On September 22-24, Jazz at Lincoln Center will open the 2016-17 season, commemorating more than 100 years of recorded jazz, with stellar performances by world renowned musicians and rising stars and free offerings in its home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, at Broadway at 60th Street in New York, New York.
In Rose Theater, Handful of Keys: A Century of Jazz Piano will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests Joey Alexander, Dick Hyman, Myra Melford, Dan Nimmer, Helen Sung, Isaiah J. Thompson, Larry Willis on September 22-24.
In The Appel Room, Songs We Love will feature Dee Dee Bridgewater performing alongside today’s celebrated vocalists and ensembles on September 23-24.
In the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Atrium, on September 22-24, Jazz at Lincoln Center will welcome audiences to its first full season in the newly redesigned Frederick P. Rose Hall with free performances, a champagne toast at intermission and more.
All single tickets for The Appel Room and Rose Theater can be purchased through jazz.org 24 hours a day or CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 10am to 9pm. Tickets can also be purchased at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street, ground floor. Box Office hours: Monday-Saturday from 10am to 6pm (or 30 minutes past curtain) and Sunday from noon to 6pm (or 30 minutes past curtain).
In its 29th season, Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly showcases a diverse and extensive range of education and community programs for all ages. Anchored by the exceptional Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the 2016-17 season commemorates more than 100 years of recorded jazz. Jazz as an enduring and constantly evolving art form is explored throughout the season, as visionary musicians from around the world celebrate the centennials of Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Buddy Rich, and more. For the complete season schedule, please visit http://www.jazz.org/events/2016-17-season/.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2016-17 season
opening weekend concerts:
- Handful of Keys: A Century of Jazz Piano
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Joey Alexander, Dick Hyman, Myra Melford, Dan Nimmer, Helen Sung, Isaiah J. Thompson, Larry Willis
Sep 22-24, 2016, 8pm
Rose TheaterOur season-opening concert features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and some of today’s top pianists, including our own Dan Nimmer. Performing definitive compositions by piano geniuses like Jelly Roll Morton, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, and Marcus Roberts, tonight’s special guests will showcase an astonishing evolution of jazz piano that now spans over 100 years. Guest musicians range in age from 13-year-old prodigy Joey Alexander (featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes) to 89-year-old American treasure Dick Hyman, met in the middle by several extraordinary pianists including Helen Sung, Isaiah J. Thompson, and Larry Willis. Alongside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, their virtuosic performances will allow the living continuum of jazz to unfold before your eyes in the House of Swing.
- Songs We Love: Dee Dee Bridgewater
Sep 23-24, 2016, 7pm & 9:30pm
The Appel Room
Grammy and Tony Award-winning superstar Dee Dee Bridgewater takes you through 100 years of jazz song in our season-opening weekend of Singers Over Manhattan. On Friday (9/23), she will be joined by music director/trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and his ensemble; Vuyo Sotashe, finalist of the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition; and Brianna Thomas, whom the Wall Street Journal says “may well be the best young straight-ahead jazz singer of her generation.” Combining their distinct talents, the group will sing their way through four decades of music, beginning with the early blues and jazz of the 1920s and ending in the early 1950s. Iconic singers to be explored include Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan. On Saturday (9/24), Bridgewater returns with a new group, featuring a band led by music director/drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr.; the thoughtfully eclectic Theo Bleckmann, who exemplifies the notion of “voice as instrument;” and Brooklyn’s own internationally rising star Alicia Olatuja, known for navigating jazz traditions with a taste of gospel and R&B. They will perform the socially conscious music of the 1950s through today, featuring the works of Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Joni Mitchell, and more. Each of these two nights will be a completely unique program, and passionate fans can attend both for a century-spanning, comprehensive experience.
Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly acknowledges its major corporate partners: Amtrak, Bloomberg, Brooks Brothers, The Coca-Cola Company, Con Edison, Entergy, HSBC Premier, SiriusXM, Steinway & Sons, The Shops at Columbus Circle at Time Warner Center, and United Airlines.