The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis present music of the Americas through the lens of four pioneering giants of jazz. Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Charles Mingus singularly pursued ancestral music, particularly from Africa and Latin America, and used their discoveries to broaden the horizons of their artistry and create new terrain for jazz.... Read More
Valerie June
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Friday, February 13, 2015 , 10pm CARNEGIE HALL -  Zankel Hall Seventh Avenue (Between 56th and 57th Streets) Manhattan Tennessee-born singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Valerie June is inspired by country, folk, blues, and traditional Appalachian music. With a voice that “falls in a lineage line between Eartha Kitt and Erykah Badu, with hints of the young Esther Phillips and even Dolly Parton” (All Music Guide), June accompanies herself on guitar, banjo, and lap steel to create a unique brand of Americana that she describes as “organic moonshine roots.”  Phone:... Read More
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