Journey Through Jazz: The Great American Songbook The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra brings Journey Through Jazz: The Great American Songbook to Frederick P. Rose Hall, with Chris Crenshaw as music director. This edition of the orchestra’s performance-and-narrative series turns to American popular song, pairing iconic arrangements with fresh takes on familiar classics. The 15-piece orchestra is joined by guest vocalists, though the available information does not name them. Expect a program that uses the Great American Songbook as both repertoire and a route into jazz fundamentals.

New York’s resident orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the JLCO is a 15-piece collective of instrumentalists, soloists, composers, arrangers and educators. Journey Through Jazz is described by the organization as a popular, informative series, built around performance and narrative, while the orchestra’s wider repertoire moves between classic arrangements and new perspectives. Its collaborations have included Kurt Elling, Shenel Johns, Joe Lovano, Walter Blanding and Naseer Shamma, on other programs. Reviewing the ensemble, The Guardian praised its “graceful blend of swing grooves,” “languid rigour” and “concise improv.”