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Jul 13, Set 1: Miggy Augmented Orchestra: Unbreakable Hope & Resilience Album Release (LIVE ONLY)
A powerful story, brought vividly to life through big band jazz. Pianist and composer Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima returns with her orchestra to celebrate the release of her live album recorded at Dizzy’s in 2025, transforming the room with music shaped by memory, resilience, and hope. Blending sweepi...
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Jul 23: Ellington's Greatest Masterpiece: Black, Brown and Beige The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (LIVE ONLY)
This special summer concert features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), with music direction by trombonist Chris Crenshaw, performing Duke Ellington's pioneering 1943 masterpiece Black, Brown and Beige, a monumental three-movement magnum opus that was, in his words, a “tone parallel to ...
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Jazz Congress 2026: You'll Hear It: Live from the Appel Room
Listen to the greatest albums of all time – the way jazz musicians do. On each episode of the You'll Hear It podcast, Open Studio's Peter Martin and Adam Maness unpack one remarkable album to reveal all the qualities that make music amazing, but that we sometimes miss. Using their keyboards they ...
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The JLCO Plays the 70s
Experience the electrifying spirit of the 1970s as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra brings this transformative decade to life through music. Under the direction of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and former JLCO member Ted Nash and with special guests Hubert Laws and Tom Harrell, this memora...
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Aug 19, Set 1: Lolivone de la Rosa: Jewels Album Release (LIVE ONLY)
Guitarist and composer Lolivone de la Rosa celebrates the release of Jewels, a debut shaped by Puerto Rican roots, bebop tradition, and personal storytelling. The set moves between original music, reworked standards, and folkloric influences, shifting from straight-ahead swing to Afro-Rican and A...
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Aug 19, Set 2: Dida Pelled: I Wish You Would (LIVE ONLY)
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Dida Pelled celebrates the release of her new album, I Wish You Would, with a band featuring Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen. Blending blues, jazz, and American roots music, the performance brings Pelled’s deeply personal interpretations to the stage with a quartet ...
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Jazz Americana: The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
Experience the roots of jazz with The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and special guests Mark O'Connor, Terry Waldo, Shenel Johns, and Gavin Rice. Explore early influences, blending blues, gospel, and bluegrass with reimagined classics from Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, King Olive...
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Monty Alexander
Legendary pianist and composer Monty Alexander returns to Rose Theater to celebrate his 80th birthday in grand style. His performances will showcase an electrifying ensemble of world-renowned improvisers, promising an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance and dynamic artistry.
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Alexa Tarantino Quartet
Saxophonist and composer Alexa Tarantino returns to Dizzy’s Club to celebrate the upcoming release of her fifth studio album—THE ROAR AND THE WHISPER—out July 25th with Blue Engine Records.
This special live preview features the same powerhouse quartet heard on the album, performing Tarantino’s ...
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Wynton Marsalis at Harvard: At the Speed of Instinct
Wynton Marsalis Harvard Lecture #4: At the Speed of Instinct
Choosing Together to Play and Stay Together
Delivered April 17, 2013Wynton Marsalis discusses and demonstrate the techniques, concepts, methods, opportunities and objectives that encourage spontaneous, intelligent and cohesive group d...
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Recollect: Sheila Jordan
In RECOLLECT, Blue Engine Records takes some of the world's greatest jazz musicians on record shopping sprees, digging up forgotten favorites and certified classics in the process. Go behind the recording process with the artists who know it best and learn the stories behind your favorite albums ...
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Wynton Marsalis' Afro!: The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis
THE ERTEGUN JAZZ CONCERT Afro! brings the sophisticated rhythms of Africa to the Rose Theater stage with the world premiere of a new commission by Wynton Marsalis. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is joined by Ghanaian djembe virtuoso Weedie Braimah and extraordinary vocalist Shenel Johns for...
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Where Jazz Lives: Paris
Perhaps no European city looms as large in the history of jazz as Paris. Travel to France and explore the full range of the city's scene, from apartment jam sessions to a Django-centric festiva ln in the country, from a dedicated radio DJ to some of the world's hottest clubs.
