The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis perform masterfully structured pieces from musical architects Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Charles Mingus in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at 8:00 PM. Music directed by trombonist Vincent Gardner, the musical choices emphasize the brilliant layering that these musical architects applied in their compositions.
The concert, Masters of Form: Duke, Jelly Roll, and Mingus also features the world premiere of “Usonian Structures,” a new suite by award-winning jazz composer, arranger, and saxophonist Andy Farber, inspired by the architectural structures of Frank Lloyd Wright.
According to Farber, the name “Usonia.” ascribed to Wright, was derived from “United States of North America,” but Wright was also influenced by other cultures and applied it to his work. Each movement of “Usonian Structures” has been inspired by one of Wright’s iconic designs: the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois; Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin; the Ennis, Storer and Freeman houses of Los Angeles, California; Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City; and various Usonian style homes.
Ticket prices for Rose Theater are $30 and up depending upon seating section. Family concert tickets in Rose Theater are $10, $20, and $25.
Note: Hot Seats—$10 seats for each Rose Theater performance (excluding Jazz for Young People® concerts and other performances as specified) are available for purchase by the general public on the Wednesday prior to each performance. Tickets are subject to availability; please call 212-258-9877 for available Hot Seats performance dates. Hot Seats are available only in person at the Box Office, with a maximum of two tickets per person.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is located on Broadway at 60th Street, NYC
