Wednesday Evening, January 30, 2013, at 8:30

Lea Salonga
Larry Yurman, Musical Director and Piano Jack Cavari, Guitar John Miller, Bass Dave Ratajczak, Drums Victor Lirio, Director

This evenings program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

Major support for Lincoln Centers American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America and PVH Corp. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

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The Allen Room Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. Rose Hall

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Additional support for Lincoln Centers American Songbook is provided by The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, TopPatch, Inc., Jill and Irwin Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Chairmans Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts. Artist catering is provided by Zabars and Zabars.com. MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center. United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center. WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center. William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center. Upcoming American Songbook Events in The Allen Room:

Thursday Evening, January 31, at 8:30 Valerie Simpson Friday Evening, February 1, at 7:30 and 9:30 Karen Akers Saturday Evening, February 2, at 8:30 Ccile McLorin Salvant Wednesday Evening, February 6, at 8:30 Ring Them Bells! Rob Fisher Celebrates Kander & Ebb* featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley with special guests Joel Grey and Chita Rivera Thursday Evening, February 7, at 8:30 Bonnie Prince Billy Saturday Evening, February 9, at 8:30 Stephanie Blythe: Well Meet AgainThe Songs of Kate Smith* Wednesday Evening, February 13, at 8:30 Sondre Lerche Thursday Evening, February 14, at 8:30 Mavis Staples Friday Evening, February 15, at 7:30 and 9:30 Kristin Chenoweth*
*Limited availability The Allen Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. Rose Hall. For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information.

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.

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A Pledge of Allegiance
by George Takei
When Lea Salonga sings, its like angels crying. Thats the best way I can describe it. My husband, Brad, and I first bore witness to this phenomenon in London at the Drury Lane Theatre, where Miss Saigon made its international debut. We were transported by her performance, and I knew right there I was hearing something without parallel. I knew Lea would also take America by storm, which she did just a year later, winning the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Musical and cementing forever her legacy as a hero of her home country, the Philippines. Years later, it so happened that we wound up working on the same animated movie, Mulan, where we both had voice-over roles. So in a sense, I was a costar with her even years ago, but alas, our paths never crossed in the making of that film.

Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura and George Takei as Ojii-san in Allegiance at the Old Globe, San Diego

Now heres the astonishing thing: the next time I saw Lea performing live was in our living room. The writers of a brand-new musical, Allegiance, in which Lea and I both were cast, needed a piano. They hoped to work with Lea a bit in advance of the first staged reading of the show in Los Angeles. So we offered up our home for the rehearsal. When Lea arrived, she surprised us all by saying, Oh, it is so cool to be in Sulus house. Who knew that Lea was a Trekkie! For our part, we were thrilled to have Miss Saigon singing in our living room. What a rare and unexpected privilege. Working with Lea on Allegiance (a story set during the Japanese American internment) has been a true joy. It so happens Lea has Japanese in-laws, including an uncle who served during World War II in the allJapanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in all of U.S. military history. So in a way, the story of Allegiance for her also was personal. I was quite impressed that Lea picked up some of the Japanese dialogue in the script of the show. As someone who already is fluent in both Tagalog and English, her language skill was apparent as she pronounced those lines excellently. During our pre-Broadway tryout in San Diego, the writers even added a duet between the two of us, Ishi Kara Ishi (Stone by Stone). Ive got to admit, there is nothing more daunting than knowing that your voice will be paired with a voice like Leas. (Not only is she pitch-perfect, but a highly disciplined and hardworking performerBrad calls her

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the machine.) It is her professionalism that leads and inspires our cast, and her transcendent vocals that thrill audiences, who packed every performance and helped us set the all-time box office record at San Diegos Old Globe. Indeed, her amazing solo, Higher, brought down the house every show. Most of all, throughout these three-plus years we have worked closely together, Lea has become a very dear friend. I cannot wait until we bring our show to Broadway together. Once again, she will take New York by storm. Tonight you are in for a glimpse of that. Get ready for the angels to cry.
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Meet the Artists

Ms. Salongas feature film credits include the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. In honor of her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed upon her the honor of Disney Legend in the summer of 2011. For more information, please visit leasalonga.com.

