Ellington’s Greatest Masterpiece: Black, Brown and Beige The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Jazz Musician in New York

About Ellington’s Greatest Masterpiece: Black, Brown and Beige The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Ellington’s Greatest Masterpiece: *Black, Brown and Beige* is presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis. The program centers on Duke Ellington’s large-form suite, framed by the orchestra’s ongoing work preserving and extending big-band practice in a contemporary concert setting. Guest vocalist Catherine Russell joins for repertoire drawn from the classic jazz songbook. The performances favor structure and tonal detail over spectacle, treating Ellington’s writing as both history and living material.