Jazz at Lincoln Center Grand Opening Festival
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Jazz at Lincoln Center opens with a week of nearly nonstop concerts in its three venues. Tonight’s inaugural concert will be televised live on PBS at 8 p.m.
THE ALLEN ROOM
All performances at 7:30 p.m.
October 25
The Duke and the Count
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
October 29-30
Brasil Livre!
Brazil’s Hermeto Pascoal and Cyro Baptista with Beat the Donkey Special Edition.
ROSE THEATER
All performances at 8 p.m.
October 21
Stand Up for Jazz
Bill Cosby hosts an evening with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis.
October 22
Cassandra Wilson
October 23
Dianne Reeves and Freddy Cole
October 25
3 Shades of Blue: Roots
Taj Mahal and Randy Weston with blues singer/guitarist Corey Harris, Senegalese percussionist/kora master Abdou M’Boup, and Malian griot and kora player Mamadou Diabate.
October 26
3 Shades of Blue: Country
Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs and his band with Wycliffe Gordon; Mark O’Connor and his Hot Swing Trio.
October 27
3 Shades of Blue: Soul
The Holmes Brothers with gospel artist Marie Knight, organist Joey DeFrancesco, and his trio (with special guest Houston Person).
October 28-30
Let Freedom Swing: A Celebration of Human Rights & Social Justice
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis perform six world premiere musical commissions as celebrity readers recite passages from historical orations.
November 3-5
Jazz in Motion
Charles McPherson, Elizabeth Streb’s dance company STREB, Tony Award-winner Garth Fagan, tapper Savion Glover, Garth Fagan Dance, and New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins perform to compositions by Wynton Marsalis and others.
DIZZY’S CLUB COCA – COLA
Performances daily at 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturdays.
October 21-24
The Music of Dizzy Gillespie
Bill Charlap on piano with Peter Washington on bass, Kenny Washington on drums, Charles McPherson playing alto saxophone and trumpeter Nicholas Payton.
October 26-31
Latin Dizzy
Paquito D’Rivera on alto saxophone and clarinet with a sextet of Diego Urcola (trumpet), Alon Yavnai (piano), Mark Walker (drums), Pernel Saturnino (percussion), and Oscar Stagnaro (bass).
November 2-7
Big Band Dizzy
The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra conducted by Victor Goines with vocalist Carla Cook and other special guests.