ABYSSINIAN: A GOSPEL CELEBRATION 2013 U.S. TOUR DATES
buzzz worthy. . . Led by master jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and choral director Damien Sneed, the national Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration tour begins in Charlotte, NC on October 8. The show features Marsalis, the Lincoln Center Orchestra and 70-piece Chorale Le Chateau. On this unique tour, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Damien Sneed, and Chorale Le Chateau will perform Marsalis' composition Abyssinian Mass , a landmark collaboration of jazz, gospel, instrumentation, and vocals. The Abyssinian Gospel Tour kicks off in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 3 and ends in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27 (see tour dates below). Since Marsalis composed and recorded In This House, On This Morning two decades ago, he has remained committed to projecting a theme of universal humanism--and raising a joyful noise--while reflecting the form of the African American church service. Never has Marsalis coalesced...