In the first of JALC’s family-friendly concerts this season, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra presents an introduction to the master saxophonist-composer John Coltrane (1926-67), who distilled his experiences into music on the highest technical, intellectual, and spiritual level–and in doing so, changed the course of jazz expression.

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Latin Jazz fuses intoxicating Afro-Caribbean and Pan-American rhythms with the elevated harmonic structure and instrumental virtuosity of jazz. Genial virtuoso pianist-composer-arranger Arturo O’Farrill, founder and artistic director of the GRAMMY award winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, will lead his group in introducing families to the idiom’s concepts and historical timeline.

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