Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis 

Impeccably tight and always in the pocket, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns, after a sold-out performance at Symphony Hall in 2024, to lend their old-school class and effortless polish to covers of jazz standards, 20th-century classics, originals by Marsalis and other band members, and more.  

Founded in 1987, Jazz at Lincoln Center shares their quintessentially American art form with the world through classes for all ages, concerts, and advocacy. Seeing jazz—with its focus on freedom, finding common ground, and solving problems together—as a metaphor for democracy, they remind us what’s possible when we work together and listen to each other.

Selections to be announced from the stage.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis, music director, trumpet

Sherman Irby, music director, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet

Ryan Kisor, trumpet

Kenny Rampton, trumpet

Marcus Printup, trumpet

Chris Crenshaw, trombone

Elliot Mason, trombone

Michael Dease, trombone

Alexa Tarantino, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet

Chris Lewis, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet

Abdias Armenteros, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, The Zou Family Chair in Saxophone

Paul Nedzela, baritone and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet

Dan Nimmer, piano, The Zou Family Chair in Piano

Carlos Henriquez, bass, The Mandel Family Chair in honor of Kathleen B. Mandel

Obed Calvaire, drums

Setlist: January 22, 2025

"Cool School and Hard Bop"

Miles Davis | Godchild
Art Blakey | Split Kick
Hoagy Carmichael | Stardust
Benny Green | For Duke Pearson (new! JLCO commission, 2024/25)
Matthew Gee, Benny Goodman | Wow
Elmo Hope | Minor Bertha
Benny Golson | I Remember Clifford
Horace Silver | Señor Blues
Encore:
Art Blakey | Backstage Sally

This performance is generously supported by
Jill & David Altshuler.