After 17 months of producing over 1,000 digital programs for a global audience throughout the pandemic, Jazz at Lincoln Center opens the doors of the House of Swing on Thursday, November 18 at full capacity, with a season that runs through Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s homecoming season of live, in-person concerts at Frederick P. Rose Hall is anchored by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) and opens in Rose Theater on November 18–19, 2021. The concert event—a celebration of Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday—highlights his works in small and big band configurations.
During the 2021 holiday season, the JLCO marks the return of the Grammy Award-winning Big Band Holidays, from December 15-19 in Rose Theater. This year the orchestra, under Marcus Printup as Music Director, welcomes rising star vocalist Ashley Pezzotti to join the tradition. Jazz at Lincoln Center also brings back a Relaxed Performance during the holiday run. The Relaxed Performance is designed to provide families with children or adults with autism, learning difficulties, or other sensory and communication needs the opportunity to enjoy Jazz at Lincoln Center performances in a more comfortable environment.
Jazz at Lincoln Center starts the new year with Celebrating Chick Corea from January 14-15, 2022, a musical celebration honoring one of the most decorated jazz artists in history. Longtime Corea collaborator and band member John Patitucci serves as the Music Director as a host of artists from Corea’s various bands and projects over the breadth of his career delve into the pianist’s acoustic and electric music.
In February, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s perennial Valentine’s tradition returns as vocalist Dianne Reeves performs from February 11-12, 2022. ). In February and March, the blues is the focus as the organization presents the multimedia Voices of Mississippi (February 25-26, 2022) in The Appel Room. Hosted by William Ferris, several of the 21st century’s foremost blues practitioners including 87-year-old blues legend and GRAMMY award-winning Bobby Rush, Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside, Shardé Thomas and Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi All Stars imbue The Appel Room with the spirit of the blues.
Jazz for Young People Family Concert: What is the Blues? (March 26, 2022) is an hour-long, interactive concert for families to learn all about the fundamental musical concept known as “the blues.” With support from a soulful live band, this afternoon performance is hosted by Catherine Russell, named “the best blues singer today” by the Wall Street Journal.
Programming in the spring highlights the art of swing. The JLCO performs a new concert, Journey Through Jazz: Fundamentals (March 18-19, 2022), to demonstrate the fundamentals of jazz through performance. The concerts feature compositions and arrangements by the JLCO and includes works by swing masters Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Leonard Bernstein, Wayne Shorter and Jelly Roll Morton.
The works of Charles Mingus—the virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer— are the focus of Charles Mingus Centennial Celebration from April 22–23, 2022. Music directed by Vincent Gardner, the JLCO honors one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history and presents new arrangements of Mingus’s repertoire. The musical event highlights some of Mingus’s seminal compositions and works in the big band format. Bronx-born bassist and Latin jazz master Carlos Henriquez leads the world premiere of the program JLCO with Wynton Marsalis: Monk Con Clave, (May 10-12, 2022) in Rose Theater. This concert celebrates Monk’s music through the lens of clave and swing rhythms.
Multi-talented Camille Thurman applies her saxophone and vocal skills in Burt Bacharach Reimagined from June 3-4, 2022, with her regular working group, the Darrell Green Trio, in The Appel Room. Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant will return to Rose Theater from May 13-14, 2022 to premiere a new collection of music showcasing her unique voice.
Concluding the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s season, Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis will direct the JLCO in All About Ellington from June 10-11, 2022 in an evening dedicated to the inspirational genius of Duke Ellington as the JLCO represents the seminal works in each decade of Duke’s career.
The complete 2021-22 season chronology is available online: https://jazzatlincolncenter.squarespace.com/21-22-season.
For tickets and more information on the 2021-22 season, visit jazz.org
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