Purchase your Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis VIP Seating Today.
Limited VIP Seats include:
- Premier Seating
- Post-performance Reception and Toast with JLCO and Wynton Marsalis
- Wine and Desserts
“A blazing trumpet section, a swinging alto saxophone…and sizzling trumpet.” – The Washington Post
“Bewitching”– Vanity Fair
In his own words, 2014 NBAF Legends Honoree Wynton Marsalis describes his concept behind this spectacular evening featuring original compositions by members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra:
“The DNA research is in. We are all descendants of Africa. Let’s celebrate the scientific death of tribalism. Modern life affords us the opportunity to choose our tribe by interest instead of genetics. Today, families are formed across the superficial lines of race and nationality. They are more flexible and numerous. The divisive conventions which force us into competing clans who wish to claim superiority over ‘others’ are giving way to an emphasis on culture and its shared mythic symbols that unify us at the deepest levels of our collective consciousness. Duke Ellington said THE people are my people. Jazz knew that any person is related to all people, long before DNA told us it was so.”