On September 19, 2024, Jazz at Lincoln Center opens the organization’s 37th season and celebrates the 20th anniversary of the home of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Frederick P. Rose Hall, colloquially known as the House of Swing. Frederick P. Rose Hall is the world’s first performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. The 100,000-square-foot facility opened on October 18, 2004, and features three concert and performance spaces—Rose Theater, The Appel Room, and Dizzy’s Club—engineered for the warmth and clarity of jazz. Gorgeous both sonically and visually, Frederick P. Rose Hall is a milestone for jazz.
The season features Jazz at Lincoln Center’s customary mix of thematic concerts presenting the forward-thinking composers, virtuosic improvisers, and ingenious conceptualists that populate the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in collaboration with noted guest artists and appearances by leading figures in jazz and its related genres.
“The entire season is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Frederick P. Rose Hall,” says Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. “Over those 20 years, thousands of musicians, representing all communities of jazz, have performed under the Jazz at Lincoln Center banner.”
Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house label, continues to issue both new and archival releases via streaming and physical formats. In September, to celebrate the JLCO’s fall tour of China, Blue Engine releases The Shanghai Suite featuring the JLCO’s performance of an original Wynton Marsalis suite. And in October, as part of the celebratory anniversary events, Blue Engine Records releases The House of Swing: Celebrating 20 Years, a special digital-only EP of live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s opening week concerts held in October 2004.
In its 20th year, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s world-renowned Dizzy’s Club, one of the three main performance venues at Frederick P. Rose Hall, produces world-class jazz performances nightly, including Late Night Sessions on Thursdays through Saturdays and Songbook Sundays series. The 2024-25 season launches three new series: Big Band Mondays, Hometown Heroes, and Salsa Meets Jazz.
September
WeBop Family Jazz Party: ¡Vamos a gozar! A Latin Jazz Jam
Ertegun Atrium
September 14, 2024, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Usher in Hispanic Heritage Month with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s WeBop Family Jazz Party, designed for children ages 8 months – 8 years old. Join Ms. Sofía and the WeBop Family Jazz Band for a bilingual show celebrating Latin jazz rhythms. We’ll take an imaginary trip to El Barrio (Harlem, New York), discover the clave, dance, and groove through the Latin legacy of NYC.
Opening Night: “Hot Jazz & Swing”
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
and guest vocalists Kurt Elling, Shenel Johns, co-music directed by Wynton Marsalis and Loren Schoenberg
Rose Theater
September 19-21, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra launches JALC’s 2024-25 season at Rose Theater with Hot Jazz & Swing. Music directors Wynton Marsalis and Loren Schoenberg guide the orchestra and guest vocalists Kurt Elling and Shenel Johns through works identified with key bands of the 1920s and ’30s, including those led by Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, and Paul Whiteman.
Blue Engine Records Releases
Wynton Marsalis’s The Shanghai Suite
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Release date: September 2024 (Digital Only)
Blue Engine Records releases a live recording of the 2022 U.S. premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Shanghai Suite. Captured on September 30, 2022 and October 1, 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, the work features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest clarinetist Ye Huang. Composed by Wynton Marsalis in 2019 to celebrate the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, The Shanghai Suite premiered internationally at that club with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on March 16, 2019, amid a two-week tour of mainland China. The Shanghai Suite joins such iconic Marsalis works as Congo Square, Vitoria Suite, and Marciac Suite that refract impressions gleaned on his travels, echoing Duke Ellington’s process with such late-period masterpieces as The Far East Suite, The Latin American Suite, and The New Orleans Suite.
October
Odean Pope Quartet
Dizzy’s Club
October 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Dizzy’s Club’s new Hometown Heroes series showcases leading musicians and the cities they call home. To launch the series on this 20th anniversary of the club, Philadelphia native and tenor saxophonist Odean Pope performs alongside Lee Smith, bass; Tom Lawton, piano; Craig McIiver, drums. Pope grew up in the same North Philadelphia neighborhoods as jazz legends Benny Golson and John Coltrane. Their influence significantly shaped his musicianship and his approach as an innovator.
