Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala: Innovation + Soul

Jazz at Lincoln Center is proud to announce the 2021 gala, Innovation + Soul hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater and honoring Jon Batiste and Charles & Karen C. Philips. Enjoy special appearances by President Bill Clinton, dancer Lil Buck, conguero/vocalist Pedrito Martinez, vocalist Veronica Swift, actress Anna Deavere Smith, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Together they will perform a collection of innovative and soulful arrangements in celebration of the contemporary sounds that have defined jazz as we know it.