Sep 22, 2026 12:26 PM
Hyde Park Jazz Fest on Chicago’s South Side to Present 20th Edition
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place for the 20th time on the final weekend of September 2026. Beginning half…
Wynton Marsalis and his crew will kick off the "Out Here To Swing" tour, with compositions by Marsalis and other members of the orchestra plus Ellington, Mingus and Coltrane, in Philadelphia. They end up in Boston Dec. 3, 4 and 6 for a performance of their latest CD release, "All Rise" with help from the Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by Kurt Masur and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
Throughout the tour, members of the big band will also lead a variety of educational events including master classes, lectures, clinics and Jazz For Young People concerts.
The LCJO has been Jazz At Lincoln Center’s resident orchestra since 1988. Trumpeters Marsalis, Seneca Black, Ryan Kisor and Marcus Printup, trombonists Ron Westray, André Hayward and Vincent Gardner, reedsmen Wess Anderson, Walter Blanding, Victor Goines, Kurt Bacher and Joe Temperley, pianist Eric Lewis, bassist Carlos Henriquez and drummer Herlin Riley make up its members.
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra on tour:
Sept. 19: Philadelphia; Kimmel Center, Verizon Hall
Sept. 21: Washington, D.C.; Kennedy Center
Sept. 23: Durham, N.C.; Duke University
Sept. 25: Columbus, Ga.; River Center for the Performing Arts
Sept. 26: Birmingham, Ala.; Alys Stephens Center, University of Alabama
Sept. 27: Jackson, Miss.; Thalia Mara Foundation
Sept. 29: Baton Rouge, La.; LSU Union, Louisiana State University
Oct. 1: Dallas; Morton B. Meyerson Symphony Center
Oct. 2: Houston; Jones Hall
Oct. 4: San Antonio; Laurie Auditorium
Oct. 5: Austin, Texas; Bass Concert Hall
Oct. 6: Ft. Worth, Texas; Bass Performance Hall
Oct. 7: Shreveport, La.; Strand Theatre
Oct. 9: Topeka, Kan.; Topeka Performing Arts Center
Oct. 12: Denver; Boettcher Concert Hall, Colorado Symphony
Oct. 14: Lincoln, Neb.; Lied Center, University of Nebraska
Dec. 3, 4 & 6: Boston; Symphony Hall
For more information, go to www.jazzatlincolncenter.org
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