Superstar vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater takes you through 100 years of jazz song. On Friday (9/23), she will sing the early blues and jazz of the 1920s through the 1950s, joined by music director/trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and vocalists Vuyo Sotashe and Brianna Thomas. On Saturday (9/24), she will start with the socially conscious music of the 1950s and end with the songs of today, featuring music director/drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. and vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Alicia Olatuja. 

With vibraphonist and marimba player Stefon Harris, flutist Elena Pinderhughes (9/23 and 9/24), guitarist Mike Moreno, pianist James Francies, bassist Joshua Crumbly, and drummer Obed Calvaire

Our season-opening concert features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and some of today's top pianists, including Dan Nimmer, Joey Alexander, Dick Hyman, Helen Sung, Larry Willis, Myra Melford​ and Isaiah J. Thompson. Performing definitive compositions by piano geniuses like Jelly Roll Morton, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, and Marcus Roberts, tonight's special guests will showcase an astonishing evolution of jazz piano that now spans over 100 years.

With vocalist Shenel Johns, pianist Taber Gable, bassist Jon Michel, drummer Jonathan Barber, and saxophonists Godwin Louis (9/20-9/22) and Braxton Cook (9/23-9/24)

Tuesday-Saturday evenings, doors open at 11:15pm for Late Night Sessions featuring some of the most talented emerging artists in jazz. There are no reservations for Late Night Sessions - just swing by!