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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2024-25 Season of World Premiere Commissions and Unique Collaborations
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis proudly announce the organization’s 37th season of concerts and the 20th anniversary of the home of JALC, Frederick P. Rose Hall, colloquially known as The House of Swing, which houses Rose Theater, The Appel Room, and Dizzy’s Club. Keep reading »
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Alison Balsom gives the UK premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano
Alison Balsom gives the UK premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and its Chief Conductor Designate Sir Antonio Pappano at the Barbican (11 April), with subsequent performances at Bristol Beacon (12 April); Philharmonie, Cologne (23 April) and Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg (30 April). 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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Announcing Big Band Holidays III, Digital Album featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
In celebration of the most wonderful time of the year, Blue Engine Records—Jazz at Lincoln Center’s (JALC) in-house record label—proudly presents the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis’ new collection of holiday music: Big Band Holidays III. Keep reading »
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Jazz at Lincoln Center Announce Partnership and Unique Programs
Building off their 2019 collaborative concerts entitled Portraits of America, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Jazz at Lincoln Center announce a unique creative partnership aimed to enrich the experiences of jazz and visual arts for audiences of all ages and levels of appreciation. Funded through a $1.15M gift from the Alice L. Walton Foundation, the partnership seeks to engage audiences and create connections between the visual and performing arts. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis receives Praemium Imperiale Award
The 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards have been unveiled, with three of the winners in this year’s categories having links to music. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis to deliver the Nexus Lecture 2023
Music has the power to elevate our quality of life, to connect people and broaden our consciousness’, says world-renowned jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and educator Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Winners 2023
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 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and 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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“Black Codes (From The Underground)” among 25 additions to National Recording Registry 2023
On Wednesday the Library announced 25 audio recordings — the oldest dating back to 1908 — that are being inducted to the Registry, a compendium of sound recordings deemed representative of America’s artistic, cultural and historic treasures. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2023-24 Season of World Premiere Commissions, Unique Collaborations, and Festivals
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis proudly announce the organization’s 36th season of concerts featuring the organization’s customary mix of world premiere commissions and collaborations with iconic guest artists, as well as celebrations of milestones and major figures in jazz and its related genres. Keep reading »