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Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga is a Filipina singer and actor best known for originating the role of Kim in the West End production of Miss Saigon, for which she won an Olivier Award. She then brought the role to Broadway, winning a Tony among other awards. She was the first Asian to play ponine in Les Misrables on Broadway; she returned to the show in 2007 as Fantine and reprised this role for its sold-out 25th-anniversary concert in London. Ms. Salonga most recently appeared on stage in Allegiance, a new musical developed by legendary actor George Takei. Allegiance tells the story of a Japanese American family forced into an internment camp during World War II. The production finished its world premiere run at the Old Globe in San Diego last fall. She was also seen in a production of God of Carnage overseas in Manila and Singapore. Ms. Salonga wowed audiences and critics in her first-ever cabaret show at New Yorks famed Caf Carlyle in 2010, and she returned in 2011 for another engagement. In August 2011 she released a live version of her 2010 concert, Lea Salonga: The Journey So Far, and the recording rose to No. 3 on the iTunes Jazz Chart. Honored with an appointment as a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Goodwill Ambassador in 2010, Ms. Salonga has vowed to act as advocate for the Youth and United Nations Global Alliance initiative.

Larry Yurman
Larry Yurman (musical director and piano) has accompanied Lea Salonga around the country for the past five years, including two engagements at the Carlyle and a recent evening at Town Hall. He was the music director and arranger of the recent revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and music directed the original New York production of Grey Gardens. Additional Broadway conducting credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Side Show, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Guys and Dolls, Les Misrables, Marie Christine, Arcadia (Lincoln Center Theater), and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. He has provided arrangements for and recorded with Ms. Salonga, Christine Ebersole, Howard McGillin, T. Oliver Reid, Anne Runolfsson, and Sam Harris and Laurie Beechman.

Jack Cavari
Jack Cavari (guitar) has been playing the guitar since the tender age of five and has enjoyed a successful career as a respected New York City guitarist. Besides playing for Broadway musicals, television, and movie soundtracks, he has recorded and performed with artists including Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti, Art Garfunkel, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few. As a versatile guitarist, Mr. Cavari became well known in New York recording studios and has played on thousands of television and radio jingles and assorted

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television specials, such as the Tony Awards, Night of 100 Stars, the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and tributes to Irving Berlin. He has also taken part in 92nd Street Y star-studded galas celebrating the music of Burt Bacharach, the Beatles, and Frank Sinatra. Recently on Broadway, Mr. Cavari performed in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever starring Harry Connick Jr. under the musical direction of Larry Yurman. In recent years he has accompanied Lea Salonga in concert throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as at her celebrated engagements at Caf Carlye and Town Hall. Mr. Ratajczak is currently performing in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins. He also has performed in the orchestras for Tony Awardwinning Broadway shows such as City of Angels, Crazy for You, Titanic, The Music Man, Wonderful Town, and Sweet Charity. As a studio musician, he has performed on several movie soundtracks, including Dead Man Walking, Cradle Will Rock, Wolf, The Pelican Brief, Millers Crossing, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Biloxi Blues. He can be seen in the starring role of an award-winning movie short called The Drummer, available at thedrummershort.com. Mr. Ratajczak was called upon to recreate the role of jazz drumming great Gene Krupa in a performance with Bob Wilbers orchestra celebrating the 50th anniversary of Benny Goodmans historic jazz concert at Carnegie Hall. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.

John Miller
John Miller (bass) has played bass with artists as diverse as Lea Salonga, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Leonard Cohen, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, the Smashing Pumpkins, Elvis Costello, B.B. King, Bette Miller, Bob Dylan, Cheap Trick, Portishead, James Brown, the New York Philharmonic, Pete Seeger, and Peter, Paul and Mary. He has also been the music coordinator on more than 100 Broadway shows, most recently Jersey Boys, Once, Elf, Newsies, Rock of Ages, Porgy and Bess, Jesus Christ Superstar, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Sister Act. His album Stage Door Johnny: John Miller Takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics. Learn more at johnmillerbass.com.

