Glenn Close hosts this holiday broadcast that features the premiere of Marsalis’ “Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul” read by S. Epatha Merkerson.

Award-winning stage, screen and television actress Glenn Close hosts this broadcast, which features Jazz at Lincoln Center's artistic director and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leading an evening of joyous music and storytelling. Joining him are Wycliffe "Pinecone" Gordon, Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Victor Goines, Joe Temperley, "Papa" Don Vappie, Reginald Veal, Dan Nimmer and Herlin Riley, who will bring Big Easy-style holiday cheer to the Big Apple. The telecast will also feature the broadcast premiere of "Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul," a collaboration between Wynton Marsalis and Maya Angelou, read by award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson.