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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 15 Finalists for the 2019 Essentially Ellington Competition
Jazz at Lincoln Center today announced the 15 finalists who will compete in its 24th Annual _Essentially Ellington_ High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival - the nation’s premier jazz education event - in New York City on May 9-11, 2019. Keep reading »
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Saint Lucia Jazz Festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center announce first-ever collaboration
It’s been announced that the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival is to be programmed by New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center for the first time. Organisers say this new collaboration means that the 27-year-old festival will be bigger than ever, stretching over a week and a multitude of venues on the Caribbean island. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’s Seasonal Confections
Accompanied by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the trumpeter offers a program of holiday favorites. Keep reading »
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Big Band Holiday Cheer With The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis is back with lively arrangements of holiday classics like “Jingle Bells” and “White Christmas.” Catherine Russell joins the orchestra as a guest vocalist. Keep reading »
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The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania conducted by Cristian Macelaru perform The Jungle
The National Symphony Orchestra of Romania, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, will join forces with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis for its first-ever performance in the United States. Keep reading »
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A Lost Thing Finding Itself. Jazz at Lincoln Center
Origin stories may not always represent a complete truth, but they do give people something to hold on to. What defines the origin of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which has just started its 31st season, is the need to prove itself. Keep reading »
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JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and vocalists Vuyo Sotashe and Veronica Swift ring in the holidays
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis spreads good cheer this holiday season as the world renowned jazz orchestra and guest vocalists Vuyo Sotashe and Veronica Swift perform Big Band Holidays throughout the U.S. The 14-city U.S. tour embarks in Ann Arbor, MI on November 28. Keep reading »
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Rubén Blades Swings Big Band Jazz And Rumba On New Album
We all knew vocalist Rubén Blades knew his way around the clave, the rhythmic pattern that propels the Afro-Cuban dance music he’s known for. But I bet you didn’t know he could swing a big band jazz tune with an easy flair that recalls past masters like Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis kicks off three-part salute to Miles Davis
Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the first show in its three-part salute to Miles Davis: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis plays Miles Davis, November 8–10, 2018 at 8pm, in Rose Theater. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates Fourth Annual Monk Festival with performances featuring the JLCO
Thelonious Monk’s music is playful, profound, and universally loved. Its deceptive simplicity unites musicians of all backgrounds and offers endless opportunity for interpretation and improvisation. *The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis* has been performing a steadily growing Thelonious Monk repertoire since its inception (now totaling more than 40 songs), and the JLCO will one day have arrangements of all 72 original Monk compositions. Keep reading »