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  • Wynton to be featured on Colbert Report

    Posted on October 17th, 2008 in News | 3

    On Monday 20, Wynton will be the featured guest on THE COLBERT REPORT, on Comedy Central!

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  • Get a free Jazz Book with special fall promotion on Wynton’s stuff

    Posted on October 14th, 2008 in News | 1

    Wynton's store on Music Today has a special promotion for Fall 2008. - Free Jazz Book with every order - 20% off CDs and Videos - 25% off clothing - 30% off books Check all the items available on…   Keep reading »

  • Marciac 2008 Video: The Septet plays Sunflowers and The Majesty of The Blues

    Posted on October 11th, 2008 in Video | 6

    Our Marciac 2008 video series continues with two new video clips filmed on August 6-7, 2008. The following video clips will show you the Wynton Marsalis Septet rehearsing two great tunes from Wynton’s albums entitled: “The Marciac Suite” and “The Majesty of The Blues”.
    Septet personnel was: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Wycliffe Gordon (trombone); Victor Goines (tenor sax, bass clarinet); Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson (alto sax); Marcus Roberts (piano); Reginald Veal (bass); Herlin Riley (drums).

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  • Wynton on social networks and iPhone

    Posted on October 8th, 2008 in News | 1

    If you are interested in social networks now you can add Wynton's page on the most popular ones. Check his pages on: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo and hi5. Moreover, if you use the iPhone to browse…   Keep reading »

  • Wynton Marsalis & The Glories of Jazz

    Posted on October 8th, 2008 in Profiles & Interviews

    In his new book, “Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life,” Wynton Marsalis celebrates his passion. This generation’s global jazz emissary explains how a life lived under the spell of swing rhythm and imagination helps the body, mind and spirit soar.   Keep reading »

  • Marciac 2008 Video: The Septet plays “Altar Call” and “Son”

    Posted on October 3rd, 2008 in Video | 1

    Our Marciac 2008 video series continues with two new video clips filmed on August 6-7, 2008. The following video clips will show you the Septet rehearsing two great tunes from Wynton’s album: “In This House, On This Morning”.
    Septet personnel was: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Wycliffe Gordon (trombone); Victor Goines (tenor sax, bass clarinet); Wes “WarmDaddy” Anderson (alto sax); Marcus Roberts (piano); Reginald Veal (bass); Herlin Riley (drums).

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  • Pre-order the new DVD: Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center New York City

    Posted on October 1st, 2008 in Music | 10

    On October 28, 2008, Eagle Eye Media will release “Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center New York City” on DVD by Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson.

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  • Video: Ahmad Jamal performing with Wynton at JALC

    Posted on September 26th, 2008 in Video | 1

    On September 18-20, 2008, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened its 2008-09 season, with master of jazz piano, Ahmad Jamal, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing in Rose Theater.

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  • Marsalis’ new work snappy, satisfying

    Posted on September 26th, 2008 in Review

    Even Wynton Marsalis would admit that brevity has never been his strong suit as a composer. His Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz oratorio “Blood on the Fields” ran three hours, and his previous classically oriented works include the 45-minute string quartet “Octoroon Balls” and the 100-minute oratorio “All Rise” for orchestra, jazz band and chorus.   Keep reading »

  • Ahmad Jamal at JALC’s season opening concert

    Posted on September 25th, 2008 in Review

    When Ahmad Jamal mentioned that it’s been 50 years since “that” recording in Chicago—the renowned At the Pershing: But Not For Me which he recorded as a member of the Pershing Hotel’s house trio in 1958—his longevity and scope as a pianist quickly came into perspective and overwhelmed me. Few pianists, let alone jazz musicians, can claim such an expansive career. That the majority of this setlist came only from the latter 20 years of his repertoire was an additional testament to his continuing presence as one of jazz’s great pianists and innovators. But at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s season opening concert series in Rose Hall Jamal humbly eschewed his celebrated stature, opting to cherish the Hall’s demure acoustics, his quartet’s deft phrasing, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s superb arrangements and soloing.   Keep reading »