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Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour featuring Cécile Clorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross

The Appel Room, March 15-16, 7pm and 9:30pm

On March 15-16, at 7 and 9:30pm, six of the fastest-rising stars in jazz will join forces for the first time in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room to kick off Monterey Jazz Festival’s 60th Anniversary Tour. This celebratory performance will feature musicians who are outstanding representatives of the next generation of jazz artists and educators and have close ties to the Monterey Jazz Festival and with Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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World Premiere of Kurt Elling’s The Big Blind, March 1-2, 8pm, Rose Theater

The radio-style noir drama features all-star cast including NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, Broadway legend Ben Vereen, and a 23-piece orchestra conducted by Guy Barker

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the world premiere of Kurt Elling’s The Big Blind, March 1-2 at 8pm in Rose Theater. The Grammy-winning vocalist delves into the world of musical theater with this original noir radio drama, co-written with Grammy-nominated songwriter Phil Galdston and inspired by true historic events.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Piano Master: The Oscar Peterson Story features a star-studded lineup in the Appel Room, Feb. 22-23

For the special concert event Piano Master: The Oscar Peterson Story on February 22-23 at 7pm & 9:30pm in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room, six extraordinary pianists with deep connections to Oscar Peterson will perform a collection of the master pianist’s compositions — some of which have never been heard — and new originals written in Peterson’s honor.

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