Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis
Founded in 1988, the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra spans genres and generations, touring the world to bring their vast repertoire to people of all ages. Comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, the orchestra is led by Music Director and famed trumpeter, Wynton Marsalis. Considered to be the world’s premier big band, this remarkably versatile orchestra spends over a third of the year on tour across the world, performing everything from rare historic compositions to newly commissioned works, and including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Benny Goodman, and many more.
Wynton Marsalis (Music Director, Trumpet) is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961 to a musical family, Mr. Marsalis was gifted his first trumpet at age 6 by Al Hirt. By 8, he began playing in the famed Fairview Baptist Church Band led by Danny Barker. Yet it was not until he turned 12 that Marsalis began his formal training on the trumpet. His passion for music rapidly escalated. As a young teenager fresh out of high school, Wynton moved to New York City in 1979 to attend The Juilliard School to study classical music. Once there, however, he found that jazz was calling him. His career quickly launched when he traded Juilliard for Art Blakey’s band, The Jazz Messengers. By 19, Wynton hit the road with his own band and has been touring the world ever since. Marsalis is the winner of nine GRAMMY Awards, and is the only musician to win a GRAMMY Award in two categories, jazz and classical, during the same year (1983, 1984).
Date | Sunday, November 9, 2025
Time | 3:00PM
Venue | Performance Hall
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