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Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

Jazz at Lincoln Center and Harlem School of the Arts Announce New Series of Innovative Jazz Education Programs and Performances

For Immediate Release:  April 25, 2017Jazz at Lincoln Center and Harlem School of the ArtsAnnounce New Series of Innovative Jazz Education Programs and PerformancesJazz at Lincoln Center Presents Jazz For Young People:Jazz and the Civil Rights Era Concert at Harlem School of the

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola June 2017 Lineup Announced

New York, NY (April 18, 2017) - Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola kicks off the month of June with The Monk Festival, June 1-4, with Light Blue: Gabe Schnider and Friends Celebrate Monk (June 1) and Monk’s Dream: Russell Hall Plays Monk (June 2-4), followed by programs that exemplify the endless diversity of jazz. Highlights include Paul Nedzela Quartet (June 6), Samora Pinderhughes’ Transformations Suite (June 12), Peter and Will Anderson Quintet: Joe Temperley Tribute CD Release (June 13), The Kurt Elling Quintet (June 23-24), and Black Arts Jazz Collective (June 27-28).

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates Thelonious Monk Centennial: The Monk Festival, June 1-4

New York, NY (April 11, 2017) - Jazz at Lincoln Center will celebrate the centennial of genius composer and pianist Thelonious Monk with fourteen performances in all three venues in Frederick P. Rose Hall, dedicated to his jazz legacy as part of the Monk Festival, June 1-4, 2017. With an artist roster than spans the generations and the globe, the performances will exemplify Thelonious Monk’s truly universal influence. The global exploration of Monk features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, along with Pakistani flutist Baqir Abbas and Brazilian instrumentalist Hamilton de Holanda as guest artists in Rose Theater, June 1-3. In The Appel Room, June 2-3, Monk’s music will be performed by two young pianists of the next generation of jazz: 13-year old piano prodigy Joey Alexander and New Orleans’ Sullivan Fortner, recipient of the 2015 American Pianist Association’s prestigious Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz honor. Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola will continue to highlight Monk’s influence for the next generation of musicians with Light Blue: Gabe Schnider and Friends Celebrate Monk and Monk’s Dream: Russell Hall Plays Monk.

Thursday, April 6th, 2017

2017 Ertergun Jazz Hall of Fame Nominees

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, Jazz at Lincoln Center offers jazz fans around the world the opportunity to participate in the 2017 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame induction process.