Jazz at Lincoln Center

Musical Lessons From Our Children

Lori Custodero | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Childrens Music, How Kids Make Music, Kids Making Music, Early Music Education, Webop, Children and Music, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Parents News
Lori Custodero

When we say "children's music" we generally think of music written FOR children. Children make their own music, and they do for reasons that meet developmental needs for expression, belonging, comfort, and complexity -- they sing to know.

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Discovering the Atrium at Lincoln Center (VIDEO)

Michal Shapiro | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center, Atrium at Lincoln Center, Rubenstein Atrium, David Rubenstein Atrium, Daorum Lincoln Center, Daorum Atrium Lincoln Center, Arts News
Michal Shapiro

The shows at the Atrium represent something else: it is a place in the heart of Manhattan where rain or shine, you can always see quality artists who have been selected thoughtfully, in a welcoming, elegant space.

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The Real Celebration at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: American Music, Jazz, NEA Jazz Masters Awards, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Awards, Nea Jazz Masters, Arts News
Barbara Ernst Prey

This is a memorable event, not only for the opportunity to hear, see and meet some of the living Jazz legends but, also to be part of the group as the Jazz Masters greet one another.

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CBS Names New Cultural Correspondent

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: CBS News, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Cbs-This-Morning, Video, Wynton Marsalis Cbs News, Wynton Marsalis Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, Media News

Famed musician, composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis was named CBS News cultural correspondent on Thursday. The network announced tha...

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Wynton Marsalis, "60 minutes" and the Case for People-to-People Travel to Cuba

Anya Landau French | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Morley Safer, People-to-People, 60 Minutes, Wynton Marsalis, US-Cuba Policy, Travel to Cuba, Cuba, World News
Anya Landau French

For those who missed it, 60 Minutes aired a segment on last October's visit to Havana by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra earl...

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Closing This Weekend -- Two Shows of Artists Who Use Music as Inspiration

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Illustration, David Stone Martin, Art, Jazz, Punk Rock, Asia Society, Yoshitomo Nara, Folk Music, Painting, New York News
Brad Balfour

Anyone interested in seeing work that uses popular music as both context and source material, should make it to any future exhibitions of these artists or check out their books.

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A Different Kind of P2P: The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy, Jazz Ambassadors, Auditions, Globalization, Dizzy Gillespie, Maura Pally, Music, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ari Roland, U. S. State Department, Louis Armstrong, CBS Sunday Morning, Duke Ellington, Adrian Ellis, The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad, Hillary Clinton, Communications, Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Public Diplomacy, Arts News
Linda Constant

The Rhythm Road facilitates not only cross-cultural discourse but also provides an extraordinary platform for artists to emerge from their own localism and share what they do, face-to-face, with the unknown.

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"Cry To Me": A Loving Playlist for the Late Great Solomon Burke

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Emmylou Harris, Taylor Hackford, Ahmet Ertegun, Solomon Burke, Entertainment News
David Wild

Solomon Burke was not only one of the most soulful singers in history; he was quite possibly the single most soulful man who I ever met. I had the honor of sharing time with this timeless soul giant and inspiring preacher twice.

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Wynton Marsalis' Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Traveling To Cuba

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is traveling to Cuba next month for a series of concerts in Havana with bandleader W...

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The Brooklyn Steppers March Forward, Giving to the Community and Gaining in the Process

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borough President, High School Graduation, United Nations, Music, JHS 113, Arts, Thought Leaders, Queens, CUNY System, Antonio Thompson, Brooklyn Steppers, Youth Leadership, Facebook, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Haiti, Global Citizens, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Oiww, Musical Instruments, Columbia University, Community Involvement, Community Service, Inner City Life, Ohio, Academics, Barack Obama Inauguration, Orphans International Worldwide, Wynton Marsalis, New York University, Music Programs, Marty Markowitz, New York News
Jim Luce

In high school I had been manager of our marching band in Ohio. It was a grueling task, but rewarding to see my friends play and march so well. The ...

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Seen and Heard in New York: Wendell Pierce, Cory Booker, Alan Rickman

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Alan Rickman, Treme, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cory Booker, August Strindberg, Creditors, Wendell Pierce, New York News
Jane Levere

Wendell Pierce, a star of HBO's Treme and host of "Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio," spoke at a recent benefit held by JALC.

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Wynton Marsalis Awarded French Legion of Honor in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Wynton Marsalis received France’s highest distinction last week in New York – the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an honor t...

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It was not an ordinary Thursday.

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Neumark

It was not an ordinary Thursday. I left home at the usual time but with three wardrobe changes in tow. Not so usual. 9 to 5 was almost routine (wit...

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The Joy of Food

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Skylight Studio, De Gustibus, Chef Chris Harkness, Wave Hill, Mae Mae Café, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ellis Island, Caramoor, Style News
Liz Neumark

For us in the hospitality industry, the connection to food is a powerful force. It drives us daily and living any other way just seems less interesting.

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Happy 110th, Duke!

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maurice Hines, Apollo Theater, Pearl Bailey, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Duke Ellington, Arena Stage, A Train, Paul Mercer Ellington, Mercedes Ellington, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

To celebrate the 110th birthday of Duke Ellington last week, his namesake orchestra played in a subway station in Harlem and, even more appropriately, on a 1930's-vintage, green A train.

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A Timeless Evening with The Time 100

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Neumark

From the caterer's perspective, blogging was made for nights like tonight. When the magical feeling in the room is so potent that you need to share it as fast as possible before anything fades.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Stanley Crouch

Vickie Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz, Anti-Semitism, Obama, Jewish History, Racism, Black History, Bennny Goodman, Money, Ethnicity, Music, Bernie Madoff, New York City, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Interviews, Stereotypes, Steven Spielberg, Bernard Madoff, Racial Stereotypes, African-Americans, Finances, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

SC: I don't think stereotypes can be avoided. If someone's going to be sexist, racist, or anti-Semitic, they don't need you to help them.

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