Jazz at Lincoln Center

Sign outside Jazz at Lincoln Center
Address	Broadway at 60th Street
Location	New York City
Coordinates	40°46′9″N 73°58′59″W / 40.76917°N 73.98306°W / 40.76917; -73.98306
Public transit	New York City Subway: 59th Street–Columbus Circle (​​​​​ trains) New York City Bus: M7, M10, M11, M20, M66, M104
Owner	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Genre(s)	Jazz
Capacity	Rose Theater: 1,233 The Appel Room: 483 Dizzy's Club: 140[1]
Construction
Built	2004
Website
www.jazz.org

Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at Time Warner Center in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

The center hosts performances by the orchestra and by visiting musicians. It is home to the New York City Opera.^[2] Many concerts are streamed live on the center's YouTube channel. The center also presents educational programs in its home buildings, online, and in schools throughout the country.

History

In 1987, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was involved in starting the Classical Jazz concert series, the first series of jazz concerts at Lincoln Center.^[3]

In 1996, the Jazz at Lincoln Center organization became a constituent of Lincoln Center next to organizations such as the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. The budget for Jazz at Lincoln Center was $4 million in 1996, compared to $150 million for the Metropolitan Opera.^[4] In 2016, its budget was over $50 million.^[5] Wynton Marsalis has been artistic director since 1987. Greg Scholl became executive director in 2012.^[6]

Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which performs in the Appel Room and the Rose Theater in addition to extensive international tours. Concerts are also broadcast live online. Educational programs are broadcast on the center's YouTube channel. Since 2015, the orchestra's albums have been issued on its own label, Blue Engine Records.^[3]

The center distributes jazz curriculums to high schools through its Essentially Ellington program. Professional musicians visit schools through the Let Freedom Swing program. The center runs a Middle School Jazz Academy, a High School Jazz Academy, and a Summer Academy, all in New York City, all of them with free tuition. Every year the orchestra tours and visits schools throughout the U.S.^[3] The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival takes place every year at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Rose Hall

Buildings of Lincoln Center

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Buildings and structures in Lincoln Center:

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Samuel B. and David Rose Building (includes Walter Reade Theater)

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Juilliard School

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Alice Tully Hall

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Vivian Beaumont Theater (includes Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and Claire Tow Theater)

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Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center

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David Geffen Hall

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (includes Bruno Walter Auditorium)

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Metropolitan Opera House

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Josie Robertson Plaza with Revson Fountain

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Damrosch Park

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David H. Koch Theater

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David Rubenstein Atrium

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The performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, was designed by Rafael Viñoly and is located on the fifth floor of Deutsche Bank Center (originally Time Warner Center). Rose Hall consists of three venues: Rose Theater, The Appel Room,^[7] and Dizzy's Club, named after trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The Hall also contains the Irene Diamond Education Center with rehearsal and recording rooms.

Hall of Fame

The Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame is named for Nesuhi Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records. A 60-person international voting panel, which includes musicians, scholars and educators from 17 countries, is charged to nominate and select "the most definitive artists in the history of jazz for induction into the Hall of Fame".^[8]

Inductees have included:^[9][10]