Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will play host to Jazz at Lincoln Center, taking the unusual step in ushering in their season with a one-night performance at the Bedford Park music house. Fittingly, the season will open with a performance by Carlos Henriquez, a Bronx-bred bassist and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, whose musical flair has taken him to perform in Cuba. Appropriately titled “Carlos Henriquez: Back in the Bronx,” Henriquez is expected to delight an audience with some familiar, velvety tunes alongside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and percussionists Bobby Allende and Marc Quinones. This year’s seasonal theme dubbed ‘Jazz and American Song,’ pays tribute to jazz overtures in cinema and stage, with some 80 concerts and programs scheduled.

Henriquez grew up in the South Bronx, absorbing some contemporary jazz beats that served as inspiration to pursue music. His storied career began at age 14, first performing at the People’s Park in Mott Haven, along Latin jazz greats Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri and Celia Cruz.           

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for “Carlos Henriquez: Back in the Bronx” at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts (250 Bedford Park Blvd. W) on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m., and all single tickets for the 2015-16 season. Tickets for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 28th season concerts can be purchased through jazz.org, 24 hours a day or via Center Charge at (212) 721-6500, open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (See Out & About under “Onstage.”)

–David Cruz

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