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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 on May 9-11, 2024

In celebration of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, Jazz at Lincoln Center offersnever-before-available scores of Ellington’s music to high school bands across the globe.

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. On May 9-11, commemorating the 125th birthday of Duke Ellington —America’s most...

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Jazz in the Sun: Tickets now on sale for 2019 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

20% Discount for Tickets Purchased Before March 31, Highlights Feature Outdoor Venues and Spectacular Performances

Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival Produced in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center,which will showcase more than a dozen performances from world-renowned artists Sunday, May 4 through Sunday, May 12, 2019. Through a first-time, one-of-a-kind collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, the week-long festival features five Artists-In-Residence, some of the finest names in modern jazz, performing in intimate venues and public settings throughout Saint Lucia certain to attract guests from around the globe.

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BOLDEN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring music composed, performed and arranged by Wynton Marsalis available on CD and digitally on April 19, 2019 from Blue Engine Records

Blue Engine Records announces the release of the Bolden Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music composed, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis. The Bolden soundtrack features music from the film directed by Dan Pritzker (in theaters nationwide on May 3, 2019) and will be available on CD and all major digital music platforms on April 19, 2019. Additionally, a limited-edition 12” vinyl single featuring an exclusive song from the soundtrack will be available in select independent record stores as part of Record Store Day on April 13, 2019.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2019-20 Season

Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis announce the 2019–20 season of concerts featuring world premieres,exclusive collaborations, renowned guest artists, and events celebrating milestones and major figures in jazz.

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McCoy Tyner and Charles McPherson at 80 featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis April 5-6, 8pm, Rose Theater

Pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Charles McPherson, two of jazz’s greatest living legends will perform their iconic compositions with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on April 5─6 at 8pm. Jazz at Lincoln Center is located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, New York.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Selects Nation’s Top High School Big Bands To Compete in New York City for the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival

(February 13, 2019 at 3pm) 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. The competition unites students from coast to coast, and from diverse backgrounds to find harmony together while playing some of the most complex music ever written.

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