Marsalis’ Swinging Cities The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Jazz Musician in New York

About Marsalis’ Swinging Cities The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Marsalis’ Swinging Cities brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to its home stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center, under the artistic leadership of trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. The ensemble works in the big-band lineage while keeping a foot in education through family and public programming, including the WeBop series. In performances tied to Marsalis’s Swinging Cities, the writing and ensemble balance favor structure and rhythmic drive over spectacle, with the orchestra functioning as a precise, responsive instrument.