Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Orchestra to Play the Kimmel Center, 6/15

Led by legendary trumpeter, composer, and multitalented cultural phenomenon Wynton Marsalis, the versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the 25th anniversary of JLCO with Philadelphia performance on Saturday, June 15 at 8 p.m. in Verizon Hall.

The orchestra's 15 jazz soloists and ensemble players perform a program including the music of John Coltrane; best of Blue Note (Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon, etc.); and works by Chick Corea; Duke Ellington; Kings of the Crescent City (Armstrong, Jelly Roll, Bechet, King Oliver); and John Lewis and Gerry Mulligan.

Tickets are available from $35 to $80 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at kimmelcenter.org, at the KimMel Center box office, Broad & Spruce streets. (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

A trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator, New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture. He is the managing and artistic director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since its inception in 1992. Named one of "America's 25 Most Influential People" by Time magazine in 1996, Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on the Fields in 1997. He has performed on more than 45 jazz and classical recordings, which have garnered a total of nine Grammy Awards. In January 2009, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet performed at the White House for a private party in honor of President Barack Obama. Marsalis' upcoming March 2009 album, He and She, combines spoken word with music in a compelling narrative about life and love. In 2011, he collaborated with Willie Nelson and Norah Jones on Here We Go Again, his ongoing affiliation with Willie Nelson also includes Two Men with the Blues (2008).

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