NEW YORK, NY.- Jazz at Lincoln Center announced its 2024-25 concert season Tuesday, which will include performances that celebrate the 20th anniversary of the centers Frederick P. Rose Hall, a tribute to civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and concerts by Grammy Award-winning artists.
The season will run from Sept. 19 to June 14, 2025, and will begin with Hot Jazz and Swing, in which music director Loren Schoenberg will guide the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra through revitalized arrangements of 1920s and 30s tunes.
On Oct. 18-19, Bryan Carter, a drummer and composer, will lead the Jazz at Pride Orchestra in honoring the life and legacy of Rustin.
Other nods to the past will focus on the history of jazz. Led by Wynton Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the centers orchestra will perform 10 concerts that will each pay homage to a decade of jazz history, from the 1920s to the present.
Performances in February will honor the early years of jazz and its many inspirations by incorporating cuts from blues, gospel, country and bluegrass, as well as from recordings by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others. On Nov. 8-9, a pair of concerts will focus on jazz pioneers Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron and others.
From Jan. 16-18, Cool School & Hard Bop concerts will explore midcentury jazz, featuring works from Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach and others. And May 29-31, saxophonist Ted Nash will lead the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in performances of new arrangements of music associated with the 1970s.
The season will also include more modern performances, including concerts featuring music from Joanne Brackeen, Charlie Haden, Terence Blanchard and others.
Several concerts will also spotlight specific musicians. On Nov. 15-16, Joshua Redman will return to the Rose Theater in a collaboration with Gabrielle Cavassa, a rising star from New Orleans. Later in the season, on Feb. 14-15, Dianne Reeves will perform in a Valentines Day celebration filled with songs about romance and heartbreak. Pianist and composer Monty Alexander will celebrate his 80th birthday by performing on Jan. 24-25, while Anat Cohen and her brothers will celebrate her 50th birthday with performances of early swing, post-bop and Brazilian choro on March 14-15.
The final performances of the season, June 13-14, will feature music directed by Marsalis and will showcase works by veteran band members Chris Crenshaw, Vincent Gardner and others.
This article originally appeared in
The New York Times.