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Jazz at Lincoln Center is a new addition to the Lincoln Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Center) performing arts complex, located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. The complex opened in October, 2004.
The complex consists of three main music performance venues: the 1100-seat Frederick P. Rose Concert Hall, the 550-seat Allen Room (which features a 50 by 90-foot window overlooking Central Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park), and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, an intimate 140-seat jazz club. The complex also contains the Irene Diamond Education Center with rehearsal and recording rooms.
Resident artists include Wynton Marsalis (who is the Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center) and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
External links
Jazz at Lincoln Center website (http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org)
Jazz From Lincoln Center radio series (http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/radio/)
Arturo O'Farrill interview on LatinJazzClub.com (http://www.latinjazzclub.com/arturo_ofarrill.html)
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