Forty-three albums in 19 years, and he still has time to tour.

Nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis will swing his jazz into Eisenhower Auditorium tomorrow night as part of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's tour, United in Swing.

Marsalis' career began during childhood when, at the age of 12, he played his first trumpet notes. Since then, he has recorded numerous albums and now sits atop LCJO as its music director.

Under Marsalis' leadership, the LCJO is a fifteen-piece jazz outfit specializing in breathtaking solos around the stage. Playing original material as well as drawing on the masterpieces of Louis Armstrong and John Coltrane, Marsalis and LCJO have been a driving force behind jazz's movement into American culture.

"It ties in a lot of different things," said Jesse Tampio, public relations associate of Jazz at Lincoln Center. "Jazz audiences are generally made up of all people of all sizes, shapes and skin."

Jazz as an entity is a modern, always-changing musical movement, but LCJO's covering of jazz legends isn't in tribute, but rather in spirit, Tampio said.

"The whole history of jazz is a modern development," Tampio said. "When we play Duke Ellington, it is to say that his work is timeless."

At Penn State, a growing acceptance of jazz has propelled the Center for Performing Arts to book more and more jazz concerts this year.

"The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra performance is certainly a highlight of the season and many jazz fans have been waiting for the performance with much anticipation," said Laura Sullivan, director of marketing and communications for the Center for the Performing Arts. "Some of the most influential jazz musicians, people who have changed the direction of jazz, have appeared here this year."

Preceding the show, LCJO performers, saxophonist Victor Goines and alto saxophonist Wess Anderson will entertain questions and hold discussion with the audience at 7 p.m. The show itself is scheduled to last two hours but Sullivan hasn't confirmed the length given by "United in Swing."

"If the musicians are connecting with the audience and the mood is right, it could go longer," Sullivan said.

Sponsored by Phillip Morris, "United in Swing" will be the Center for the Performing Arts' last jazz show this semester. More shows for next semester will be announced at the end of April.

LCJO has played in venues ranging from jazz clubs to public parks to riverboats, but Saturday night, they drop in on Eisenhower Auditorium.

Tickets are priced at $30 for general audience, $25 for students, and $15 for Penn State students and for children 12 and under.

The show starts at 8 p.m. preceded by the Artistic Viewpoint at 7 p.m.