The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is an American big band and

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led by

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...

. The Orchestra is part of Jazz at Lincoln Center, a performing arts organization in New York City.

History

In 1988 the Orchestra was formed as an outgrowth of its concert series, Classical Jazz, with David Berger conducting. When

became artistic director in 1991, he emphasized the history of jazz, particularly Duke Ellington. The first album was ''Portraits by Ellington'' (1992), and seven years later the Ellington centennial was honored with the album ''Live in Swing City: Swingin' with the Duke'' (1999). Under the leadership of Marsalis, the band performs at its home in Lincoln Center, tours throughout the U.S. and abroad, visits schools, appears on television, and performs with symphony orchestras. The Orchestra backed Wynton Marsalis on his album ''

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'', which won the Pulitzer Prize. Since 2015, the Orchestra's albums have been issued on its own label, Blue Engine Records.

Personnel

– trumpet * Ryan Kisor – trumpet * Marcus Printup – trumpet * Kenny Rampton – trumpet * Chris Crenshaw – trombone *

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– trombone * Elliot Mason – trombone * Robert Stewart – saxophone * Walter Blanding – saxophone *

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– saxophone * Sherman Irby – saxophone * Ted Nash – saxophone * Paul Nedzela – baritone saxophone *

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– piano *

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– double bass * Obed Calvaire – drums

Discography

* ''Portraits by Ellington'' (1992) * ''Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire of the Fundamentals'' (1994) * ''They Came to Swing'' (1994) * ''

'' ( Columbia, 1997) * ''Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke'' (1999) * ''Big Train'' (Columbia, 1999) * ''All Rise'' (

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, 2002) * ''Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Plays the Music of Duke Ellington'' (Warner Bros., 2004) * ''Cast of Cats'' (2004) * ''A Love Supreme'' (2005) * ''Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus'' (2005) * ''Congo Square'' (2007) * ''Portrait in Seven Shades'' (Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2010) * ''Vitoria Suite'' (

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, 2010) * '' Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues'' (2011) * ''Live in Cuba'' (Blue Engine, 2015) * '' Big Band Holidays'' (Blue Engine, 2015) * ''The Abyssinian Mass'' (Blue Engine, 2016) * ''The Music of John Lewis'' (Blue Engine, 2017) * ''All Jazz Is Modern: 30 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center Vol. 1'' (2017) * ''Handful of Keys'' (Blue Engine, 2017) * ''United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas'' (2018) * '' Una Noche con Rubén Blades'' (2018) * ''Swing Symphony'' (2019) * ''Jazz and Art'' (2019) * ''Jazz for Kids'' (2019) * ''Big Band Holidays II'' (2019) * ''Sherman Irby's Inferno'' (2020) * ''The Music of Wayne Shorter'' (2020) * ''Black, Brown, and Beige'' (2020) * ''Rock Chalk Suite'' (2020) * ''Christopher Crenshaw's The Fifties: A Prism'' (2020)

References

{{authority control American jazz ensembles from New York City Big bands Lincoln Center Musical groups established in 1988 Musical groups from New York City Swing music Jazz musicians from New York (state)