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The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis performing at NCPA in Beijing, China (day #1)

October 9, 2024
National Centre for the Performing Arts – Beijing, China

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra began its East Asia tour on October 9 in Beijing. At the National Centre for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, the orchestra performed “Hot Jazz and Swing,” featuring vibrant music from the 1920s and ’30s. The repertoire included “Mary’s Idea,” “Lonesome Road,” “Stardust,” and “Flaming Sword.”
Backstage, U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns and maestro Long Yu, who will conduct the orchestra in Shanghai, greeted the band.