U.S. trumpeter Wynton Marsalis will lead his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for a show at Shenzhen Poly Theater.
Wynton Marsalis
Marsalis is a composer and artistic director of the orchestra. He has been awarded nine Grammy Awards and his “Blood on the Fields” was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr. (pianist), grandson of Ellis Marsalis Sr., and brother of Branford (saxophonist), Delfeayo (trombonist) and Jason (drummer).
In 1987, Marsalis helped start the Classical Jazz summer concert series at Lincoln Center in New York City. The success of the series led to Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra becoming a department at Lincoln Center, then to becoming an independent entity in 1996 with organizations such as the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. The orchestra performs at its home venue, Rose Hall, goes on tour, visits schools and produces albums.
In 2011, Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together and the concert was recorded and released as the album “Play the Blues: Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center.”
Time: 8 p.m., March 23
Tickets: 80-1,080 yuan
Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road 5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)
Metro: Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E