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2023-24 Season Opener: ‘Beyond Black Codes’ on Sept. 21-23, and Blue Engine Records Re-Issues 5 Wynton Marsalis Albums

August 28, 2023

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 2023-24 SEASON OPENING WEEKEND: BEYOND BLACK CODES  FEATURING THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS ON SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2023, 8:00 P.M. FOLLOWED BY U.S. TOUR DATES  BLUE ENGINE RE-MASTERS and RE-ISSUES   WYNTON MARSALIS ALBUMS:  -LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF TRIBES  -FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE PENITENTIARY  -UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS:   THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON  -HE AND SHE  -THE MAGIC HOUR   AVAILABLE NOW ON DIGITAL STREAMING PLATFORMS 

The world premiere of Beyond Black Codes featuring big band arrangements of songs from Wynton Marsalis’s highly influential small group albums will open Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season on Sept. 21-23, 2023, at 8:00pm in Rose Theater.  Jazz at Lincoln Center’s...

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Blue Engine Records Releases Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Sevens on streaming platforms on August 4, 2023

July 31, 2023

BLUE ENGINE RECORDS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF WYNTON MARSALIS PLAYS LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S HOT FIVES AND SEVENS

Live album featuring an all-star band including trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and pianist Jon Batiste

Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Sevens  available on all streaming platforms on August 4, 2023

On August 4, 2023, on what would have been Louis Armstrong’s 122nd birthday—although many celebrate the trailblazer on July 4, as he was lovingly hailed as a “firecracker baby” by his mother—Blue Engine Records proudly releases Wynton Marsalis Plays Louis Armstrong’s...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2023 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition Winners

May 13, 2023

Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2023 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition Winners 

First Place Winner:  Osceola County School for the Arts (Kissimmee, FL)

Second Place Winner:  Susan E. Wagner High School (Staten Island, NY)

Third Place Winner:  New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL)

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....

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Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez Centennial Celebration featuring Carlos Henriquez and Friends

April 5, 2023

May 5 & 6 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New York, NY On May 11-13 Henriquez serves on judging panel of 28th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival

On May 5 and 6, at 8:00 p.m. in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Grammy nominated Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra bassist-composer-arranger Carlos Henriquez leads an all-star band to celebrate the respective centennial birthdays of Mambo Kings Tito Puente and...

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15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival

February 15, 2023

15 Finalists to Compete in 28th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival Nation’s Premier Jazz Education Event to Feature 15 High School-Aged Bands from Across the Country in Performance and Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center From May 11-13, 2023

Today, Marcus Printup, Trumpet, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, announced the 15 finalists for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 28th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in...

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