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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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Monticello plans Juneteenth events to honor enslaved people and their descendants
On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello will host Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places, and Future. This is a public program in recognition of Juneteenth that specifically aims to uplift descendant voices that have often been marginalized, or left out completely. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis sings praises of SFJazz as he takes spotlight at record-breaking fundraiser
What do you get a highly decorated musician like Wynton Marsalis — a nine-time Grammy winner, the first jazz artist to win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master? Keep reading »
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs seminal works from each decade in Duke’s Career In The Best Of Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington’s music provides the ultimate canvas for a big band—and nobody plays it quite like the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The world renowned big band will pay tribute to the great Duke Ellington with an evening comprised of his musical masterpieces that continues to uplift and enlighten audiences around the world on June 10 -11 at 8:00pm ET. Keep reading »
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SFJAZZ To Broadcast Gala Honoring Wynton Marsalis
SFJAZZ is presenting free live broadcasts of its 2022 gala honoring Wynton Marsalis with a Lifetime Achievement Award beginning on Friday, June 3, at 8:30 p.m. PT/11:30 p.m. ET. 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 »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship Winners
In an awards ceremony tonight, April 20, 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis announced the top three university and college jazz band finalists and section awards in the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces Annual Gala 2022 - Body + Soul: America Rises Through the Arts
Help us celebrate this year’s Annual Gala hosted by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance showcasing the role of the arts in creating an American cultural identity. Keep reading »
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Concert review: Marsalis and Lincoln Center big band jazz up Jefferson Center crowd
Jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Wynton Marsalis is a guru to some, a gadfly to others. He insists on defining the genre from its traditions, rather than (as he sees it) the latest stylistic fads, which often water down the form. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) is proud to announce the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition featuring ensembles from ten of the most well-regarded university jazz programs in the country. Keep reading »