at 9:30, but the enthusiastic crowd (which seemed more like a Metallica audience) snapped us out of it.

...bringing the music to the people. For the last leg of the tour we hit the road in the UK, playing Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham (tonight), Gateshead, and Glasgow.
Check out the recent vlog (video log), made from clips I took during our week in Berlin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hTFI6ZBe3g

I'm here in London with the JLCO. They sure have us working - but it's good stuff. Sat in with the Guy Barker band at a swing dance, along with my bandmates Wynton Marsalis, Victor Goines, Marcus Printup, and other guests like Wycliffe Gordon and Terrell Stafford. On the 18th we played a concert at the Barbican of music from the 20s and 30s. The band actually was killing on this music - felt alive and fresh! Last night we played another concert at the Barbican, featuring a lot of great guest artists, like Peter King, Soweto Kinch, Andy Panayi, and a great latin rhythm section that was smoking! Yesterday, Vince Gardner and I did a worship with a local college band, that sounded great. Vincent and I were particularly knocked out by the maturity of the rhythm section.
This week is the first of a ten-year residency with the Barbican, so we'll be coming back many times...!