Jazz at Lincoln Center Grand Opening Festival

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 ROOMAll performances at 7:30 p.m.October 25The Duke and the CountThe Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.October 29-30Brasil Livre!Brazil’s Hermeto Pascoal and Cyro Baptista with Beat the Donkey Special Edition.ROSE THEATERAll performances at 8 p.m.October 21Stand Up for JazzBill Cosby hosts an evening with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis.October 22Cassandra WilsonOctober 23Dianne Reeves and Freddy ColeOctober 253 Shades of Blue: RootsTaj 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 263 Shades of Blue: CountryBluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs and his band with Wycliffe Gordon; Mark O’Connor and his Hot Swing Trio.October 273 Shades of Blue: SoulThe Holmes Brothers with gospel artist Marie Knight, organist Joey DeFrancesco, and his trio (with special guest Houston Person).October 28-30Let Freedom Swing: A Celebration of Human Rights & Social JusticeThe Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis perform six world premiere musical commissions as celebrity readers recite passages from historical orations.November 3-5Jazz in MotionCharles 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 – COLAPerformances daily at 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturdays.October 21-24The Music of Dizzy GillespieBill Charlap on piano with Peter Washington on bass, Kenny Washington on drums, Charles McPherson playing alto saxophone and trumpeter Nicholas Payton.October 26-31Latin DizzyPaquito 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 2-7Big Band DizzyThe Juilliard Jazz Orchestra conducted by Victor Goines with vocalist Carla Cook and other special guests.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Grand Opening Festival

Jazz at Lincoln Center Grand Opening Festival

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