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  • Video: Wynton Marsalis Quintet rehearsing with Jared Grimes in Marciac

    Posted on October 26th, 2007 in Video | 19

    On August 1, 2007, Wynton was in rehearsal with his Quintet for his August 2, 2007, concert at Jazz in Marciac. The following video-clip will take you behind the scenes to appreciate how the musicians played and interacted together. Master tap dancer: *Jared Grimes* was special guest.
    Quintet personnel was: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Walter Blanding (sax); Dan Nimmer (piano); Carlos Henriquez (bass); Ali Jackson (drums).

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  • Wynton Marsalis on Jazz at Lincoln Center and States’ Rights

    Posted on October 25th, 2007 in Profiles & Interviews

    Tonight’s Benny Carter Centennial kicks off Jazz at Lincoln Center’s fall/winter season, which boasts a lineup that’s sure to have aficionados mobbing the Allen Room each week. Artistic director Wynton Marsalis took time out from the festivities for a quick chat with Vulture about this year’s lineup, his plans for a Civil War opera, and what it’s like being the only jazzman anyone’s ever heard of.

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  • Wynton explains: What is Swing ?

    Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Concerts

    Hosted by Wynton, the Jazz for Young People® concert entitled “What is Swing” is the first family event of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2007-08 season. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) and Wynton demonstrate the importance of swing rhythms through performance and storytelling.

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  • Jazz Master’s Signature, Written in Sax and Brass

    Posted on October 22nd, 2007 in Review

    Benny Carter spread his aesthetic throughout jazz from the 1920s to the 1960s, and he did it in a number of ways. Jazz exists first in the public imagination through its soloist stars, and from the mid-’20s onward Carter was a great improviser — first on alto saxophone, then on trumpet — though he didn’t satisfy anyone’s picture of a jazz genius as a troubled, mercurial man-child; he was private and professional.   Keep reading »

  • Wynton to perform for Movado 60 years of Modern Design

    Posted on October 20th, 2007 in Concerts | 8

    On October 24, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m, Wynton will perform at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (2 East 91st Street, New York) for the Special Exhibit of Nathan George Horwitt Archives…   Keep reading »

  • Wynton playing the music of Gil Evans at JALC

    Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Concerts | 4

    On October 25, 26, 27 , at Rose Theater, the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis eases into the lilting, richly textured and deeply romantic world of one of jazz’s pre-eminent arrangers and the master of impressionistic sound, the legendary Gil Evans with selections from Sketches of Spain, Porgy and Bess and more.
    Wynton will rehearse the music for the concert with the JLCO on October 23, 24, at Rose Theater.

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  • Wynton’s scores coming from February 2008

    Posted on October 18th, 2007 in News | 19

    Wynton’s scores will be available from February 2008.

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  • Video: Wynton interviewed by Culture Catch

    Posted on October 13th, 2007 in Profiles & Interviews, Video | 2

    Recently, Wynton was interviewed in the Rose Theater by the staff of Culture Catch.

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  • Wynton plays for the Benny Carter Centennial

    Posted on October 11th, 2007 in Concerts | 1

    From October 15-21, Jazz at Lincoln Center opens the 2007-08 season with the Benny Carter Centennial throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall on Broadway at 60th St. in New York City . Wynton with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will perform the music of this legendary jazz musician on October 19 & 20, 2007. Anchor and Managing Editor of “NBC Nightly News” Brian Williams will host the October 19th concert and former New York Giants running back and “Today Show” correspondent Tiki Barber will host the October 20th concert.

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  • Set lists for JLCO concerts in September 2007

    Posted on October 8th, 2007 in Music | 5

    Many of you asked for set list of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) while they were on tour last September. Following you’ll find the complete songs performed by the orchestra while on tour.

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