For over three decades, Jazz at Lincoln Center has been a global advocate for jazz, culture, and arts education. Under the direction of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center has brought the art form of jazz from the heart of New York City to over 446 cities in more than 40 countries.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents touring initiative features up-and-coming musicians who have been identified as rising stars by the iconic New York institution. The initiative also allows for the expansion of the mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center “to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy.
After the success of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Songs We Love tour, this new and highly anticipated touring project from Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents celebrates the Great American Songbook in all of its playful — and sophisticated glory — brought to life by two of this generation’s brightest stars.
Each armed with prodigious trumpet talent and vocal charm, Bria Skonberg and Benny Benack will re-live and re-imagine some of the classic partners in jazz and popular song, including Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby and Dean Martin, and Peggy Lee. Featuring songs by Gershwin, Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and many more and joined by a who’s who of New York all-stars, this is an “unforgettable” evening of singin’ and swingin’ with Bria and Benny.
