Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill

Prior to 1910, the Upper West Side’s San Juan Hill neighborhood (now Lincoln Square) was home to one of the largest Black populations. Here, musical influences across a variety of cultures thrived, and styles like swing and bebop took root before becoming international sensations. Lincoln Center celebrates the cross-cultural musical innovation of San Juan Hill during this time with performances by rising star Andre Perlman and his jazz ensemble and moderated by Loren Schoenberg, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.