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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

The Democracy! Suite

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Photo of musician Wynton Marsalis

Piper Ferguson

Led by Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra presents the European Premiere of The Democracy! Suite as well as a selection drawn from their vast canon of jazz masterworks.

“Jazz music is the perfect metaphor for democracy,” says famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. 

At a time when America, and indeed, the whole world, finds itself at a crossroads, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer has been inspired to write a poignant work, The Democracy! Suite, which proves that the joy and beauty of jazz can bring us all closer together. Now a digital album from Marsalis and a septet composed of members of the famed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Democracy! Suite features impassioned compositions that are a reflection of turbulent times, urging us into action.

Presented as a two-part concert, a septet opens the show with the European Premiere of The Democracy! Suite followed by a selection of music performed by the full orchestra.

Come join us before the show and enjoy jazz music on our FreeStage, with special guests.

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Join us at the FreeStage 

Before tonight's main concert starts we have a great music line up at our FreeStage. See you there. 

6-6.30pm Dhiraj Kainth Quartet

6.40-7.10pm Special Guests 

Stage times

7.30pm – 8.15pm first half
8.15pm – 8.35pm interval
8.35pm – 9.20pm second half

Stage times are approximate and subject to change.

Produced by the Barbican

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