          
|
 |
Jazz Talk
Jews, Blacks & Jazz
Thu, Jan 29, 7pm
Irene Diamond Education Center
Many commentators, both black and white, have noted a "special relationship" between Jews and Blacks. This is nowhere more evident than in jazz. In our third annual exploration of jazz and race, we'll talk with a panel of including writer Stanley Crouch, musician Dave Liebman and author Dr. Jeffrey Melnick, who says things are not as simple as they seem.
|
Jazz for Young People®
What is Hot Jazz?
Sat, Mar 7, 1 & 3pm
Rose Theater
We all know that jazz invented cool. Now host Wycliffe Gordon and friends talk about the many ways jazz musicians can set a song ablaze, and put some Tabasco on their swing to show us how!
Time Out New York Kids is the official media partner of the Jazz for Young People Concert series.
Listen Now!
|
Jazz Talk
The Jazz Ambassadors: Musicians & Cultural Diplomacy
Thu, Mar 19, 7pm
Irene Diamond Education Center
Since the 1950s, jazz musicians have toured world-wide under the auspices of the United States government. What are the complexities of these situations? How does jazz represent the image that Americans want to project to the rest of the world? Join us as Dr. Lewis Porter discusses the groundbreaking State Department tours of Louis Armstrong and the larger issues associated with using jazz in cultural diplomacy with pianist/composer Vijay Iyer, clarinetist Joe Muranyi and author Penny Von Eschen ("Satchmo Blows Up The World").
|
Essentially Ellington
14th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Concert and Awards Ceremony
Sun, May 10, 7:30pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Come on down to Duke’s place! It’s the 14th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival and only the best are left. Join the top three high school jazz bands in the country and guest soloist Wynton Marsalis as they brag in brass, reeds and swing. Not to be outdone, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra takes to the stage with a preview of next season’s Essentially Ellington repertoire.
|
Jazz for Young People®
Who is Benny Goodman?
Sat, Jun 6, 1 & 3pm
Rose Theater
How did a young boy from Chicago's Jewish ghetto become the King of Swing and the most popular bandleader in the country? The licorice stick is back in the limelight when the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Swing, Swing, Swings this classic American story.
Time Out New York Kids is the official media partner of the Jazz for Young People Concert series.
Listen Now!
|
|
|
|
 
View All Performances at Frederick P. Rose Hall
Home of Jazz at
Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th St.
NYC
Box Office
Broadway at 60th Street (Ground Floor)
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm (or 30 minutes past curtain)
Sun Noon-6pm (or 30 minutes past curtain)
CenterCharge
212-721-6500
|
|
