Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Pre-Concert Lecture with Seton Hawkins and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra member Vincent Gardner at 6 pm.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988. This remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe; in concert halls, dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks; and with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students; and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists. Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, and many others. Over the last few years, the orchestra has also performed collaborations with leading symphony orchestras and has been featured in education and performance residencies throughout the world. This special performance is part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s second annual Summer Jazz Academy, a two-week residential high school summer institute for advanced study in jazz performance.