Celebrate Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 25th Anniversary Season at the Kimmel Center!
Formed by legendary trumpeter, composer, and multi-talented cultural phenomenon, Wynton Marsalis, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is made up of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz music today, whose playing is as fun as it is stylistically remarkable.The JLCO formed when Marsalis and his septet joined forces with the surviving players of the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1988. JLCO’s 25th Anniversary Season celebrates the organization’s range and depth of programming, as well as its education initiatives, that have reached millions of people around the world.
THE RASCALS—ONCE UPON A DREAM is the live theatrical event featuring the four original band members, together as one for the first time since 1970. Written and directed by Steven Van Zandt and featuring scenic design by Marc Brickman (Pink Floyd’s The Wall), ONCE UPON A DREAM is an incredible evening of sight, sound and the greatest songs of a generation. You’ll get the real story from the guys who lived it—Dino, Eddie, Gene and Felix—plus over two dozen unforgettable songs, including such super hits as “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’,” “It’s a Beautiful Morning,” “How Can I Be Sure” and “People Got To Be Free.” Don’t miss these four rock and roll Hall of Famers in a once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event!
Patty Griffin In association with BRE Presents Verizon Hall | Thursday, June 6
In celebration of her seventh studio album, American Kid, Patty Griffin performs for one night only in Verizon Hall! Griffin’s singing is as extraordinary as her songwriting, with music steeped in Americana, love, sadness, apparitions, and salt-of-the-earth characters. Known for her remarkably powerful, personal, and unpredictable song style, Griffin wrote American Kid in honor of her father. The lyrics thematically trace his life from World War II to raising seven children to the Sgt. Pepper album he gave her for a birthday that would change her life.
Patty Griffin In association with BRE Presents Verizon Hall | Thursday, June 6 | 7:30pm
Tickets go on public sale tomorrow at 10am, but you can get yours NOW! Tumblr fans use pre-sale code AMERICANKID right here for the first crack at seats for this one-night-only, must-see concert!
About the show:
In celebration of her seventh studio album, American Kid, Patty Griffin performs for one night only in Verizon Hall! Griffin’s singing is as extraordinary as her songwriting, with music steeped in Americana, love, sadness, apparitions, and salt-of-the-earth characters. Known for her remarkably powerful, personal, and unpredictable song style, Griffin wrote American Kid in honor of her father. The lyrics thematically trace his life from World War II to raising seven children to the Sgt. Pepper album he gave her for a birthday that would change her life.
