Apr 29, 2025 11:53 AM
Vocalist Andy Bey Dies at 85
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
This summer, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) with Wynton Marsalis will extend its United in Swing Tour internationally. The LCJO will kick off the Summer 2002 Tour with three outdoor performances in New York City. On July 4, the LCJO will perform a free afternoon concert at Historic Battery Park, also featuring the Juilliard
Jazz Ensemble and the debut performance of the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. The LCJO will also make an appearance at the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival in Prospect Park on July 5, and Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center on July 6.
The LCJO will then perform concerts in halls and festivals in France, Italy, Switzerland, and England. These include a collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, a swing dance program at the world-renowned BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in London, and a performance celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Marciac Jazz Festival in France (where Marsalis performs annually).
On this tour, the LCJO will perform a different program every night, drawing on a vast repertoire that spans the history of jazz – including masterpieces by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and others, as well as original compositions and arrangements by Mr. Marsalis and fellow LCJO members Ted Nash, Ron Westray and others.
For a complete schedule, go to www.jazzatlincolncenter.org.
“It kind of slows down, but it’s still kind of productive in a way, because you have something that you can be inspired by,” Andy Bey said on a 2019 episode of NPR Jazz Night in America, when he was 80. “The music is always inspiring.”
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