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Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis return to the Barbican in July 2012
The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis return to the Barbican for their second International Associate residency in July 2012. Following on from their critically acclaimed visit in 2010, the second residency will give audiences the opportunity to experience music performed by some of America’s finest jazz musicians in concerts, workshops, masterclasses, professional development events and talks.
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Swing Symphony World Premiere, JALC’s Barbican Residency Reviewed
During the dates June 9-13, 2010 Wynton and the JLCO premiered “Swing Symphony” (Symphony No. 3) with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Hackney Empire, London
Given the crippling costs of keeping 15 musicians in gainful employ, big bands are largely a thing of the past. But this sumptuous performance by Wynton Marsalis’s stellar unit was a reminder that an orchestra remains a vital resource to any jazz musician. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Wynton Marsalis, Barbican, London
American trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has trenchant views on what is appropriate to jazz, and what defines it. Chief among them is the notion of swing – hence “United in Swing” was the overarching title of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s Barbican residency, the first by an international associate orchestra Keep reading »
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Lunchtime keynote address by Wynton Marsalis at Barbican Centre
Wynton Marsalis looked on, slightly bemused. The man with thirty-one honorary degrees from American universities including Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Howard and Yale, nine Grammy awards, a Pulitzer prize, an honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music, the National Medal of Arts, a statue in bronze in Marciac, the title of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis, Barbican, review
For many jazz lovers, big-band music is a sideshow in what is essentially a small-scale, chamber art. Wynton Marsalis doesn’t see it that way. Keep reading »
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Roots and rites of swing from Wynton Marsalis
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, as the old aphorism has it, but Wynton Marsalis is pushing it a stage further. United in Swing, described as the Barbican’s first international residency, involves his orchestra in a hectic schedule of concerts, jam sessions and education projects in east London, based on the notion that, given encouragement and expert tuition, any kind of people can swing. And there, reluctantly, we must part company. Keep reading »
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The Barbican Announces Jazz at Lincoln Center Residency: United in Swing 2010
The Barbican is proud to announce the details of its first International Residency Series. The partnership with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis along with a stellar group of JALC musicians offers audiences at the Barbican and in East London the opportunity to experience some of the best big band music in the world, played by a selection of Americas finest jazz musicians.
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Wynton playing at Barbican Hall
I saw the Duke Ellington Orchestra once, when Duke was dying, and his leading soloists were winding down their musical lives. But it still sounded like a group of inspired chancers who liked mixing order and happenstance.
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The Wynton Marsalis Quintet: live from Abbey Road Studios
On August 4, 2006, Wynton was in London with his quintet to record the show entitled “Live from Abbey Road”. Check out a video from the performance:
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