Jazz

Five-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves is one of the world’s preeminent jazz vocalists. Celebrated for her virtuosity, improvisational brilliance and seamless blend of jazz and R&B, Reeves made history as the first vocal artist to win Grammy Awards for three consecutive recordings in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance.

Celebrating Wynton Marsalis’ final season as Artistic and Music Director, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis takes the stage in a milestone moment for the world's premier big band ensemble. 

Featuring 15 of today’s most accomplished jazz soloists, ensemble players and arrangers, the Orchestra performs new works alongside timeless classics by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and others, marking a poignant culmination of Marsalis’ transformative leadership. 

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Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire creates work that transcends genre, weaving threads of jazz, hip hop, contemporary classical music, and spoken word into compositions that are as poetic and graceful as they are bold.

Akinmusire studied at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles, where he was mentored by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard. Named Best Trumpet in the DownBeat Critics Poll for eight consecutive years, he has earned a reputation as one of the most vital composers of his generation. 

Guitar innovators Charlie Hunter and Ella Feingold join forces for an evening of musical conversation. 

Hunter, renowned for his custom seven- and eight-string guitars, weaves bass lines, melody and harmony into a single, seamless voice. Feingold, whose dynamic career includes work with Silk Sonic, The Roots, Erykah Badu and many others, is celebrated for her command of rhythm guitar, fluid groove and groundbreaking inverted tuning approach, bringing her own distinctive edge to the exchange. 

Acclaimed pianist and composer Isaiah J. Thompson offers a heartwarming holiday season gift with A Guaraldi Holiday.

 Vince Guaraldi’s compositions for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts specials including the timeless A Charlie Brown Christmas, served as both an introduction to jazz and a childhood soundtrack for generations. Thompson brings his own nostalgic yet refreshingly personal perspective to these enduring classics.  

New Orleans groove master Herlin Riley is widely regarded as one of the premier drummers performing today. 

Celebrated for his dynamic soul and swing rhythms, Riley has performed with jazz luminaries including Ahmad Jamal and Wynton Marsalis. Leading his quartet with commanding presence and infectious enthusiasm, he delivers a high-spirited program of original compositions, jazz standards and blues, each infused with the unmistakable pulse of the Crescent City. 

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy Awards he continues to amaze.