August, 2002: PRESS RELEASE

The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra proudly announces its first concert of the 2002-2003 season with a program entitled A Triumphant Return. This concert features Sioux City, Iowa native, Ryan Kisor, on trumpet.

The concert will be held at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th Street, Lincoln, on Tuesday, September 10th at 7:30 p.m. Priority seating for season ticket members only starts at 7:00-7:15, and general admission seating begins at 7:15 for tickets purchased at the door.

General admission tickets may be purchased at the concert or ordered in advance by contacting the business office at Arts Incorporated, (402) 477-8446, 216 North 11th Street, Suite 202 in Lincoln, NE, 68508-1401. Tickets prices are: $6 for students, $15 for senior citizens, and $18 for adults.

Guest artist, Ryan Kisor began playing trumpet at age four. In 1990, he won first prize at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s first annual Louis Armstrong Trumpet Competition. Mr. Kisor enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music in 1991, where he studied with trumpeter Lew Soloff. He has performed and/or recorded with the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Philip Morris Jazz All-Stars, and others. As well as being an active sideman, Mr. Kisor has recorded several albums as a leader, including Battle Cry (1997), The Usual Suspects (1998), and Point of Arrival (2000). He has been a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra since 1994. Mr. Kisor’s last appearance with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra was in 1991.

The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra will perform such numbers as “Hot House” by Tadd Dameron, “Round Midnight” by Thelonius Monk, “Groovin’ High” by Dizzy Gillespie, “Kids Are Pretty People” by Thad Jones, “Rockin’ in Rhythm” by Duke Ellington, and a number of Charles Mingus pieces, including “Gunslinging Bird”, “Nostalgia in Times Square”, and “Moanin’” .

For more information, please call the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra business office at Arts Incorporated, (402) 477-8446.

Nebraska Jazz Orchestra strives to provide accessible venues and programs to visitors of all abilities. Please call the office at (402) 477-8446 regarding services available.