Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

📍 This event takes place at Powell Hall

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2027, 7:30pm Get Tickets

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Program

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra | Wynton Marsalis, artistic director and trumpet

Repertoire to be announced.

About this Concert

Revel in the sounds of the renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and its visionary leader, Wynton Marsalis. Known as the world’s premier big band, this remarkably versatile ensemble tours the world performing a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to new commissions. Works by jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, and Charles Mingus are joined by new music from an unrivaled collection of acclaimed composers and arrangers. At the conclusion of the 26/27 season, nearly 40 years after founding the organization, Marsalis will retire from Jazz at Lincoln Center. This performance promises to be a special celebration of his impact on American music.

Powell Hall Presents
This performance is part of Powell Hall Presents, a series featuring captivating performances by a variety of musical acts that showcase the hall’s beauty and acoustics in bold new ways.

Note: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra does not perform at this concert.

- The SLSO’s recording of Wynton Marsalis’ critically acclaimed Swing Symphony—performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and conducted by David Robertson—took place in front of a rapturous, sold-out crowd in Powell Hall in 2018.
- The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was formed in 1988 as an outgrowth of Lincoln Center’s concert series, Classical Jazz, with David Berger conducting. When Wynton Marsalis became artistic director in 1991, he emphasized the history of jazz, particularly Duke Ellington legacy.
- Under the leadership of Marsalis, the band performs at its home, The House of Swing, tours throughout the US and abroad, visits schools, appears on television, and performs with symphony orchestras. The Orchestra backed Marsalis on his album Blood on the Fields, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.

Artists

Meet the people that make the music.

Wynton Marsalis

Trumpet and Artistic Director