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Wynton Marsalis, Keeper of the Jazz Flame
Wynton Marsalis was on the cover of Time as the avatar of the “New Jazz Age.” His central role in reviving the genre is thanks partly to his gorgeous, virtuosic trumpet-playing, and partly to his founding of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Keep reading »
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BBC Sounds: The Business of Beethoven
In the company of some of the foremost Beethoven proponents - pianist Stephen Hough, violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Hope and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Keep reading »
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Blue Engine Records announces four winter releases, including The Music of Wayne Shorter featuring Wayne Shorter
On the heels of Blue Engine Records’ banner 2019, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house recording label proudly announces plans to release four new albums featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in January and February of 2020. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis symphony at Philadelphia Orchestra an aerobic workout that inspired fight and flight
Such was the terse introduction by guest conductor Cristian Macelaru at the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Saturday outing with Wynton Marsalis’ Blues Symphony. More couldn’t credibly be said prior to the rambunctious, seven-movement, hour-long, high-traffic, multi-genre, multi-everything monster of a symphony that could well have devoured the Kimmel Center and the rest of Philadelphia along with it. Keep reading »
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Ken Burns American Heritage Prize to be awarded to Wynton Marsalis
American Prairie Reserve is proud to announce that Wynton Marsalis has been named the recipient of the 2020 “Ken Burns American Heritage Prize”:http://www.kenburnsprize.com. The award will be presented May 6, 2020, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Keep reading »
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Exploring American history with musician and composer Wynton Marsalis
See what happens when jazz and blues meet classical composition during the Philadelphia Orchestra’s limited run of Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner Wynton Marsalis’s symphony. The seven movements paint scenes from important points throughout American history with evolving sounds and rhythm. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: Interdependent Leadership
Wynton Marsalis, since the early 1980s the most acclaimed jazz artist of his generation, apprenticed with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers after hitting the music scene as a double threat trumpeter of American jazz and European concert music. Keep reading »
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World Premiere Of Transformation With Glenn Close And Ted Nash Features Music Performed by The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
From January 30–February 1, 2020 at 8 p.m. in Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center will present the world premiere one of its most unique concert events to date: the groundbreaking new work Transformation with Glenn Close and Ted Nash. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis and gang bring spirit of Christmas to Lied Center
Next to the arrival of Santa’s sleigh, a holiday concert performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra may be the most anticipated event of the Christmas season. Keep reading »
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The Sound of Joy: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Brightens The Palladium with Big Band Holidays
The strain of melody, the symbolism of “Stille Nacht… Silent Night” took me back, years ago with my family, into the ascent upward and into the simple structure, a lone guitar and the small choir swelling into “Heilige Nacht” as we all sang from the pit of our stomach to the uplift of soul, surrounded by a canopy of silky star-draped sky. Keep reading »