Birth of the Blues The JLCO: Jazz Musician in New York

About Birth of the Blues The JLCO

Birth of the Blues The JLCO is a Jazz at Lincoln Center presentation rooted in the repertory traditions of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The project has been performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, with Wynton Marsalis and JLCO musicians, and in dialogue with the legacies of artists such as W. C. Handy. It draws on the ensemble’s deep bench of collaborators, including figures like Sherman Irby and Kenny Washington. The performances favor structure and historical context over spectacle, treating the blues as both source material and living form.