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Portraits of America: A Jazz Story at Rose Theater

Courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center | Posted on March 15, 2018

Where

Rose Theater
33 West 60th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-258-9800

When

Fri, June 7, 2019
8:00 pm

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About

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis closes the season with a new collaboration bridging visual art and jazz composition. In partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, JLCO members have spent the past year exploring centuries’ worth of American art, ranging from masterworks to lesser-known gems in the Museum's collection. Each musician was asked to select a single work of art as inspiration for a new original composition.
This new collection of music will be performed by the JLCO for the first time tonight. Every song will be accompanied by a visual display of the artwork that inspired it, transforming Rose Theater into a one-of-a-kind art gallery. Thanks to a close collaboration between Jazz at Lincoln Center’s light technicians and the Crystal Bridges team, each work of art will be presented in a way that highlights key details connecting it to the live music....

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