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Concert review: Wynton Marsalis and his band entertain and enlighten
Wynton Marsalis and his 15-member Lincoln Center band finally made it to Merrill Auditorium in Portland Thursday night for a sold-out concert that was rescheduled from April due to illness. 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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2024 Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Residency
The Blue Note Jazz Club and Jazz at Lincoln Center—two renowned New York cultural institutions—come together for a landmark collaboration and unity. Jazz at Lincoln Center will hold a residency during the forthcoming 2024 Blue Note Jazz Festival, in which the legendary Wynton Marsalis performs six nights at the Blue Note Jazz Club June 11-16. Keep reading »
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Wynton, Branford Marsalis will play rare concert together in St. Louis
Brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis will join forces next Wednesday and Thursday for a pair of extremely rare performances together that will benefit Jazz St. Louis’ educational programs and community engagement events. Keep reading »
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Swing into Spring with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at Rose Theater
Throughout March, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – an ensemble of 15 virtuoso instrumentalists, unique soloists, composers, arrangers, and educators – performs an unprecedented variety of styles and genres with characteristic flair and authority. Keep reading »
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Wayne Shorter Celebration featuring JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and special guests Joe Lovano and Walter Blanding
Throughout March, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – an ensemble of 15 virtuoso instrumentalists, unique soloists, composers, arrangers, and educators – performs an unprecedented variety of styles and genres with characteristic flair and authority. Keep reading »
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Swing for Tomorrow’s Stars featuring Branford Marsalis & Wynton Marsalis at The Chase Park Plaza
Jazz St. Louis’ 2024 Gala Swing For Tomorrow’s Stars will feature Wynton & Branford Marsalis! The hottest jazz event in the world takes place at Jazz St. Louis on February 21, 2024 and The Chase Park Plaza on February 22, 2024. This two-night fundraising event will secure the future of Jazz St. Louis’ impactful educational programs for students in the St. Louis area. Keep reading »
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Musical Comfort Food: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Focuses on Master Composers
The title of this weekend’s concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center is “Masters of Form,” and as Vincent Gardner, who served as musical director for the first half, announced at the start, the name is a play on words in that it refers to “forms in music, the kind of established forms that we have ingrained in us, like the 12-bar blues” and the 32-bar popular song. Keep reading »
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Max Roach at 100: ‘Inventor of Modern Drumming’ Is Only the Beginning
Over the course of a little more than a year in 1955 and ’56, Max Roach, who was already the premiere jazz drummer of his generation, experienced the death of two of his very closest musical partners. 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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