Victor Lirio
Victor Lirio (director) is an actor and theater director and currently the artistic director of Diverse City Theater Co. (DCT). He has worked at the Kennedy Center as an actor, Carnegie Hall as producer, and Lincoln Center as director. Last year, with special permission from Stephen Sondheim, he directed Suites by Sondheim with Tony Award winner Lea Salonga at Alice Tully Hall. This show for American Songbook is his third collaboration with Ms. Salonga, having also produced her Carnegie Hall concert debut in 2005. Mr. Lirios other concert work includes Long Season: The Musical (Huntington Theatre Co.), An Evening with Anthony Fedorov, and Broadway Stars Sing for Diversity! (with Norm Lewis), and he is currently in collaboration with Broadway stars Ali Ewoldt, Adam Jacobs, and Tonya Pinkins. He has produced nearly 20 original works in ten productions, including three theater festivals, at Theatre

Dave Ratajczak
Dave Ratajczak (percussion) is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Ratajczak has performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists and ensembles, including the Woody Herman Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan, the New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Kenny Rankin, Audra McDonald, Barbara Cook, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Neuwirth, Christine Ebersole, Plcido Domingo, Lea Salonga, and jazz greats Eddie Daniels, Grady Tate, and Milt Hinton.

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Row since 2005. For more than ten years he has trained with renowned actor, director, and teacher Deborah Hedwall, studying the works of Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen. On stage, Mr. Lirio directed the world premiere of Warren Bodows play Race Music, as well as Cassandra Medleys awardwinning Noon Day Sun (Time Out New York Critics Choice), which starred Ron Cephas Jones and earned several AUDELCO Award nominations, including Best Dramatic Production of the Year. He directed several new works by emerging and established playwrights in DCTs Green Room Series, including Yussef El Guindis Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World (2012 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award). Under Mr. Lirios artistic leadership, DCT received several awards and earned two nominations for the Actors Equity Associations Rosetta LeNoire Award. the eclecticism of todays singer-songwriters. American Songbook also showcases the outstanding interpreters of popular song, including established and emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers. American Songbook presentations include major concert programs in venues around Lincoln Center.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals including American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Awardwinning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

American Songbook
In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the creative mastery of Americas songwriters from their emergence at the turn of the 19th century up through the present, American Songbook spans all styles and genres, from the forms early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to

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Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Bill Bragin, Director, Public Programming Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Julia Lin, Programming Associate Ann Crews Melton, House Program Coordinator For American Songbook Matt Berman, Lighting Design Scott Stauffer, Sound Design Melinda Basaca, Wardrobe Assistant For Lea Salonga Jason Weixelman, Stage Manager Ms. Salongas representation: David Belenzon Management, Inc. www.belenzon.com DGRW Talent, Inc. www.dgrwinc.com

UPCOMING EVENTS JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTERS FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL

FEBRUARY 2013
ROSE THEATER Family Concert: What is Latin Jazz?
February 9, 1pm & 3pm Latin Jazz fuses intoxicating Afro-Caribbean and PanAmerican rhythms with the elevated harmonic structure and instrumental virtuosity of jazz. Drummer, percussionist, and educator Bobby Sanabria will lead The Multiverse Big Band in introducing families to the idioms concepts and historical timeline. Sanabrias celebrity in Latin jazz is renowned, having shared the stage over the years with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito DRivera, Chico OFarrill, and the Godfather of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauz. This South Bronx native and GRAMMY Award nominee will have audiences of all ages tapping their feet and moving to the beat. Free pre-concert activities at 12:15pm and 2:15pm

musical production. Both attitudes will come forth as Lovano presents his ensemble Us Five, which frames his brilliant playing with an orchestral array of sonic color and rhythms, and features GRAMMY-winner Esperanza Spalding on bass, James Weidman on piano, Otis Brown III on drums, and Francisco Mela on drums. Special guest Lionel Loueke joins the group on guitar.

IRENE DIAMOND EDUCATION CENTER Dizzy and Bird Festival Listening Party
February 28, 7pm This interview series invites audiences to listen to new jazz albums, while meeting and hearing from the artists who recorded them. Free and open to the public.

