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Live from Lincoln Center to Broadcast Wynton Marsalis Concert

Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis

Live from Lincoln Center will broadcast An Evening with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on PBS, Thursday, March 26. Check local listings for times.

The program will be hosted by 60 Minutes/CBS News Correspondent Lesley Stahl. The concert will include tune’s from the band’s expansive repertoire including original compositions by members of the band.

Marsalis is a jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator who has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture through his own artistry and in his role as Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He was the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on the Fields.

For more information visit www.jalc.org.