The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is an American professional big… Read Full Bio ↴The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is an American professional big band that is produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center, a major performing arts institution structured as a non-profit organization that is housed in its own facility at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director for Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc., and director of and trumpeter with the Orchestra.

The orchestra was founded in 1988 as part of the Lincoln Center’s summer concert series, "Classical Jazz." In 1991 the JLCO became the resident and touring big band for Jazz at Lincoln Center. The orchestra commissions works, which by early 2000, surpassed 60 by composers that include Benny Carter, Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Geri Allen, Marcus Roberts, Melba Liston, and John Lewis.
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Current members
Wynton Marsalis, music director, trumpet
Ryan Kisor, trumpet
Marcus Printup, trumpet
Kenny Rampton, trumpet
Vincent Gardner, trombone
Chris Crenshaw, trombone
Elliot Mason, trombone
Sherman Irby, alto saxophone
Ted Nash, alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet
Walter Blanding, Jr., tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet
Victor Goines, tenor & soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
Paul Nedzela, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Dan Nimmer, piano
Carlos Henriquez, bass
Ali Jackson, drums
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Former members
Sean Jones, trumpet
Seneca Black, trumpet
Rodney Whitaker, bass
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone
Ron Westray, trombone
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson, alto & soprano saxophones
Todd Williams, soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinet
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Gideon Feldstein, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Joe Temperley, baritone & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet
Eric Reed, piano
Eric Lewis, piano
Reginald Veal, bass
Ben Wolfe, bass
Herlin Riley, drums, percussion
Robert Sadin, conductor
Russell Gunn, trumpet
Roger Ingram, trumpet
Wayne Goodman, trombone
Rob Stewart, tenor saxophone
James Carter, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Michael Ward, violin

Tours
The JLCO has made several tours of the United States, first toured Europe in 1995, performed in Russia in 1999, and toured China, Taiwan, Japan, and Australasia in 2000. In spring 2000 the JLCO toured the United States with its production of For Dancers Only.

Selected discography
Jump Start and Jazz (Columbia, 1997) OCLC 37708935
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Recorded in New York, January 23, 1993, and Los Angeles, August 17 & 18, 1995
Blood on the Fields (Columbia, 1997) OCLC 37265855
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Recorded Grand Hall of the Masonic Lodge, January 22–25, 1995
Sweet Release & Ghost Story: Two More Ballets (Sony Classical/Columbia, 1999) OCLC 47969476
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Recorded at Music Hall, Tarrytown, New York, August 11, 1996
Big Train (Sony/Columbia, 1999) OCLC 53304940
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Recorded in New York, December 20, 1998
Essentially Ellington 2000 - The LCJO Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (Warner Bros., 2000) OCLC 51283882
Recorded at Boettcher Hall, Denver, CO, March 26, 1999, and McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, May 10, 1999
The Rhythm Road - American Music Abroad
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, August, 2000
All Rise (Sony Classical, 2002) OCLC 50762664
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen
Los Angeles, September 14 & 15, 2001
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, May, 2004
A CD of this session was issued by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus
Recorded August 26, 2003 - August 28, 2003
Released October 18, 2005
Conga Square
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Live at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, May 3 & 7, 2006
Portrait in Seven Shades (Jazz at Lincoln Center/The Orchard, 2010)
Ted Nash and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Recorded in New York, September 6, 2007
Vitoria Suite (Universal, 2010) OCLC 659741065
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Big Band Holidays (2015)

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Lyrics