The 35th season of Jazz at Lincoln Center features 22 singular programs celebrating jazz as a global language, including the opening night of The Shanghai Suite, the work of Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, inspired by the musical culture of China. Many of the 2022-23 concerts explore the points of intersection that connect jazz—formed from a confluence of African, American and European music to other musical cultures.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 35th season runs from September 30, 2022 to June 10, 2023 in Rose Theater, The Appel Room, and Dizzy’s Club. A focus on jazz education continues in Swing University, WeBop, Jazz for Young People concerts, and the 28th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, from May 11-13, 2023, among other programs.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center 2022-23 Season is as follows:
Wynton Marsalis: The Shanghai Suite
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis September 30-October 1, 2022 Rose Theater
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis opens the 35th Season with the U.S. Premiere of Marsalis’s The Shanghai Suite. Joined by master Chinese musicians, we celebrate the mythology, folklore, and culture of China.
Chucho Valdés: La Creación
October 7-8, 2022
Rose Theater
Chucho Valdés celebrates his 81st birthday by returning to the House of Swing with La Creación, a four-movement suite exploring the story of creation according to the Santería religion, featuring elements of ritual music, West African music, and the blues.
Emmet Cohen Trio and Friends
Featuring Emmet Cohen with special guests Houston Person, Mary Stallings, Johnny O’Neal, Lucy Yeghiazaryan
October 21-22, 2022
The Appel Room
Pianist and unrivaled improviser Emmet Cohen puts his inspired trio at the service of veteran singer Mary Stallings, up-and-comer Lucy Yeghiazaryan, and revered pianist-singer Johnny O’Neal in this Singers Over Manhattan series season opener.
Family Concert: Who is Charles Mingus?
October 22, 2022
Rose Theater
This fall’s family concert explores composer-bassist-bandleader Charles Mingus, whose sophisticated, socially conscious, and theatrical music has a colorful, playful nature that will draw in listeners of all ages.
Shades of Django with Stéphane Wrembel
Featuring Stéphane Wrembel and special guests Sam Bush, Cyrille Aimeé, and Sean Mason
November 4-5, 2022
Rose Theater
A musical celebration created by acclaimed French-born guitarist and composer Stéphane Wrembel featuring special guests Sam Bush and Cyrille Aimeé. From swing to bebop, impressionism to New Orleans jazz, Shades of Django pays tribute to the many facets of legendary musician Django Reinhardt.
Steve Miller Plays Steve Miller Band
November 11-12, 2022
Rose Theater
Multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and 2020 Songwriters Hall of Fame entrant Steve Miller will explore greatest hits from throughout his career.
Journey Through Jazz Part II
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis November 17-19, 2022
The Appel Room
JALC presents the second installment of its Journey Through Jazz Series, in which the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis focuses on and illuminates a theme with musical examples. Along with another installment later in the season, this concert reveals why jazz can blend and create communal bonds with other musical forms and cultures, empowering anyone who fully engages with it.
Big Band Holidays
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest Samara Joy
December 14-18, 2022
Rose Theater
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis continue the ever-popular annual tradition, playing fresh, swinging arrangements of holiday classics with special guest vocalist Samara Joy.
Middle East Meditations Featuring the JLCO with Special Guest Naseer Shamma
January 20-21, 2023
Rose Theater
Oud virtuoso Naseer Shamma joins Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO to mesmerize audiences with a musical journey to the Middle East in this milestone event featuring arrangements by Marsalis, Shamma, and other orchestra members.
Dianne Reeves: Love is in the Air
February 10-11, 2023
Rose Theater
NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dianne Reeves returns for her annual Valentine’s Day concert in Rose Theater. The ultimate storyteller, Reeves will take audiences on a journey of love—fulfilled, unrequited, carnal, and spiritual.
Journey Through Jazz Part III
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
February 16-18, 2023
The Appel Room
JALC presents the second season of its Journey Through Jazz Series, in which Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis spotlights the intricacies of America’s music in this educational concert.
Nduduzo Makhathini and Hamilton de Holanda
February 24-25, 2023
The Appel Room
South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini and Brazilian 10-string mandolin (bandolim) wizard Hamilton de Holanda share a bandstand for the first time. They’ll mix their respective traditions in a unique exploration of the diaspora of African musical culture, from the slave trade and colonization until the present day.
The Music of Toshiko Akiyoshi
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest Lew Tabackin
March 10-11, 2023
Rose Theater
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrate iconic pianist/composer and NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akoyshi, whose music combines swing, bebop, classical, and elements drawn from her Japanese heritage. Music directed by JLCO saxophonist Ted Nash with special guest saxophonist Lew Tabackin.
Rosa Passos with Kenny Barron and Ron Carter
March 24-25, 2023
The Appel Room
Legendary Brazilian vocalist and guitarist Rosa Passos returns to Jazz at Lincoln Center for the first time since her sold-out 2016 appearance. She is joined by NEA Jazz Master pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Ron Carter. Rounding out the performance is first-call Brazilian drummer Rafael Barata.
Family Concert: Who is Thad Jones?
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
March 25, 2023
Rose Theater
This season’s spring family concert with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and music director Vincent Gardner explores the music of great trumpeter and groundbreaking bandleader Thad Jones in this hour-long concert for audiences of all ages.
Internationally Ellington
March 31-April 1, 2023
Rose Theater
Featuring a hand-picked ensemble of some of the greatest young talent in jazz today—including a number of Essentially Ellington alumni—this concert explores the international side of Duke Ellington. In the words of Wynton Marsalis, “Duke was out there in front, dealing with the world as a singular place.”
Tres Aguas & Music of Colombia
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with Elio Villafranca, Edmar Castañeda, and special guest Paquito D’Rivera
April 14-15, 2023
Rose Theater
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Special Guest Paquito D’Rivera premiere a pair of exclusive JALC-commissioned pieces by two of jazz’s most prolific and insightful voices: Tres Aguas by Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca, and Music of Colombia by Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda.
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour: Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling
April 21-22, 2023
The Appel Room
The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th year with a once-in-a-lifetime concert event featuring Tony- and Grammy Award-winning NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling, rising star saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, visionary pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, and drummer Clarence Penn.
Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez Centennial Celebration
Featuring Carlos Henriquez
May 5-6, 2023
Rose Theater
Be there as Jazz at Lincoln Center honors the centennials of two greats: iconic timbalero-vibraphonist and gregarious Nuyorican bandleader Tito Puente—a pioneering figure in Latin Jazz—and his sometimes rival, San Juan-born vocalist-timbalero-bandleader Tito Rodriguez. These 1923 babies revolutionized the Latin dance scene of the 1950s and 1960s and changed the course of jazz. No musician is more qualified to re-interpret their music than Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra bassist-composer-arranger Carlos Henriquez, who assembles an all-star band for the occasion.
Cécile McLorin Salvant
May 19-20, 2023
Rose Theater
Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant returns with her fifth appearance in the House of Swing, premiering a new collection of music that showcases her unique voice and sensibility.
The Jazz Ambassadors – Duke, Dizzy, and Brubeck
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
June 1-3, 2023
Rose Theater
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis pays homage to three of America’s most influential jazz artists—Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dave Brubeck—who, along with their integrated bands, traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors.
Etienne Charles’ Carnival: The Sound of a People
June 9-10, 2023
The Appel Room
Trinidad & Tobago’s world-famous Carnival celebration comes to The Appel Room courtesy of trumpeter, percussionist, and composer Etienne Charles. This high-energy spectacle seamlessly blends American jazz traditions with the thrilling sights and sounds of Trinidadian Carnival.
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