Performance

Rhythm in Blue

1 upcoming performance in New York

At Dizzy’s Club, pianist and bandleader Marcus Roberts brings **Rhythm in Blue** to a trio setting with the Marcus Roberts Trio. The program centers on Roberts’s work as an arranger and composer, using the small format to make structure, counterpoint, and rhythmic design audible. In New York City, the residency reads as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s ongoing project of treating jazz as a living repertory, not just a jam-session tradition. One clear effect is how the pared-down instrumentation makes Roberts’s leadership feel architectural rather than showy.