“The orchestra [tore] through this music as if chasing the wind. Only a group of musicians who have toured together for so long…could have attained this kind of synchronicity.”
—Chicago Tribune
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Carolina Performing Arts blending swing, soul, and storytelling with their polished arrangements and iconic sound. Known for their tight-knit chemistry, the group brings energy, heart, and history to every performance. Get ready for a night that’s rich in rhythm, full of feeling, and alive with possibility.
Event Details
- Runtime: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Intermission: TBA
- Additional information: visit our FAQ page
- Late seating policy: TBA
Ticket & Discount Information
Tickets available starting at $49. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE Credit.
Discount Information
We offer several discounts for CPA series performances only. Partner and rental events are not eligible.
Important Notes:
- Discounts must be applied at the time of purchase and cannot be added retroactively.
- Only one discount can be used per order.
- We reserve the right to cancel tickets that do not follow these guidelines
Available Discounts:
Military & First Responders
- Discount: 15% off
- Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
- How to redeem: Use promo code SERVICE2526 online or call our box office
Seniors (65+)
- Discount: 15% off
- Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
- ID Required: Yes
- How to redeem: Use promo code SENIOR2526 online or call our box office
UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty & Staff
- Discount: 25% off
- Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
- ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC One Card)
- How to redeem:
- Current faculty/staff: Use promo code UNCFS2526
- Retired faculty/staff: Use promo code UNCRET2526
UNC Health Staff
- Discount: 25% off
- Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
- ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC Health ID)
- How to redeem: Use promo code UNCFS2526 online or call our box office
UNC-Chapel Hill Students
- Discount: $11 tickets (Zones 3, 4, and 5)
- Limit: 2 tickets per student, per performance
- ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC Student ID)
- How to redeem: Use promo code UNCST2526 online and select price type “UNC Student,” or call our box office
Non-UNC Students (K-College, Statewide)
- Discount: $11 tickets (Zones 3, 4, and 5)
- Limit: 2 tickets per student, per performance
- ID Required at Entry: Yes (Student ID)
- How to redeem: Use promo code GENST2526 online and select price type “Student (General),” or call our box office
Carolina Alumni Members
- Discount: 15% off
- Limit: 4 tickets per order
- How to redeem: Use promo code GAA2526 online or call our box office
Watch our video on applying discount codes when checking out!
Visit our FAQ page for more details.
Why We’re Presenting This
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis has appeared on the Memorial Hall stage 13 times across 20 CPA seasons. The Orchestra has become a cornerstone of CPA’s story. Their return reflects not just tradition, but a living, breathing relationship with the history of jazz — a genre rooted in resilience, expression, and cultural legacy. Through every performance, they honor that past while pushing the music forward, embodying the kind of artistic continuity and reinvention that speaks to the heart of what we believe in: that the arts are not only preserved, but carried forward through shared experience, memory, and renewal.
About Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Founded in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis tours the world performing a vast repertoire of music, from historic and rare compositions to commissioned works. The group’s compositions and arrangements include works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Charles Mingus, as well as new music from the group’s unrivalled collection of world-renowned composers and arrangers.
For more information on Jazz at Lincoln Center, please visit jazz.org.
About Wynton Marsalis
Marsalis (Music Director, Trumpet) is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961 to a musical family, Mr. Marsalis was gifted his first trumpet at age six by Al Hirt.
By eight, he began playing in the famed Fairview Baptist Church Band led by Danny Barker. Yet it was not until he turned 12 that Marsalis began his formal training on the trumpet. Subsequently, Marsalis began performing in bands all over the city, from the New Orleans Philharmonic and New Orleans Youth Orchestra to a funk band called the Creators. His passion for music rapidly escalated.
As a young teenager fresh out of high school, Marsalis moved to New York City in 1979 to attend The Juilliard School to study classical music. Once there, however, he found that jazz was calling him. His career quickly launched when he traded Juilliard for Art Blakey’s band, The Jazz Messengers.
For more information about Wynton Marsalis, please visit jazz.org/band-member/wynton-marsalis/.
Credits
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis, Music Director, trumpet
Ryan Kisor, trumpet
Kenny Rampton, trumpet
Marcus Printup, trumpet
Vincent Gardner, trombone
Chris Crenshaw, trombone
Elliot Mason, trombone
Sherman Irby, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Alexa Tarantino, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Chris Lewis, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet
Abdias Armenteros, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, The Zou Family Chair in Saxophone
Paul Nedzela, baritone and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet
Dan Nimmer, piano, The Zou Family Chair in Piano
Carlos Henriquez, bass, The Mandel Family Chair in honor of Kathleen B. Mandel
Obed Calvaire, drums
Program to be announced from the stage.
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