Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates Terence Blanchard – groundbreaking trumpeter, composer, and orchestrator – by presenting his career retrospective in jazz across two nights of performance. Blanchard performs with his E-Collective plus Turtle Island Quartet, and special guests Benny Green, Christian McBride, Ben Wendel, Pedrito Martinez, and Tarriona “Tank” Ball (of Tank and the Bangas) in Rose Theater March 1-2 at 8:00 p.m.
On Feb. 4, Blanchard won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Champion, his acclaimed opera staged at Metropolitan Opera which had its company premiere on April 10, 2023. This win marks the eighth Grammy Award for Blanchard, who has been innovating across genres and mediums over the course of his storied career. The master jazz trumpeter – whose compositional c.v. includes the soundtracks to Spike Lee masterworks X and 4 Little Girls and the recent Metropolitan Opera production of Champion and premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones – will present a career jazz retrospective along with his Grammy-nominated electric outfit E-Collective, and chamber music disruptors Turtle Island Quartet. The performance also features special guests, including Grammy-nominated band Tank and the Bangas frontwoman Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Grammy-nominated pianist Benny Green, eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride, internationally acclaimed percussionist Pedrito Martinez, and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel.
Rose Theater is located at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City. For additional information, jazz.org/terence
Terrence Blanchard: A Career Retrospective in Jazz is part of a year-long celebration honoring the award-winning artist, taking place at multiple arts organizations across the Lincoln Center campus.
As part of the special event, Jazz at Lincoln Center offers In Conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Terence Blanchard free and on-demand via the organization’s streaming app Jazz Live. Earlier this year, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and Terence Blanchard shared stories, insights, and more in an exclusive in-person event in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room. The event was moderated by Newport Jazz Festival Artistic Director Christian McBride, who played pre-recorded music to supplement the conversation. In Conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Terence Blanchard comprises musical interludes, and unique perspectives on the past, present, and future of the music. Watch on Jazz Live free of charge throughout the month of February at: jazz.org/conversation
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 St. in New York, New York. 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 offers 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 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 at jazz.org.
Ticket Information
*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.
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