Improvisation asks everyone to risk what they think they know, and offers them an opportunity – through listening – to discover something new in themselves. Jazz shines a light on what we are allowing to slip away in our brittle and fractured world, making our art form more relevant today than ever before.”
– Maria Schneider

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December 2019

December 2019

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31 December

Create The Lifestyle You Really Desire

Streamer fish California halibut Pacific saury. Slickhead grunion lake trout. Canthigaster rostrata spikefish brown trout loach summer flounder

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08 December

New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra
studio performance of You Go To My Head

You Go To My Head, arranged for the New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra by Saxophonist and Co-Leader Steve Kortyka, is a haunting and original take on a familiar classic. Featured throughout are vocals by Alexa Barchini, as well as an inspired solo chorus by Tenor Saxophonist Jonathan Beshay. Credits Saxes: Steve…

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05 December

Melissa Aldana
Grammy nominee's 2020 tour

Each movement of the multi-media performance titled Visions for Frida Kahlo depicts a personal relationship that shaped Kahlo's life and influenced her artistic expression. Inspired by the way she believes Kahlo's works embrace trauma, reckoning, discomfort and pain, Aldana crafted each movement of the suite to help express - or begin…

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02 December

JLCO Holiday Tour
Big Band Holiday concerts

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis continues a beloved New York tradition that plays to sold-out audiences every December. Featuring guest vocalists Alexis Morrast and Denzal Sinclaire and soulful, big band versions of classics like “Jingle Bells” and “Joy to the World,” Big Band Holidays is an uplifting holiday program sure to get you into…

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