JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER LAUNCHES JAZZ LIVE, NEW PLATFORM FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LIVE WEBCASTS, HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES, ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING AND MORE FEATURING JAZZ’S GREATEST PERFORMERS

Jazz Live is available now on Apple (iOS/tvOS), Google (Android/Android TV), Amazon Fire TV, and Roku

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES 2022-23 SEASON OF WORLD PREMIERE COMMISSIONS AND UNIQUE COLLABORATIONS; JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS WORLDWIDE TOURS; AND IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

35th season features 22 unique programs celebrating Jazz as a Global Language including: Opening Night: “The Shanghai Suite” features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing Wynton Marsalis’ work inspired by the musical culture of China American premiere and national tour of compositions by Wynton Marsalis and iconic Iraqi oud virtuoso, composer, and educator Naseer Shamma on “Middle East Meditations” Towering Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés celebrating his 81st birthday with the epic “La Creación,” featuring big band, Afro-Cuban percussion, and vocals Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez centennial celebrations led by Carlos Henriquez World premiere commissions by Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda and Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca, exploring the Pan-American continuum with multi-Grammy winning clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera Brazilian mandolin wizard Hamilton de Holanda and South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini explore the diaspora of African musical culture to North and South America The JALC debut of “Carnival: The Sound Of A People” by Trinidad-born trumpet virtuoso and composer Etienne Charles Iconic Brazilian singer Rosa Passos with NEA Jazz Masters Kenny Barron and Ron Carter “Shades of Django” led by Parisian-born gypsy jazz guitar legend, Stéphane Wrembel with French-born vocal sensation Cyrille Aimée, mandolin master Sam Bush, and pianist Sean Mason Collaborations by JLCO with NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi and special guest tenor saxophonist-flutist Lew Tabackin Concerts by internationally renowned singers Cécile McLorin Salvant and Dianne Reeves Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, with iconic singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, with music director and pianist Christian Sands and saxophone sensation Lakecia Benjamin; Steve Miller Plays Steve Miller Band; “Singers Over Manhattan” by the Emmet Cohen Trio with Mary Stallings, Johnny O’Neal, and Lucy Yeghiazaryan Parts II and III of JLCO’s popular “Journey Through Jazz” series; Jazz For Young People concerts exploring Charles Mingus and Thad Jones Big Band Holidays, in Rose Theater and on tour, directed by Victor Goines, marks JLCO and Samara Joy in first time collaboration

BURT BACHARACH REIMAGINED PERFORMED BY CAMILLE THURMAN AND DARRELL GREEN QUARTET

THURMAN, GREEN, AND ALL-STAR LINEUP FEATURING BUSTER WILLIAMS, ROMERO LUBAMBO, MICHAEL WOLFF INTERPRET BACHARACH’S ENDURING HITS

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, June 3-4, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF MONK CON CLAVE PERFORMED BY THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Music directed by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and GRAMMY®-Nominated bassist Carlos Henriquez and featuring Pedrito Martinez

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES 27TH ANNUAL ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND COMPETITION & FESTIVAL WINNERS

First Place Winner: Osceola County School for the Arts (Kissimmee, FL) Second Place Winner: Foxboro High School (Foxboro, MA) Third Place Winner: Orange County School of the Arts (Santa Ana, CA)

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES 2022 JACK RUDIN JAZZ CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

First Place Winner: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC Second Place Winner: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Third Place Winner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY