NEW YORK (AP) – Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis offered thanks over the holiday weekend to fans who have stuck with him through the years by presenting a free concert in the intimate setting of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

About 130 tickets to Marsalis' Fan Appreciation Concert were distributed randomly among the thousands of subscribers to his e-newsletter. An additional 14,000 fans watched a free live stream of Sunday night's performance by Marsalis' quintet on his Facebook page, according to his executive assistant, Meghan Thornton.

After the concert, Marsalis spent 90 minutes signing autographs, meeting and greeting fans who ranged in age from 12 to 70 and who came from 12 states and Ontario, Canada.

"I've been out here for about 30 years. ... I've played a lot of different kinds of music. I've gone from playing small band music to big band music ... writing music, and through all this entire time I've had a core of people who have supported me and really sustained my artistic inventions," Marsalis said in a post-concert interview.

"I wanted to have the opportunity to give a number of my fans a chance to come hear us play a small band concert in an informal setting, come to the House of Swing and ... give them a more intimate look at what we are doing."