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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Paul Whiteman
To appreciate how Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra advanced music after the Ragtime Era an understanding of what preceded the First World War is required. Before recorded sound there was a piano in every house, John Philip Sousa’s Marching Bands, Ringling Circus Bands, Community Bands, School Bands performed for every holiday or event in America. Keep reading »
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Wynton and the LCJO play the music of Paul Whiteman
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 17-19 at 8:00pm in Rose Theater, Wynton Marsalis and the LCJO will perform the music of Paul Whiteman - a bandleader who helped usher in the big band style of the Jazz Age - with three very special performances.
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