The 20th Anniversary of Frederick P. Rose Hall Concerts:
Rubén Blades with Boca Livre & Editus Ensemble
Rose Theater
October 18-19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Bryan Carter: Celebrating Bayard Rustin
Bryan Carter and the Jazz at Pride Orchestra
The Appel Room
October 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
October 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Dizzy Gillespie Birthday Celebration: Jon Faddis & Friends
Dizzy’s Club
October 18-20, 2024, sets at 7:00 and 9:00pm
October 21, 2024, 5:00 p.m. and 7:30pm
On the 20th anniversary of Frederick P. Rose Hall, 2024 Grammy Award winner Bryan Carter leads his 30+ piece Jazz at Pride Orchestra for the world premiere of Bryan Carter: Celebrating Bayard Rustin (The Appel Room, October 18-19, 2024). This multidisciplinary celebration of the life and times of Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), who organized the March on Washington in 1963, honors his impact on civil rights, economic justice, and music history through a captivating program that reflects his work as a key advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an influential international practitioner of Gandhian pacifism, and a talented singer and recording artist.
That same weekend, Rubén Blades with Boca Livre & Editus Ensemble (October 18–19, 2024) features Panamanian legend Rubén Bladesdelighting audiences with his multi-lingual mastery of phrasing and song interpretation. His iconic expression strikes every chord, from subtle and understated to warm and exuberant. For this Rose Theater performance, the Grammy Award-winning vocalist, composer, and activist reveals dimensions of his music he hasn’t shared in 20 years. Integrating Brazilian harmony alongside Boca Livre and a classical approach to salsa alongside Costa Rica’s Editus, Blades proffers a fresh take on his signature Afro-Cuban sound. Rubén Blades with Boca Livre & Editus Ensemble is co-presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with generous support from COPA Airlines.
Dizzy Gillespie Birthday Celebration: A Big Band Spectacular, led by trumpeter Jon Faddis, takes place on Oct. 18-21 and marks the 20thanniversary of Dizzy’s namesake club and Dizzy Gillespie’s birthday on October 21.
Blue Engine Records Releases
The House of Swing: Celebrating 20 Years
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Special Guests
Release date: October 2024 (Digital Only)
Blue Engine Records commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Frederick P. Rose Hall – The House of Swing – with the release of The House of Swing: Celebrating 20 Years, a special EP of live recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s opening week concerts held in October 2004. Front and center are selections from the Rose Theater opening show by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Titled “One Family of Jazz,” the concert featured an intergenerational who’s-who of jazz musicians, including celebrated relatives of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members.
“Jump In The Line! Celebrating Harry Belafonte with René Marie”
Featuring René Marie and Etienne Charles
The Appel Room
October 25, 2024, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
October 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Jump In The Line! Celebrating Harry Belafonte with René Marie is the charismatic singer’s homage to the iconic Jamaica-born calypsonian-actor-political activist (1927-2023) who staked his money and his life on the front line of the civil rights movement’s struggles for racial integration during the 1950s and ’60s. For this two-night run at the Appel Room, Marie presents a stellar septet including trumpeter Etienne Charles, who has arranged a cohort of Belafonte’s most beloved calypso hits, curated to engage the hearts and minds of both his long-time fans and more recent admirers.
Family Concert: “What Is the Jazz Age?”
Hosted by Catherine Russell
Rose Theater
October 26, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
The family-oriented Jazz for Young People concerts, held live and in-person in Rose Theater, have been a Jazz at Lincoln Center mainstay since the early 1990s. The 2024-25 season family events commence with What is the Jazz Age?, hosted by the great vocalist Catherine Russell.
November
Bebop Revolution
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Rose Theater
November 8-9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Only two decades after the first jazz recordings spread its message around the world, pathbreaking avatars Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, and, of course, Charlie Parker, were developing the harmonically and rhythmically advanced concepts of bebop that remain at the core of contemporary jazz expression. Their thrilling, kinetic works are the subject of Bebop Revolution, music directed by JLCO trombonist Vincent Gardner.
Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa
Rose Theater
November 15-16, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Virtuoso tenor saxophonist-composer Joshua Redman, a household name in jazz since he launched his career in the mid-’90s, returns to Rose Theater with the Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa. This new project marks the first time that Redman, an unsurpassed melodist, has collaborated with a vocalist. Cavassa is a New Orleans-based rising star, who, Redman says, “has an expressive quality and an intimacy and a vulnerability in her sound that is singularly captivating.” Performing material from his latest album where are we, his first on the venerable Blue Note label, the band marches across the United States, asking us to take a critical examination of what we find: “where are we is a meditation on the power and importance of place — the unique human beauty created when we locate ourselves in shared physical spaces together with others; the loss, anomie, and angst suffered when we divide ourselves unnaturally and unjustly apart,” says Redman. Selections include Coltrane’s “Alabama,” Betty Carter’s “New England,” and “Chicago Blues,” a nod to Count Basie and Jimmie Rushing’s classic “Goin’ to Chicago,” and the Redman original “After Minneapolis (face toward mo[u]rning).”
Journey Through Jazz VI
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
The Appel Room
November 22, 2024, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
November 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs the sixth annual edition of its popular Journey Through Jazz concerts, presented in the Appel Room. Journey Through Jazz Series VI features music direction from JLCO bassist Carlos Henriquez and focuses on the coalescing of Afro-Cuban rhythms and melodies into the mainstream of jazz expression in the aftermath of the Second World War. The repertoire may include Chico O’Farrill’s “Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite,” Mario Bauzá’s “Tanga,” and more from the Latin jazz cannon.
December
Evelyn Wright with Ernie Krivda and Friends
Dizzy’s Club
December 10, 2024, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Tonight’s edition of Dizzy’s Club’s new Hometown Heroes series highlights Cleveland natives Evelyn Wright, vocalist who opened for the likes of Mel Torme, Joan Rivers, Harry Belafonte; and saxophonist Ernie Krivda who performed with Ella Fitzgerald and Jackie Wilson. Appearing on this special evening is Cleveland-born Dominick Farinacci on trumpet.
Big Band Holidays
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest vocalists Ekep Nkwelle and Robbie Lee
Rose Theater
December 18-22, 2024
December 18-19: 7:00 p.m.
December 20: 7:30pm
December 21: 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
December 22: 2:00 p.m.
Perhaps the most beloved institution at The House of Swing is Big Band Holidays, in which the JLCO swings a choice selection of Christmas music arranged by band personnel. For this year’s 34th annual celebration, music directed by Chris Crenshaw, rising star singers Ekep Nkwelle and Robbie Lee front the band on an extended run.
Season Concert and Ticket Information
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2024-25 season concerts and events take place at Frederick P. Rose Hall, located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, NY. The full concert schedule is available on jazz.org/24-25.
Performance times for both Rose Theater and The Appel Room have changed in the 2024-25 season. Unless otherwise noted, Rose Theater performances will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Appel Room performances on Fridays are at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The Appel Room performances on Saturdays feature a 2:00 p.m. matinee and an evening performance at 7:00 p.m.
Dizzy’s set times:
Headliner sets on Tuesdays-Saturdays are at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Late Night Sets on Thursdays-Saturdays are at 11:00 p.m.
Songbook Sundays are monthly at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Big Band Mondays are at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
All single tickets for The Appel Room and 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: 10:00 a.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).
Pricing
Ticket prices for Rose Theater are $30 and up dependent upon seating section, except as noted below:
Jazz for Young People® tickets in Rose Theater are $10, $20, and $25.
Ticket prices for The Appel Room are $55 and up, dependent on seating section for the 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. sets, and $45 and up, depending upon seating section for the 9:00 p.m. set on Saturday.
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.
Note: Hot Seats—$10 seats for each Rose Theater performance (excluding Family Concerts and other performances as specified) and select performances in The Appel Room — 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.
Ticket prices for Dizzy’s Club start at $30, depending on the seating section and the day of the week the performance takes place.
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.
Leadership support is also provided by Dalio Philanthropies; 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.
Leadership support for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s concert season is provided by Lynne and Richard Pasculano.
Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly acknowledges its major corporate partners: The Movado Group Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies,
Nike, and the Coca-Cola Company.
The Movado Group Foundation is The Official Timekeeper of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Artists, schedules, and venues are subject to change.