From Cuba to the Crescent City
Celebrate Wynton Marsalis’ final season as the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center with this performance that brings you right to his hometown of New Orleans.Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra explore the deep and enduring connections between jazz and the African diaspora.
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Featuring selections from three of Marsalis’ original suites—Ochas, Afro!, and Congo Square—the program blends Yoruba-inspired portraits, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Ghanaian musical traditions with the communal heritage of jazz handed down from 19th-century New Orleans.The JLCO is joined by soul-stirring vocalist Shenel Johns and special guests Pedrito Martinez & Weedie Braimah, two musicians of genius with an encyclopedic command of diverse musical languages, on drums, percussion, and vocals.
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