EditorialMichael Arenella, a bandleader, attends the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York, June 11, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste raises his fist during a performance outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn on June 19, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste raises his fist during a performance outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn on June 19, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste raises his fist during a performance outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn on June 19, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste raises his fist during a performance outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn on June 19, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste raises his fist during a performance outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn on June 19, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmerican bandleader and composer Duke Ellington posing with his orchestra on a stage at the Regal Theatre, Chicago. L-R includes: Freddy Jenkins, Wellman Braud, Cotie Williams, Harry Carney, Juan Tizol, Johnny Hodges, Tricky Sam Nanton, Barney Bigard, ...
EditorialThe composer and bandleader Etienne Charles, center, exits the stage after premiering “San Juan Hill” during the grand re-opening event for David Geffen Hall in New York on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste, bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” leads the Stay Human band along a Brooklyn street during their NY PopsUp event, in New York, Feb. 20, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialJohnny Pacheco performs in a concert marking his 50th anniversary in the music business, at Madison Square Garden in New York, Oct. 20, 2006. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe musician and bandleader Jon Batiste at the Pyer Moss Met Gala afterparty at Junior’s Restaurant in Brooklyn early on Tuesday morning, Sept. 14, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialLarry Harlow conducts a performance of his "Hommy: A Latin Opera" as part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors series in New York, July 23, 2014. (Ruby Washington/The New York Times)
EditorialJon Batiste, bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” leads the Stay Human band along a Brooklyn sidewalk during their NY PopsUp event, in New York, Feb. 20, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialAmerican jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis laughs while holding his trumpet and standing in front of two kettle drums in a recording studio. 1959.
EditorialJazz pianist, composer and bandleader, Gil Evans. He played an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz and jazz fusion, and collaborated extensively with Miles Davis.
EditorialAmerican jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis laughs while holding his trumpet and standing in front of two kettle drums in a recording studio. 1959.
EditorialEarly promotional portrait of American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, wearin a white shirt and jacket, in a double exposure of him playing the piano. 1935.
EditorialAmerican bandleader and composer Duke Ellington posing with his orchestra on a stage at the Regal Theatre, Chicago. L-R includes: Freddy Jenkins, Wellman Braud, Cotie Williams, Harry Carney, Juan Tizol, Johnny Hodges, Tricky Sam Nanton, Barney Bigard, ...