Join one of our expert guides for an unparalleled insider's experience at the world’s leading performing arts center!   There's no place like Lincoln Center—home to 11 of the world’s most prestigious cultural organizations, including the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Metropolita...

Mozart for Munchkins creates a relaxed, interactive and engaging environment where children and their families can experience and enjoy the wonders of classical music with a hint of jazz and bluegrass. Children of all ages are welcome to observe, explore, discover, crawl, sing and dance to their hea...

Juilliard Jazz's Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington Ensembles present the music of Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, Marquis Hill, and Kurt Rosenwinkel at Paul Hall. 

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maimouna Youssef's lyrical prowess has taken her around the globe as a musician and social justice advocate. Known as Mumu Fresh, her performance blends gospel, jazz, soul, and hip-hop for an awe-inspiring musical experience. 

Join Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber for the U.S. premiere of Porgy & Bess The AstroBlack Trapfish Row Variations–their “caramelization” of Gershwin's gully but melancholic masterpiece. With overt nods to Miles Davis and Gil Evans’s brassy and melodious 1966 distillation of Porgy & Bess, Bu...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra saxophonist Ted Nash is a visionary composer at the top of his game. Nash's most recent creation for the JLCO, The Presidential Suite, earned him Grammy Awards for Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Composition in 2017. Tonight’s concert is the worl...

Lincoln Center's Emerging Artist of 2019 and Detroit native Endea Owens is a vibrant up-and-coming bassist who has brought her musical gifts to a diverse range of audiences, from jazz connoisseurs to city schoolkids. A Juilliard graduate, Owens has been mentored by the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodn...

NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves sets the mood for Valentine's Day weekend, continuing a popular tradition at Jazz at Lincoln Center (now in its ninth year!). A master vocalist and hypnotizing storyteller, Reeves has been hailed as “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fit...

There's just something about New Orleans drummers you don’t find anywhere else, and you’ll recognize that special feeling the moment you hear drummer extraordinaire Herlin Riley. One of the hardest-grooving, most infectiously energetic drummers alive, Riley breaks down every perceived line between a...

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maimouna Youssef's lyrical prowess has taken her around the globe as a musician and social justice advocate. Known as Mumu Fresh, her performance blends gospel, jazz, soul, and hip-hop for an awe-inspiring musical experience.

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra presents the big band music of Chick Corea live in concert at Peter Jay Sharp Theater. 

Imani Uzuri, raised in rural North Carolina, is an award-winning vocalist, composer, librettist, and improviser called “a postmodernist Bessie Smith” by the Village Voice. She creates interdisciplinary works and performs at international venues and festivals. Her ritual performance Wild Cotton was r...

The multi-Grammy Award–winning Branford Marsalis Quartet is a standard-bearer of modern instrumental jazz. In a concert season loaded with big ideas and premier collaborations, the story of tonight's show is simply one of jazz’s longest-running bands playing extraordinary music like no one else. ...

Martin Sexton has come a long way since his days as a street performer in Boston, selling his self-produced cassette recording from an open guitar case. The Syracuse native launched his own label, Kitchen Table Records, and his diverse musical talents have carried him from the sidewalk to landmark v...

Jazzmeia Horn thinks everyone deserves to “express themselves fully, without fear or reservation”—and she's here to lead by example. Horn has confidently taken the jazz world by storm since winning the 2015 International Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition, and she is truly coming into her own on the ...

Known for her electric stage presence and her galvanizing concerts, Meklit has rocked stages from Addis Ababa (where she is a household name) to San Francisco (her beloved base), as well as NYC, London, Montreal, Nairobi, Rome, and Cairo. The Ethio-American singer and composer returns to the Atrium ...

Our Family Concerts are always a good time, and this fun afternoon show with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will entertain and inspire your family—whether you're already jazz lovers, or perhaps simply wondering, “Who is Dave Brubeck?”   This hour-long program will celebrate the tunes and...

“Ambrose Akinmusire may be the most distinctive, elusive, and ultimately satisfying trumpeter of his generation.” – The New York Times “Clearly something very special and personal is at work here, a vision of jazz that's bigger than camps, broader and more intellectually restless…” – The Los Ange...

Can a great composition be compared to the work of a great architect? The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis invites you to experience the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and George Russell from a new angle. With music direction by JLCO trombonist V...

Juilliard Jazz's Max Roach and Jelly Roll Morton Ensembles present student compositions in Paul Hall. 

Formed by the acclaimed Korean composer and pianist Daeuk Heo, HEO Trio is a France-based jazz ensemble that maintains a delicate balance between Eastern and Western influences. One of the leading jazz musicians in Korea, Heo is joined by two accomplished French musicians, Frédéric Chiffoleau (doubl...

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra presents music by swing bands of the 1920s to '60s in Music of Young Composers and Bebop Legends at Alice Tully Hall. Read the press release.

Juilliard Jazz's Duke Ellington Ensemble presents music by Wynton Marsalis at Paul Hall. 

After years as a solo singer and trumpeter, Briceño made history when she became the first woman to win “Producer of the Year” at the 2018 Latin Grammys. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Briceño's astounding career has sprung from two sources: the famous El Sistema de Orquestas, a globally recogn...

Two extraordinary vocalists—each of them already a popular Jazz at Lincoln Center headliner—share The Appel Room stage in this Singers Over Manhattan season finale. Audiences will enjoy one of the most famous views in the city while Mary Stallings and Freddy Cole sing their hearts out alongside pian...

In terms of pure musicality, George Gershwin was America's Schubert. He composed with a creativity and skill that immortalized his art, and hardly any of his works is more embedded in the world’s musical consciousness than Rhapsody in Blue, originally described by Gershwin as a “symphony” for piano ...

JLCO saxophonist Sherman Irby leads a gravity-defying exploration of the universe with the world premiere of his new commission. After kicking off the suite with the Big Bang, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will travel through a series of distinctive movements, evoking awe...

The unique legacy of drummer and bandleader Art Blakey makes this tribute especially exciting—and even personal—for Wynton Marsalis and his handpicked group of young, up-and-coming jazz musicians.   In honor of Blakey's centennial, Marsalis and company will play the music of his iconic mentor....

Witness the world premiere of a new all-star trio assembled exclusively for this Jazz at Lincoln Center performance. The dream team comes in a classic organ trio format, with Joey DeFrancesco on the pedals and keys, tenor titan Chris Potter on saxophone, and Jeff “Tain” Watts holding it down on drum...

Hailed as “one of the world's most famous vocal chameleons” by the New York Times, Bobby McFerrin delivers one of the most transcendent experiences in live music. Truly a genre unto himself, the ten-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum-selling artist is a master of spontaneity, vocal ingenuit...

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. It’s hard to belie...

Singer, entertainer, and “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” Michael Feinstein celebrates ten years of his Jazz & Popular Song series with an all-star extravaganza. Capping off a historic run in The Appel Room, Feinstein now takes the show to Rose Theater for a grand reunion of the crème...