New Orleans Songbook

Mardi Gras may still be a couple months away, but music lovers can get an early taste of sultry sounds when Jazz at Lincoln Center stops by Gonzaga to play some of New Orleans’ signature jazz standards. The leading New York City jazz ensemble will bring a 10-piece band that includes pianist Luther S. Allison and singers Quiana Lynell and Milton Suggs to fully explore the soulful Black beauty of one of America’s signature art forms via tunes from Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ellis Marsalis and more. For at least one night, Gonzaga’s strongest associate with jazz won’t be John Stockton’s NBA team…

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: New Orleans Songbook • Wed, Jan. 22 at 7:30 pm • $42-$66 • Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center • 211 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzagaperformingarts.evenue.net