Family Concert: What Is Freedom?

About the Concert

Discover the power of jazz to tell stories of courage and hope in What Is Freedom? with the Future of Jazz Orchestra—Jazz at Lincoln Center’s curated big band of today’s top emerging artists shaping the next generation of the music. Inspired by the lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, this concert combines jazz, spirituals, and spoken-word reflections. This relaxed performance is both entertaining and informative, illuminating the ways jazz celebrates resilience, justice, and freedom.

This program is funded through the generosity of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun and is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.