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This year’s big-ticket event is a three-night concert by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of the redoutable Ted Nash (May 2-4).
“Unforgettable” is the only way for this reviewer to describe the sold-out one night performance of The Music Of Nat King Cole on April 25, 2024 at Dizzy’s Club (Jazz At Lincoln Center). The performance showcased a smattering of Cole’s vast repertoire of songs that we all know and love.
The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, in association with the American Tap Dance Foundation, is thrilled to announce a monumental celebration in honor of the 125th birthday of the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, Duke Ellington. This grand event will take place at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on Monday, May 6, 2024, at 8 pm, co-hosted by Mercedes Ellington and Tony Waag.
Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Music on the Inside," a non-profit organization that connects youth and adults impacted by incarceration with one-on-one professional musicians, will hold its 2023 Juneteenth Benefit concert at the Society for Ethical Culture in NYC on June 17. Chontay Smith, 48, who taught himself to play the piano in prison, will perform.