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With more than 30 recordings and nine Grammy Awards, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is a giant in the jazz world. He is artistic director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which features 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players in the world. 
Hailed by critics as the greatest jazz orchestra working today, this remarkably versatile group performs in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe. Their extensive repertoire includes original compositions as well as the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane, and other great jazz composers. Still, the Orchestra doesn’t treat jazz as a museum exhibit; the Center has commissioned a number of new, in-the-tradition works specifically for the group.
Over the course of the ’90s, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra augmented their regular concert, touring, and educational activities with international television appearances and special collaborative performances with various symphony orchestras.
Opening act Jimmy Greene Quartet
A native of Hartford, CT, saxophonist, composer, and educator Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive young force in the jazz world. Greene’s eight solo recordings, including his latest, Live at Smalls, have been met with much critical acclaim. In fact, Tony Hall of Jazzwise Magazine calls Greene “one of the most striking young tenors of recent years.”
