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August 28, 2023

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

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 

New York, NY
(August 28, 2023) —  

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 opening weekend concerts will draw from small-group Marsalis classics including Black Codes (From the Underground)—which was inducted into the 2023 class of the National Recording Registry The Magic HourStandard Time Vol 2: Intimacy Calling; and other records including five albums re-issued digitally today via Blue Engine Records. These concerts will feature the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing works that reflect Marsalis’s communitarian and intersectional concerns. Pre-concert lectures with Seton Hawkins, Jazz at Lincoln Center Director of Education Resources and Public Programmingwill delve into the history of Marsalis’ small groups and explore their musical impact. 

Following opening weekend at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will tour Beyond Black Codes throughout the U.S. from Sept. 26-Oct. 8, 2023. See below for complete tour dates.

Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, NY

Visit jazz.org/blackcodes for tickets and information.  

As part of the events ushering in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 36th season, Blue Engine Recordsthe organization’s in-house label today re-issues five Marsalis albums: The Magic Hour; Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson; Live at the House of Tribes; From the Plantation to the Penitentiary; and He and She. Originally recorded in the 2000s, these five albums—which earned some of the best reviews of the award-winning trumpeter’s career—have been remastered for their return to streaming platforms. Listen now:
jazz.org/magichour 
jazz.org/unforgivable 
jazz.org/houseoftribes 
jazz.org/fromtheplantation
jazz.org/heandshe

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season focuses on the concept of community; the broader community of jazz; the numerous communities that nurtured its master practitioners across its timeline; the communities of consciousness that influenced these practitioners; the music’s power to bridge divides and coalesce these distinct communities; and the role of jazz – and the arts writ large – in maintaining the human connection in the digital era. Throughout its 2023-24 season, Jazz at Lincoln Center explores these subjects with concerts featuring the forward-thinking composers, virtuosic improvisers, and ingenious conceptualists that populate the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Implicitly or explicitly, season concerts, education programs, advocacy initiatives, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra tours directly evoke themes that illuminate, as Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis puts it, the notion that, “Our music has the exceptional ability to bring people together.”  

The organization’s 36th season runs from Sept. 21, 2023 to June 8, 2024 in Rose Theater, The Appel Room, and Dizzy’s Club – all at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, NY. In addition to 24 unique live concerts throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall and more than 350 nights of music at Dizzy’s Club, the organization will offer webcast performances via the Jazz Live app, in-person and virtual education programs, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis tour dates worldwide.  

For a complete listing of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season concerts, please visit jazz.org/2324season.   

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS 
2023 BEYOND BLACK CODES TOUR DATES 

September 26, 2023 / Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas

September 29, 2023 / Green Music Center / Rohnert Park, CA

September 30, 2023 / Gallo Center for the Arts / Modesto, CA

October 1-2, 2023 / SFJAZZ / San Francisco, CA

October 5, 2023 / The Paramount Theater / Seattle, WA

October 6, 2023 / The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts / Eugene, OR

October 7, 2023 / Portland Center for the Arts / Portland, OR

October 8, 2023 / Mount Baker Theatre / Bellingham, WA  

Jazz at Lincoln Center Health and Safety Guidelines 

We believe in the power of music to uplift, inspire, and create a sense of community. We very much look forward to welcoming you to the House of Swing at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall this season and are committed to employing all measures to ensure your safety as well as the safety of our artists and staff. Learn more about our health and safety guidelines, COVID-19 Liability Waiver, and enhanced refund policy on jazz.org.

Ticket Information 

Ticket prices for Rose Theater are $30 and up dependent upon seating section. Family concert tickets in Rose Theater are $10, $20, and $25.

Note: Hot Seats—$10 seats for each Rose Theater performance (excluding Jazz for Young People® concerts and other performances as specified) are available for purchase by the general public on the Wednesday prior to each performance. Tickets are subject to availability; please call 212-258-9877 for available Hot Seats performance dates.  

Hot Seats are available only in person at the Box Office, with a maximum of two tickets per person. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Hot Seats Ticket Discount Program is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

*Please note that a $3.50 Jazz at Lincoln Center Facility Fee applies to ALL ticket purchases, with the exception of $10 Hot Seats. A $7 handling fee also applies when purchasing tickets from CenterCharge or when purchasing tickets online via jazz.org. 

All single tickets for Rose Theater can be purchased through jazz.org 24 hours a day or through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 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: 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (or 30 minutes past curtain)
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. noon to 6:00 p.m. (or 30 minutes past curtain).
 

A very special thanks to Jody and John Arnhold for their extraordinary support of 
Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. 

 

Leadership support for Jazz at Lincoln Center is provided by America’s Cultural Treasures, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant through the leadership and support of Senator Charles E. Schumer and the New York Congressional Delegation. 

 

Leadership support is also provided by Howard Gilman Foundation, Inc.; the Estate of Robert Menschel; and Mellody Hobson and George Lucas. 

 

Leadership support for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is provided by Michele and Mark Mandel, 
the Perry and Donna Golkin Family Foundation, and the Zou Family Fund.

The Movado Group Foundation is The Official Timekeeper of Jazz at Lincoln Center. 

Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly acknowledges its major corporate partners: Bloomberg Philanthropies, 
The Movado Group Foundation and The Coca-Cola Company.
 

Artists, schedules, pricing, and venues are subject to change. 

 

Press Inquiries:
Zooey Tidal Jones
Senior Director, Public Relations and External Communications
Jazz at Lincoln Center
zjones@jazz.org 
212-258-9821