LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HIGHER GROUND HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 8 - 11 PM ALL-STAR JAZZ CONCERT BROADCAST NATIONWIDE ON PBS Featured Artists Include Wynton Marsalis, Laurence Fishburne, Terence Blanchard, Ken Burns, Shirley Caesar, Cyrus Chestnut, Peter Cincotti, Bill Cosby, Elvis Costello, Aaron Neville, Robert De Niro, Renee Fleming, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Abbey Lincoln, Bette Midler, Toni Morrison, Arturo O'Farill, Dianne Reeves, Paul Simon, Meryl Streep, James Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Robin Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Buckwheat Zydeco, and many others Beverly Sills hosts and
Tavis Smiley anchors the PBS telecast Radio Broadcasts on National Public Radio, XM Satellite Radio and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM The Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Live From Lincoln Center, will broadcast a special nationwide broadcast of Jazz at Lincoln Center's Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, live from the Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall on Saturday, September 17. The broadcast is a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York and will be shown on PBS stations from 8:00-11:00 p.m. ET, and continue until 12 midnight on WNET and on other participating stations around the country. (check local listings). Lincoln Center will make the broadcast feed available to other networks including BET, BET Jazz, VH1 Soul/Classics, and Link TV. During the television broadcasts phone numbers will be shown on screen so that viewers can make donations to the Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund, the American Red Cross, and Salvation Army. The Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund was established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the musicians, music industry related enterprises and other individuals and entities from the areas in Greater New Orleans who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina and to provide other general hurricane relief. Higher Ground will also be broadcast on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM and WNYC, New York Public Radio 93.9 FM, in the New York City area, and internationally via National Public Radio Worldwide. XM Satellite Radio will carry this concert live on its network from coast to coast on channel 70, the Real Jazz channel. The concert will also be streamed live on NPR, WBGO JAZZ 88.3FM, and XM Radio.
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