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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2024 Gala Celebrating Tony Bennett
Jazz at Lincoln Center announced that its signature fundraiser Gala event celebrates NEA Jazz Master, Kennedy Center honoree, multi-GRAMMY award-winner Tony Bennett and takes place Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the organization’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, located on Broadway at 60th Street, New York, New York. Keep reading »
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Top 15 high school jazz bands in the U.S. commemorate Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2024
No figure looms larger in the story of jazz than Duke Ellington whose artistic development and sustained achievement are among the most spectacular and influential in the history of music. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Performs Music of Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Charles Mingus, and World Premiere of Andy Farber’s “Usonian Structures” in Masters of Form:
Masters of Form: Duke, Jelly Roll, and Mingus, in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on Feb. 2-3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m., features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing masterfully structured pieces from musical architects Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Charles Mingus. Keep reading »
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Jazz at Lincoln Center Announce Partnership and Unique Programs
Building off their 2019 collaborative concerts entitled Portraits of America, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Jazz at Lincoln Center announce a unique creative partnership aimed to enrich the experiences of jazz and visual arts for audiences of all ages and levels of appreciation. Funded through a $1.15M gift from the Alice L. Walton Foundation, the partnership seeks to engage audiences and create connections between the visual and performing arts. Keep reading »
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2023-24 Season Opener: “Beyond Black Codes” on Sept. 21-23, and Blue Engine Records Re-Issues 5 Wynton Marsalis Albums
The world premiere of Beyond Black Codes featuring big band arrangements of songs from Wynton Marsalis’s highly influential small group albums will open Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season on Sept. 21-23, 2023, at 8:00pm in Rose Theater. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Winners 2023
Jazz at Lincoln Center* today announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation and more than 35 other individual and section awards in the prestigious 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2023-24 Season of World Premiere Commissions, Unique Collaborations, and Festivals
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis proudly announce the organization’s 36th season of concerts featuring the organization’s customary mix of world premiere commissions and collaborations with iconic guest artists, as well as celebrations of milestones and major figures in jazz and its related genres. Keep reading »
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15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival 2023
Nation’s Premier Jazz Education Event to Feature 15 High School-Aged Bands from Across the Country in Performance and Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center From May 11-13, 2023 Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2022-23 Season of world premiere commissions and unique collaborations
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis today proudly announce the organization’s 35th season of concerts featuring JALC’s customary mix of American-premiere commissions and exclusive collaborations by iconic guest artists from across the globe, as well as celebrations of milestones and ma-jor figures in jazz and its related genres. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2022
Jazz at Lincoln Center today announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation and more than 35 other individual and section awards in the prestigious 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »