Portraits of Bards, Titans, and Legends The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Jazz Musician in New York

About Portraits of Bards, Titans, and Legends The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

In 1988 the Orchestra was formed as an outgrowth of its 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. The first album was Portraits by Ellington (1992), and seven years later the Ellington centennial was honored with the album Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with the Duke (1999).