The Barbican has unveiled further details of this summer’s international residency partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The United In Swing season features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests in a specially conceived concert series along with a programme of creative learning in London schools and at the Guildhall School of Music. There will also be performances in east London partner venues including a swing dance evening at Stoke Newington Town Hall, jam sessions at the Vortex in Dalston, and a special family concert at Hackney Empire.

The three main Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concerts will tell the story of the American jazz orchestra, celebrating 80 years of great big band music, from Jelly Roll Morton to the present day, curated by Wynton Marsalis.

Concerts include Thursday 17 June: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Swinging Beginnings (Barbican).

Friday 18 June: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Bebop and Beyond (Barbican).

Saturday 19 June: Big Band Britannia: Inspirations and Collaborations (Barbican) with eight decades of British big band music celebrated by a specially-assembled big band led by composer, arranger and trumpeter Guy Barker. The evening will also feature a special tribute to the pre-eminent figure in British big band jazz, the late Sir John Dankworth. A range of special guests from successive generations will include Stan Tracey, Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Soweto Kinch and Jason Yarde.

Sunday 20 June: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Modern Jazz Masters (Hackney Empire).

Sunday 20 June 3pm: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Jazz for Young People (Hackney Empire), an afternoon concert featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s specially prepared family programme, Nursery Song Swing.

Other events include A Midsummer Night’s Swing at Stoke Newington Town Hall on 17 June and jam sessions at the Vortex and the Hackney Empire Review Bar, as well as a jazz leadership day at the Barbican Theatre on 18 June and Essentially Ellington UK on 19 June.

Box Office for all concerts: 0845 120 7550 or go to www.barbican.org.uk