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Summer 2003, Wynton playing in Milan
On July 21, 2003 the Wynton Marsalis Septet performed at the Blue Note in Milan, with Francesco Cafiso playing as guest. Enjoy some videos from that concert.
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The Wynton Marsalis Septet And Curtis Stigers At Rose Theater
Wynton and Curtis Stigers will headline the concert, All That Jazz: Now That’s HIP! At Rose Theater on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 8pm. The Wynton Marsalis’ Septet and Curtis Stigers will present each of their two distinct approaches to jazz.
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For the first half of the night, Curtis Stigers will push the boundaries of conventional jazz with his strong voice and soothing saxophone. Mr. Stigers will be joined by Matthew Fries on Piano, Phil Palombi on Bass and Keith Hall on drums. For the second half, Wynton, with his quintet, will demonstrate the virtuosity and energy that has made him a household name. -
An Epic History of Black Experience, in Music and Movement
Garth Fagan and Wynton Marsalis have been friends for more than 20 years, and since 1991 have collaborated frequently. Wednesday night at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, to open a run through Sunday of Garth Fagan Dance, Mr. Marsalis and his septet played live for a lovely revival of their first collaboration, “Griot New York,” first seen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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The fan club beginnings… Part VI (The legend of Buddy Bolden)
..Buddy Bolden could play so loud, he could make the rain stay up in the sky.
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Wynton and Garth Fagan Dance performing Griot New York
On November 9, 2005, the choreographer Garth Fagan celebrates his 35th-anniversary season with a one-night-only reprise of Griot New York, with live music by the Wynton Marsalis Septet, at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall.
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The fan club beginnings… Part IV (Stardust)
Rome, 1993.
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Wynton was playing with his septet, and in this video-clip he plays a ballad.
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The fan club beginnings… Part III (Wynton and Olympia Brass Band)
Perugia (Italy), July 16, 1993. In the following video-clip, Wynton is jamming with members of his Septet and Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band in the courtyard of the hotel “La Rosetta”. What a joyful performance
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The fan club beginnings…
We ditigized an old VHS tape containing some Wynton’s concerts filmed at the beginning of our fan club.
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Wynton and the 4th Annual Spring Gala at the Apollo Theatre
On Monday, June 6, 2005 at 7:30pm, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce a special evening with some of music’s greatest talents: the Wynton Marsalis Septet with Lyle Lovett, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Robert Downey, Jr., Wynonna Judd, and Tom Jones.
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Old Friends Get Together, Feeling Right at Home
When Wynton Marsalis performs with his septet in New York these days, it is a special occasion. He toured Europe with the band a few years ago, but his duties at Lincoln Center as well as his ambitions to compose large works for big ensembles reached critical mass in the late 1990’s. So the septet faded into the background.
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But it’s good to be reminded of what it achieved. On Wednesday, at Rose Theater, the band entered from stage left, the musicians chanting in a slow single-file entrance, moving and stomping their feet in parade rhythm. As soon as they took their positions and dug into the tune—it was Mr. Marsalis’s “Ain’ No”—they flooded the acoustical space in the room.