A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration

The Muppet Performers and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years & Counting is a Sesame Street concert held at the Rose Theater in Lincoln Center on October 25 and 26, 2019. The concert featured the Muppet cast joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis performing new jazz arrangements of classic Sesame Street songs in celebration of the show's 50th anniversary.

An edited version of the concert aired on PBS on October 30, 2020, using footage from both concert sessions. A digital album with most of the music from the concert was released the same day. A digital video album was released on iTunes on November 27, 2020.

The event was originally announced to take place February 7-9, 2019.^[1]

Set List

Act I

"Sesame Street Theme" - Big Bird, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby

arranged by Kenny Rampton

"Rubber Duckie" - Ernie

arranged by Christopher Crenshaw

"It Feels Good When You Sing a Song" - Elmo and Hoots the Owl

arranged by Marcus Printup

"Sing After Me" - Abby and Big Bird

arranged by Victor Goines

"One of These Things" / "Three of These Things" - Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Herry Monster

arranged by Sherman Irby

"Elmo's Song" - Elmo

arranged by Kenny Rampton

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" - Ernie, Abby, and Big Bird

arranged by Wynton Marsalis

Act II

"Mah Na Mah Na" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
"Put Down the Duckie" - Ernie and Hoots

arranged by Carlos Henriquez

"Ladybugs' Picnic" - Count von Count, Rosita, and Abby

arranged by Sherman Irby

"The People in Your Neighborhood" - Rosita, Elmo, Mr. Johnson, and Abby

arranged by Ted Nash

"It's a Circle" - Ernie and Bert

arranged by Victor Goines

"Pinball Number Count" - Count von Count, the Sirloin Sisters and a number 50

arranged by Carlos Henriquez

"Super Grover Theme" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
"Believe in Yourself" - Super Grover, Elmo, Abby

arranged by Christopher Crenshaw

"Sing" - Company

arranged by Ted Nash

Notes

For the PBS airing, the first rendition of "Three of These Things," "Mah Na Mah Na," "It's a Circle," and Ernie and Grover's routine after "Ladybug's Picnic" were cut.