Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis releases new album: Marsalis and the Masters

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis releases new album:

Marsalis and the Masters

Featuring Wynton Marsalis’ Arrangements of Works by Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Bud Powell, Moacir Santos, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea.

Available via Blue Engine Records,

and streaming on all digital platforms.

New York, NY (November 13, 2026): Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house record label, today releases Marsalis and the Masters, a new live recording from the peerless Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing a repertoire spanning five decades of jazz’s evolution.

 

Recorded live at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall on Sept. 17–19, 2026, Marsalis and the Masters demonstrates Marsalis’ innovative and incisive orchestral arrangements of works by jazz masters Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Bud Powell, Moacir Santos, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean,Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea. The concerts exemplified “what Jazz at Lincoln Center does best,” said The New York Sun, “combining the new with the old, the fresh with the familiar.”

On performances of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” Chick Corea’s “Humpty Dumpty,” Wayne Shorter’s “Infant Eyes,” Moacir Santos’ “Lemurianos,” Ornette Coleman’s “Peace,” and more, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra honors the musicians, composers, and bandleaders whose musicianship and vision have shaped jazz across generations. The concert was performed as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2026-27 season, which celebrates Wynton Marsalis’ far-ranging contributions both to the institution and to the music itself—and this recording gives audiences a taste of what they might experience as the season’s remaining concerts take place.

A testament to Marsalis’ imagination and insight as an arranger, Marsalis and the Masters documents the world’s premier big band in real time, capturing its expressive range, virtuosity, and collective swing.

Marsalis and the Masters is available on all digital platforms. For more information, visit jazz.org/masters.

PERSONNEL

THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Wynton Marsalis, music director, trumpet

Ryan Kisor, trumpet

Kenny Rampton, trumpet

Marcus Printup, trumpet

Vincent Gardner, trombone, sousaphone

Chris Crenshaw, trombone

Elliot Mason, trombone

Sherman Irby, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet

Veronica Leahy, alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet

Chris Lewis, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet

Abdias Armenteros, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet

Paul Nedzela, baritone and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet

Dan Nimmer, piano

Carlos Henriquez, bass

Obed Calvaire, drums

TRACK LISTING

1. “Appointment in Ghana” composed by Jackie McLean

2. “Peace” composed by Ornette Coleman

3. “Lemurianos” composed by Moacir Santos

4. “Ugly Beauty” composed by Thelonious Monk

5. “Giant Steps” composed by John Coltrane

6. “The Pearls” composed by Jelly Roll Morton

7. “Bluette” composed by Dave Brubeck

8. “Humpty Dumpty” composed by Chick Corea

9. “Infant Eyes” composed by Wayne Shorter

10. “Un Poco Loco” composed by Bud Powell

All Arrangements by Wynton Marsalis

About Blue Engine Records:

Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s platform that makes its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere, launched on June 30, 2015. Blue Engine Records releases new studio and live recordings as well as archival recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s performance history that date back to 1987 and are part of the R. Theodore Ammon Archives and Music Library. Since the institution’s founding in 1987, each year’s programming is conceived and developed by Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis with a vision toward building a comprehensive library of iconic and wide-ranging compositions that, taken together, make up a canon of music. These archives include accurate, complete charts for the compositions–both old and new–performed each season. Coupled with consistently well-executed and recorded music performed by Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, this archive has grown to include thousands of songs from hundreds of concert dates. The launch of Blue Engine aligns with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s efforts to cultivate existing jazz fans worldwide and turn new audiences on to jazz. For more information on Blue Engine Records, visit blueenginerecords.org.