The 2013-2014 season for Jazz at Lincoln Center brings performances, commissions and homages by some of the organization’s regulars and favorites — Ahmad Jamal, Dianne Reeves and its artistic director Wynton Marsalis, to name a few — but also a noticeable amount of contemporary and experimental jazz, the organization is expected to announce on Tuesday. [...]
Emerging Jazz Star Jonathan Baptiste: A Gumbo of Style, Passion and Performance
August 21, 2012 | Posted by
This summer, emerging jazz wunderkind Jonathan Batiste made his big screen debut with Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, following a recurring role on HBO’s Treme. The native of Kenner, Louisiana (also home to Wynton Marsalis) has been carving his path in the music industry since childhood and now draws sold-out crowds to venues including New [...]
