Jason Olaine is Vice President of Programming for Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) where he manages the institution's season artistic concepts and concert performances in all major rooms at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, including Rose Theater (1200 capacity), The Appel Room (500 cap.) and Dizzy’s Club (140 cap.) as well as Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai (130 cap.) and partnerships in Coutances, France and US Virgin Islands, reporting directly to Wynton Marsalis since 2012. Mr. Olaine has more than 30 years of experience in jazz club and festival programming, record label and artist management, and is a GRAMMY® -winning record producer with more than 25 albums to his credit, from Roy Hargrove, Michael Brecker and Herbie Hancock to Joey Alexander, Elio Villafranca to Verve Remixed and Chris Potter. From 2008-12, he served as Artistic Director at the Newport Jazz Festival and JVC Jazz Festivals for George Wein, and Yoshi’s in San Francisco (2009-11) and Oakland (1993-99). From 2006-10, Mr. Olaine was General Manager of Monterey Jazz Festival Records and oversaw digitization and monetization of the storied festival’s 50-year archive, including producing first-ever releases by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Shirley Horn, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonious Monk, Tito Puente and many more. 

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