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Exclusive Fan Offers for Newport Jazz Festival
SPECIAL OFFERS FOR WYNTON FANS: FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT PRE-SALE EVENT On Monday, April 4, get first crack at the best seats by using promo code WYNTON to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, April 5. USE PROMO CODE: WYNTON Pre-sale starts Monday, April 4 at 10:00am & ends Tuesday, April 5 at 9:00am. “EARLY BIRD” DISCOUNTS FOR FORT ADAMS STATE PARK $10 off general admission tickets by buying on-line with promo code WYNTON by Friday, April 9 Single-Day Tickets: $59* for either August 6 or 7 (regularly $69) Two-Day Packages: $118* for August 6 & 7 (regularly $125) *Service… Keep reading »
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Ken Burns Introduces Excerpts From His Latest Film “Prohibition”
Prohibition & The Jazz Age Ken Burns Introduces Excerpts From His Latest Film “Prohibition” With Special Live Performance By The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis And Guests Vince Giordano And Doug Wamble. May 5, 6, 7 Wynton Marsalis and Ken Burns continue their long time artistic collaboration on “Prohibition,” a three-part documentary directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. “Prohibition” tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The upcoming film series features original compositions and arrangements by Marsalis and others. At this special Jazz at Lincoln Center concert event,… Keep reading »
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Announces 2011-12 Season
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis announce the programming for the 2011-12 season - the organization’s 25th season and eighth in its home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. In this new season of concerts, education events, touring, and a diverse line-up of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates milestones in jazz: the 50th anniversary of Impulse Records, birthdays of living legends Jimmy Heath, Jon Hendricks, Wynton Marsalis; and the music of Cachao, Nat King Cole, Jelly Roll Morton, Astor Piazzolla, and Frank Sinatra. Keep reading »
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15 High School Jazz Band Finalists Announced for 16th Annual Essentially Ellington
Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the 15 finalist bands and one winning community band for its prestigious 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival. The bands will compete and participate in workshops, jam sessions, and more, during a three-day Competition & Festival in New York City. The three top-placing bands perform with Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, as guest soloist, followed by a performance by the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Keep reading »
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Jazz Jam: Wynton Marsalis Small Groups
Wynton Marsalis is a man who wears many hats: trumpeter, composer, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and music director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. But it’s too often forgotten that he first came to fame with small bands: after getting started with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, he then made musical history with his own original groundbreaking quintet. Whether he’s leading bands of any size, Marsalis’ music is always breathtakingly innovative and swinging. March 31, 2011 – 8:00 PM April 1, 2011 – 8:00 PM April 2, 2011 – 8:00 PM buy tickets on jalc.org Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis with JLCO and Ute Lemper: The Music of Kurt Weill
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Vibraphonist Warren Wolf, Music Director Ted Nash In the 110 years since his birth, Kurt Weill’s music has been played by everyone from Louis Armstrong (“Mack the Knife”) to Gil Evans (“My Ship”). Ute Lemper, “a foremost interpreter of Weill” (New York Times) along with Warren Wolf on vibes, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and Music Director Ted Nash will show how Weill’s songs belong to the jazz world as much as to Broadway, film, and the concert hall. Lemper says of the concert, “It’… Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play The Blues
Jazz at Lincoln Center announces Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton will perform together in Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The special concert events have been added to the season schedule as the organization’s 2011 Annual Gala on April 7 and as ticketed concerts open to the public on April 8 and 9. As the preferred card of Jazz at Lincoln Center and Lead Sponsor for the three concerts, MasterCard will run an exclusive advance ticket sale beginning January 28. Keep reading »
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces Live Webcast of 2011
NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert on January 11, 2011 To Take Place at Jazz at Lincoln Center Washington, DC – The National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center announced today that the sold out NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert on January 11, 2011, will be video streamed live for those unable to attend in person. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST and can be accessed through arts.gov. In addition, a live audio broadcast will be carried through three outlets: Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Real Jazz Channel 70, WBGO radio on 88.3FM or wbgo.org, and… Keep reading »
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Chick Corea to Perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
On Janury 20-22, 2010, multi-award winning jazz great Chick Corea performs for the first time with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Corea’s music and bands have covered all the stylistic grounds from bebop, soul jazz and fusion, to Latin jazz and the avant-garde. For this special concert event, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Marsalis will arrange Corea’s own compositions, which may include “The Matrix,” “Crystal Silence,” and “You’re Everything,” for big band. More info in our tour section Keep reading »
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Wynton and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will Collaborate with Alvin Ailey American Dance The
For one extraordinary week, December 16-19 the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will join the Ailey dancers for “Ailey/Jazz,” a joyous live music celebration of America’s two great art forms—modern dance and jazz music—and two great jazz artists: Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. For more information visit www.alvinailey.org Click here for a free download of Here…Now… a piece Wynton wrote for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2001. Keep reading »