The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis to perform at K-State Sept. 26
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
McCain Performance Series tickets are available now for the Sept. 26 performance of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at Kansas State University's McCain Auditorium. | Download this photo.
MANHATTAN — The 2023-2024 McCain Performance Series continues a star-studded opening month with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Kansas State University's McCain Auditorium.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra includes 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today. Led by Marsalis, the orchestra performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Benny Goodman and many others.
Marsalis is the managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and a world-renowned trumpeter and composer. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961, Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12, entered The Juilliard School at age 17, and then joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He made his recording debut as a leader in 1982 and has since recorded more than 60 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983, he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year — a feat he repeated in 1984.
Tickets are available online at mccain.k-state.edu or at the ticket office in the McCain lobby from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Tickets are also available by phone at 785-532-6428 during the same hours. Kids 17 and younger get 50% off the general price of admission for this show.
For more information, email mccain@k-state.edu.