Blood on the Fields

February 2123, 8pm Eighteen years after its premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Wynton Marsalis Pulitzer-winning epic jazz oratorio on slavery and freedom receives its Rose Theater debut in its entirety with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. A high-level conversation with the history of jazz, with a superb vernacular libretto, Blood on the Fields remains one of Marsalis greatest works, reinforcing his dictum that all jazz is modern. Rising star baritone Gregory Porter, scat-master Kenny Washington, and the great contralto Paula West reprise the vocal roles, Eli Bishop is featured on violin, and special guest Eric Reed, an original Blood on the Fields (1994) performer, joins on piano. Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.

MARCH 2013
ROSE THEATER Dizzy and Bird Festival Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie
March 89, 8pm No living trumpet player can claim a closer relationship to musician-teacher-humanitarian Dizzy Gillespie personally or musicallythan Jon Faddis, who met his friend and mentor at age 15. A veteran of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and former musical director of Gillespies United Nations Orchestra, Faddis will direct his current big band through new transcriptions from Gillespies path-breaking 1940s big band, repertoire from the spectacular 1950s edition that toured the Middle East and South America under the auspices of the State Department, and lead a quintet through selected gems from Gillespies consistently superb small group recordings. Faddis quintet will feature two NEA Jazz Masters, pianist Kenny Barron and saxophonist Jimmy Heath. Free pre-concert festival nightly at 6:30pm. Free pre-concert discussion nightly at 7pm.

THE ALLEN ROOM Joe Lovano Us Five

February 2223, 7:30pm & 9:30pm Ever the musical renaissance man, Joe Lovano is as comfortable with inside approaches, which he treats with a spirit of freedom, as with the speculative side of

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor Tickets: $10-$120 To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jalc.org. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office is located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm. For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jalc.org/events/group-sales. For more information about our education programs, visit jalc.org/learn. For Swing University and WeBop enrollment: 212-258-9922. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Foursquare.

UPCOMING EVENTS

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTERS FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL

FEBRUARY 2013
Ren Marie Quartet with Elias Bailey, Quentin Baxter, and Kevin Bales January 31February 3 7:30pm & 9:30pm, plus 11:30pm on Friday Roswell Rudd Quartet with Sunny Kim, Ken Filiano, and Lafayette Harris February 4 7:30pm & 9:30pm Gerald Clayton Trio with Joseph Sanders and Justin Brown February 5 7:30pm & 9:30pm February 6 8pm & 10pm Late Night Session: Benny Benack III Quartet Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan with Steve Nelson, Antonio Hart, Duane Eubanks, and Rodney Green February 710 7:30pm & 9:30pm, plus 11:30pm on Friday Late Night Session: Benny Benack III Quartet Molly Johnson with Seamus Blake, Robi Botos, Mike Downes, and Larnell Lewis February 11 7:30pm & 9:30pm Gregoire Maret with Federico Pena, Ben Williams, and Clarence Penn February 12 7:30pm & 9:30pm Late Night Session: Luca Santaniello Quartet

Nilson Matas Black Orpheus featuring Leny Andrade CD Release with Klaus Mueller, Fernando Saci, Alexandre Kautz, and Steve Wilson February 1317 7:30pm & 9:30pm Late Night Session: Luca Santaniello Quartet Nellie Mckay and The Amigos Band: A Grand Experiment of Song with Justin Poindexter, Sam Reider, and Eddie Barbash February 18 7:30pm & 9:30pm Toshiko AkiyoshiLew Tabackin Jazz Quartet with Lew Tabackin February 1920 7:30pm & 9:30pm Late Night Session: Emmet Cohen Trio Tia Fuller Quartet with Special Guest Sean Jones with Tia Fuller, Orrin Evans, Alexander Toth, and Ralph Peterson Jr. February 2124 7:30pm & 9:30pm Late Night Session: Emmet Cohen Trio (Note: No performance on February 24) Julliard Jazz Ensemble February 25 7:30pm & 9:30pm The Music of Dexter Gordon Celebrating 90 Years with George Cables, Victor Lewis, Joe Locke, Jerry Weldon, Walter Blanding, Brandon Lee, and Special Guests February 2627 7:30pm & 9:30pm Late Night Session: Bruce Harris Quintet

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