Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Afro!

Name: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Afro!
Start: 2025-09-17T19:30:00-04:00
Location: UMass Fine Arts Center

Schedule

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

UMass Fine Arts Center | Amherst, MA

With Shenel Johns and Weedie Braimah
Join us as we open our fiftieth anniversary season with a truly special performance by the most celebrated and prestigious ensemble in American classical music. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will be joined by extraordinary vocalist Shenel Johns and Ghanaian djembe virtuoso Weedie Braimah for Afro!, an exploration of jazz’s deep roots in African music. This will be the first ever live performance of this new commission by Wynton Marsalis as the Fine Arts Center collaborates on a two-day world premiere event that will conclude at Lincoln Center on September 18.