New York, NY (FRIDAY, April 26, 2024) – Jazz at Lincoln Center marks the 125th birthday of Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) with a festival of events at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the organization’s home, in New York, NY.
Beginning on April 29, through Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concerts in Rose Theater, pre-concert lectures, sets and jam sessions at Dizzy’s Club, and the national Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition, Jazz at Lincoln Center highlights the oeuvre of Duke Ellington, one of music’s most influential composers, musicians, and bandleaders; and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s lodestar since the organization’s founding in 1987.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Duke at 125
Ted Nash, music director
May 2 at 7:00 p.m.*
May 3 – 4 at 8:00 p.m.**
Rose Theater
*Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra opens for the JLCO this night.
**May 3 at 8pm show will be livestreamed on Jazz Live. Visit jazzlive.com for information
Pre-concert lecture led by Tatum Greenblatt
May 2 at 6:00 p.m.
May 3 – 4 at 7:00 p.m
For tickets, visit jazz.org/duke
Dizzy’s Club
Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra: Duke at 125
April 29, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Helen Sung & Aaron Diehl Play Ellington
April 30, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Helen Sung & Geoffrey Keezer Play Ellington
May 1, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Bertha Hope & Mike King Play Duke Ellington
May 2 – 3, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Dabin Ryu Plays Ellington
with Anthony Pearlman (5/2)
with Lex Korten (5/3)
with Jacob Hiser (5/4)
May 2-4, 11:00 p.m.
Jam Session led by Simona Daniele
May 2, 11:00 p.m.
Marc Cary & James Hurt
May 4**, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. / May 5, 5:00 & 7:30 p.m.
**May 4 Dizzy’s shows will be livestreamed on Jazz Live.
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra: Duke’s Long Form Pieces
Loren Schoenberg, conductor
May 9-11, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. / May 12, 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Dizzy’s Late Night Sessions:
Piano Duos paying homage to the Duke
Dabin Ryu & Anthony Pearlman (5/2)
Lex Korten (5/3)
Jacob Hiser (5/4)
For tickets, visit jazz.org/dizzys
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 29th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
May 9-11
Frederick P. Rose Hall
The top 15 high school-aged jazz bands from across the country will converge at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home for this annunal competition. Students will spend three days immersed in workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, and performances, and compete for top honors in, the nation’s premier jazz education event.
For info, visit jazz.org/ee. To livestream, visit jazzlive.com
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.
All single tickets 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: 10:00 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).