2026 Jazz @thePoint: Wycliffe Gordon

Musical ambassador and interpreter of “America’s” music, Wycliffe Gordon is one of the world’s most renowned and award-winning jazz trombonists touring today. His signature sound and mastery of the plunger mute have helped solidify his impressive musical career. A veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an original member of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Gordon has also been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center” series, and arranged the theme song to NPR’s “All Things Considered,” which is heard daily across the globe. Gordon has performed with David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, Rene Marie, Dianne Reeves, Anat Cohen, Ricky Skaggs, Arturo Sandoval, Doc Severinsen, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Flanagan, Shirley Horn, Joe Henderson, Eric Reed, Randy Sandke, and Branford Marsalis, among others. Gordon’s CD “Hello, Pops: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong” pays homage to his personal musical hero, and includes songs that were favorites of Armstrong’s, in addition to several originals composed by Gordon, including “Pops for President” and “Meatball 123” (where Gordon is on tuba, trombone and trumpet). He is a Yamaha Performing Artist and has his own line of Wycliffe Gordon Pro Signature Mouthpieces by Pickett Brass.

Tickets are $40.