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Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to lead Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

| 28 May 2013 | 06:13
    Photo Courtesy Jazz at Lincoln Center Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, comprised of 15 jazz soloists and ensemble players, who perform the music of the great jazz composers as well as original works.
    Photo Courtesy Jazz at Lincoln Center Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, comprised of 15 jazz soloists and ensemble players, who perform the music of the great jazz composers as well as original works.

MORRISTOWN — Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, comprised of 15 jazz soloists and ensemble players, who perform the music of the great jazz composers as well as original works.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs Friday, June 14 at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. This concert is sponsored by BNY Mellon Wealth Management.

Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center's programming, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe; in concert halls; dance venues; jazz clubs; public parks; and with symphony orchestras; ballet troupes; local students; and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists.

Wynton Marsalis is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, La. in 1961, Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12. He entered The Juilliard School at age 17 and, shortly thereafter, joined the legendary Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Marsalis made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and has since recorded more than 70 jazz and classical albums which have garnered him nine Grammy Awards.

He is the only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year, in both 1983 and 1984.

In 1997, Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields. Recent recordings on the Blue Note label include Two Men with the Blues, featuring Willie Nelson (2008); He and She (2009); and Here We Go Again featuring Willie Nelson and Norah Jones (2011).

Tickets are $67 to $117.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center is located at 100 South St., Morristown. For tickets and information call the box office at 973-539-8008 or visit mayoarts.org.