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DIANNE REEVES

Dianne Reeves, one of the most recognized voices in modern jazz, returns to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on February 13 and 14 at 8pm.  In what has become a Jazz at Lincoln Center Valentine’s Day tradition, the most awarded female jazz vocalist of all time...

BILL FRISELL’S WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

For Immediate Release

Bill Frisell continues in his role as curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s beloved Roots of Americana series. This January, the guitar icon leads a quintet in When You Wish Upon a Star: Music From Film and Television, the second of three concerts in the Roots of...

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Announces January 2015 Lineup and Newly Redesigned Website

For Immediate Release: December 2, 2014

To kick off 2015, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola features some of the world’s most talented musicians for 30 nights of continuous music. From the legendary Pharoah Sanders, to the soulful Marcus Roberts and the child prodigy Joey Alexander, the club stage will be filled with...

BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA

For Immediate Release

Birth of the American Orchestra Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Rose Theater, January 9 – 10, 2015, 8pm Winner of Downbeat’s 2014 Reader’s Poll in “Big Band” Category Perform the Music of Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Bill Challis, Duke...

NEW JAZZ STANDARDS AND NEW JAZZ FRONTIERS

For Immediate Release

On December 19 & 20, ten of the most original and distinctive artists in jazz will collaborate for the first time to debut new works in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, New York). In these two...

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

For Immediate Release

Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Lena Horne famously posed the timeless question: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” Jazz at Lincoln Center invites you in from the cold and the crowd to ring in the New Year with swing and style. There’s no city with more allure on...

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola December 2014 Lineup Announced

For Immediate Release: October 31, 2014

Monday, December 1 Juilliard Jazz Orchestra The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and its ensembles play more than 50 performances annually, including appearances at the Detroit Jazz Festival and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival; tours to destinations such as Costa Rica,...

NPR MUSIC, WBGO & JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER LAUNCH NEW JAZZ INITIATIVE

NPR MUSIC, WBGO & JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER LAUNCH NEW JAZZ INITIATIVE

NPR Music is banding together with Jazz at Lincoln Center and WBGO, one of the nation’s leading jazz producers, to create the next generation of jazz programming in public radio: Jazz Night in America. The new initiative premieres today with an online hub launching...

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HONORS BOBBY HUTCHERSON, NOV. 7-9

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HONORS BOBBY HUTCHERSON

Jazz at Lincoln Center honors Bobby Hutcherson – master vibraphonist and veteran bandleader – with two special engagements featuring Hutcherson’s peers, protégés, and friends in The Appel Room and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola.  Known for his originative four-mallet approach...

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S BRAZILIAN FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release

On October 24 and 25, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Brazilian Festival will highlight music from Northeast Brazil’s Pernambuco state. The innovative SpokFrevo Orquestra, of Recife, Pernambuco’s largest city, will make its Jazz at Lincoln Center debut in The Appel Room, led...

ANAT COHEN’S ROOTS OF RIO & VICTOR GOINES’ ROOTS OF RAGTIME

For Immediate Release

Two of the leading jazz voices on clarinet and saxophone – Anat Cohen and Victor Goines – are set to premiere new works on October 17 and 18 in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York, New York), offering...

LILA DOWNS IN THE APPEL ROOM

For Immediate Release

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with Mexican-American singer, songwriter, and social activist Lila Downs who makes her Jazz at Lincoln Center debut in The Appel Room (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street) on October 10 and...

DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA OCTOBER 2014 LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola October 2014 Lineup Announced

Wednesday, October 1 David Chesky: Jazz In The New Harmonic With Jazz in the New Harmonic, David Chesky and his band of all-star jazz musicians fuse 21st century classical harmonies with the city’s rhythms to offer a new approach to jazz. The album, featuring the same...

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY

Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center, a not-for-profit arts institution dedicated to enriching, entertaining, and expanding a global community for jazz, announced the creation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Summer Jazz Academy, an intensive jazz performance institute for...

MARCUS ROBERTS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GENERATION: PIANO MASTERS OF MELODY

 For Immediate Release MARCUS ROBERTS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GENERATION: PIANO MASTERS OF MELODY Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room September 26 & 27, 7pm & 9:30pm New York, NY – August 18, 2014 – Pianist Marcus Roberts, the fearless virtuoso recently...

MARCUS ROBERTS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GENERATION: PIANO MASTERS OF MELODY

MARCUS ROBERTS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GENERATION: PIANO MASTERS OF MELODY

Pianist Marcus Roberts, the fearless virtuoso recently featured on CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” brings his newest ensemble, the Modern Jazz Generation, to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room on September 26 and 27 in a concert event entitled Piano Masters of Melody, at...

BILL FRISELL’S ROOTS OF AMERICANA SERIES PRESENTS THIS LAND: WOODY GUTHRIE’S BETTER WORLD

BILL FRISELL’S ROOTS OF AMERICANA SERIES THIS LAND: WOODY GUTHRIE’S BETTER WORLD

Guitar icon Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the great storytellers of jazz guitar with an exceptional ability to convey a range of aesthetics with skill and heart. Frisell returns as curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Roots of Americana series, joined...

CHUCHO VALDÉS, PEDRITO MARTINEZ, & WYNTON MARSALIS OPEN JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S 2014

CHUCHO VALDÉS, PEDRITO MARTINEZ, & WYNTON MARSALIS OPEN JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S 2014–15 SEASON

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2014-15 season opens on September 18-20 at 8pm with the debut of a collaborative new work by Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, the influential pianist-composer-arranger Chucho Valdés, rising star percussionist Pedrito...

Swing University 2014 Fall Term Course Offerings

For Immediate Release JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES SWING UNIVERSITY 2014 FALL TERM COURSE OFFERINGS Swing University Free Open House Thursday, September 4 at 7pm New York, NY – July 28, 2014 – Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the Swing University 2014 Fall Term...

Swing University 2014 Fall Term Course Offerings

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES SWING UNIVERSITY 2014 FALL TERM COURSE OFFERINGS

Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the Swing University 2014 Fall Term course offerings, including “BeBop” taught by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Trombonist Vincent Gardner, and “Discography” taught by world-renowned scholar and biographer Ed Berger. A new...

COCA-COLA GENERATIONS IN JAZZ FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Coca-Cola Generations in Jazz Festival 2014 Lineup Announced

Throughout September, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola hosts the fifth annual Coca-Cola  Generations in Jazz Festival. The festival kicks off on Labor Day, September 1 as dynamic vocalist Michael Mwenso  showcases the compositions of innovator Fats...

COCA-COLA GENERATIONS IN JAZZ FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2014 Coca-Cola Generations in Jazz Festival 2014 Lineup Announced Fifth Annual Festival takes place September 1 – 30 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola New York, NY (July 17, 2014) Throughout September, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s...