Hosted by beloved vocalist Catherine Russell, the daughter of long-time Louis Armstrong associate Luis Russell, this family-friendly concert explores the musical styles of New Orleans—the birthplace of jazz.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis continues its proud tradition of cultural exchange on the bandstand with Rhythms of India in Rose Theater.

Alongside an array of masterful Indian musicians, the JLCO melds the melodies and rhythms that define Indian music with the improvi...

Trumpet player and composer Terell Stafford has been leading the jazz and instrumental studies programs at Temple University in addition to his own projects. His personal delivery of a virtuosic vocabulary draws in listeners at every turn. Bassist and composer Rodney Whitaker transmits an express...

The multigenerational, multinational supergroup performs original music from its distinguished members: pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, alto saxophonist and flautist Alexa Tarantino, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller.

Watch the final awards ceremony from the 2024 installment of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band and Festival. Congrats to this year's winners!

For her highly anticipated debut as an Appel Room headliner, Camille Thurman joined forces with one of the leading master drummers on today’s jazz scene, Darrell Green, and his seasoned quartet. Together, Thurman and The Darrell Green Quartet play a collection of their favorite love songs from ma...

Classical Roots honors and celebrates African American composers, musicians, educators, and cultural and civic leaders. This celebration features Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis alongside the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, who take the stage to perform Marsalis’s own Swing Symp...

Moderated and DJ’ed by renowned bassist and composer Christian McBride, this conversation between Wynton Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard in the Appel Room captures the duo's long, shared history, from New Orleans to Art Blakey's band to their current roles as leaders of two of the world's foremos...

Watch the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and master tenor saxophonist Lew Tabackin celebrate the titanic legacy of pianist and composer Toshiko Akiyoshi.

National Women’s History Museum says Akiyoshi “changed the face of jazz music over her sixty-year career. As one of fe...

Dizzy Gillespie was a visionary architect of bebop, a peerless trumpet virtuoso, and a gifted educator, dancer, and raconteur. Watch the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis dig deep into the musical world of Dizzy. As much a revolution as it was a movement, bebop ushered in the ...

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis offers a truly unique celebration of master educator, composer, and musical thinker Leonard Bernstein. Grammy Award-nominated composer and arranger Richard DeRosa, whose significant talent is recognized from Broadway to industry-leading ja...

Join Swing University Curator Seton Hawkins as he provides an in-depth look at the histories of five classic holiday tunes, from the beautiful to the bizarre. Sharing recordings by the JLCO with guest vocalists Catherine Russell and Denzal Sinclaire, Seton invites you to grab your favorite hot be...

Acclaimed pianist and composer Fred Hersch has put forth arrestingly beautiful projects over the course of his career. He has been called "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" by Downbeat, and his music has been praised as “luxurious, free-flowing, unashamedly gorgeo...

A saxophonist for many of jazz's greats (including McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and more), Azar Lawrence brings the seven-piece Azar Lawrence Experience to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club. The Experience encompasses Azar's music, art and spirituality; in this performance, the g...

The Black Art Jazz Collective is back, bringing their original music to the Dizzy's stage for a riveting performance originally captured in 2022. They are dedicated to celebrating African American culture and political icons, as well as preserving the historical significance of African Americans ...

Acclaimed guitarist Stéphane Wrembel brings his Django New Orleans project to Dizzy's to celebrate his first time ever in the club.

Originally recorded November 4, 2021.

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Stéphane Wrembel – guitar
Bria Skonberg – trumpet, vocals
Daisy Castro – violin
Nick Driscoll – clarinet, soprano ...

The feel and sound of MONK’estra captures the spirit of Thelonious Monk’s singular style with its off-beat melodies, humor, strange beauty and unbounded swing in fresh arrangements that have an eye to the future infused with contemporary harmonies, unstoppable grooves, flavored with hints of New ...