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SSJazz2019

PBS title screen

SesameJazz-Puppeteers

The Muppet Performers and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

SesameJazz-ElmoHoots

"It Feels Good When You Sing a Song"

SesameJazz-Things

"Three of These Things"

SesameJazz-Moon

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"

SesameJazz-Grover

Grover in the audience.

SesameJazz-Pinball

"Pinball Number Count"

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.

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

Set List[]

Act I

Act II

  • "Mah Na Mah Na" - The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
    arranged by Wynton Marsalis
  • "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.

Credits[]

Event Program[]

Playbills were given out at this event, with a special insert pertaining to the concert.

See also[]

Sources[]

  1. "Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2018-19 Season", WyntonMarsalis.org, February 28, 2018.
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