In 1994, Wynton Marsalis premiered his first big band composition commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center, Blood on the Fields, about a couple’s journey from slavery to freedom. Nearly 25 years after the premiere of this powerful work which earned him a Pulitzer Prize...

Eddie Daniels, Harlem String Quartet and Ted Nash: Jazz in the Chamber, the final Appel Room performance of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 30th anniversary season, reveals  the respective influence jazz and classical have had on each other throughout history, and...

In recognition of International Jazz Day (celebrated worldwide on April 30), Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the 2018 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame inductees ranging from an obscure yet monumentally influential bassist to one of American music’s most popular crossover...

The Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola stage in June showcases personal projects by members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, including Ted Nash with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra (June 4), Paul Nedzela Quartet (June 12-13), Victor Goines (June 14-17), and...

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrates one of jazz's great original geniuses: composer, Pulitzer Prize winner, and alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1930–2015). 2017 Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bandleader Ted...

Vocalist-composer Somi, described as “the new high priestess of soul” by the Huffington Post, and special guest British superstar Laura Mvula, will honor two of the most uncompromising vocalists of the 20th century in Miriam Makeba & Nina Simone: Singing Protest...