Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis September 25, 2011

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988. On this new tour and to celebrate Wynton Marsalis’ 50th birthday, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will showcase a retrospective of Wynton’s music written for big band. The JLCO may also perform the unique repertoire for which it is world renowned: modern jazz renditions of traditional favorites including tunes by Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, and modern compositions and arrangements by jazz contemporaries.