MCGJazz Season 40

Including the Count Basie Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon; Rick Braun; Gerald Albright; John Scofield; Stella Cole; The Spanish Harlem Orchestra; José James with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra; Billy Childs; Artist-in-Residence Benny Benack III; Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets; Arturo Sandoval; and the Django Festival All-Stars with Anat Cohen

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Byham Theater, Downtown

Wynton Marsalis leads his ensemble in a milestone season. At the conclusion of the 2026–2027 season, nearly 40 years after founding Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis will step down as Artistic Director and as Music Director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, making this one of his last performances with the group as its leader

The annual jazz celebration in Pittsburgh in support of democracy in action - more than 70 guest artists at the Heinz History Center

Anchored by Roger Humphries and the RH Factor and the Tim Stevens Project