weLcome to the 2023–24 concert season
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023–24 concert season focuses on community—the community that, over the past century and a half, jazz has built by touching millions of people all over the world. That global community has nurtured and influenced the music’s master practitioners, bridged divides and united polarized communities, and maintained human connection—indeed, maintained our humanity itself—in an increasingly digital, atomized era.
“Music has an important role in bringing people together,” says our Managing & Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. “It has a convening power. And in jazz, the question has always been: Who is our community? We, of course, are subject to the same type of tribal impulses that infect not just our nation, but the world. Everybody wants to fight for power from their position, however they perceive themselves. Our music has always been something that brings people together, and it’s easy to find stories of that in the music. That’s what is done. So, we’re reaffirming Jazz at Lincoln Center’s commitment to that value with this season.”
Over the course of our season, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s stages will feature 2023 Grammy Award-winner Samara Joy; the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing Marsalis’s acclaimed small-group compositions; a career retrospective of Terence Blanchard; beloved vocalist Catherine Russell; milestone celebrations of Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, and Max Roach; a concert honoring late jazz icon Wayne Shorter; annual appearances by Steve Miller and Dianne Reeves; and much, much more!
Join the jazz community in The House of Swing for the 2023–24 season!
Duke Ellington at 125 The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Throughout his career, Duke Ellington used his international fame for the greater good. To celebrate the musical giant’s 125th birthday, the JLCO salutes their greatest inspiration by performing some of his more socially conscious repertoire.
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival
Join us for the 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, May 9–11, 2024!
The annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is one of the most innovative jazz education events in the world. Each year, high school musicians from across North America travel to New York City to spend three days immersed in workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, and performances at the “House of Swing,” Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. If you can't join in person, tune into Jazz Live to watch the competition.
Battle of the Big Bands: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Captain Black Big Band
Get ready to be energized by a roof-shaking rhythmic rumble, featuring music by Count Basie, Sun Ra, Stevie Wonder and more! Hosted by actor Wendell Pierce, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Adonis Rose and Philadelphia’s Captain Black Big Band with Orrin Evans duke it out in Rose Theater.
Artemis
The multigenerational, multinational supergroup performs original music from its distinguished members: pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, alto saxophonist and flautist Alexa Tarantino, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller.
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Rhythms of India: The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis presents Rhythms of India, continuing its proud tradition of international community building and cultural exchange. In collaboration with master Indian artists, the JLCO bonds the melodies and rhythms of raga-based music and different folk styles with the tradition of jazz – a union poised to captivate audiences of all ages.