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Set lists for JLCO concerts in September 2007
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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Wynton to play a benefit concert for Young Scholars Charter School
On October 4, 2007, the Young Scholars Charter School (YSCS) will host a benefit concert featuring Wynton Marsalis.
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The concert will be held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (260 South Broad Street Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia PA) and all proceeds will benefit the school. -
Wynton at the Dizzy Gillespie tribute in 1988
In the following video clip, a young Wynton plays and improvises at the the Dizzy Gillespie tribute in 1988, with Jon Faddis, Jimmy Owens, Freddie Hubbard, and Vaughn Nark. Enjoy it !
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Video: Wynton playing at Paris Jazz Festival 2007
On July 28, 2007, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet performed at Parc Floral de Paris, in occasion of Paris Jazz Festival 2007.
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Wynton to play and record with Marcus Roberts
On October 6, Wynton will be with his great friend and former pianist Marcus Robert, the J Master, and his trio, for a recording session. Wynton is to perform on 3 numbers. No major record label set to release. (more info to come…)
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Wynton’s soundtrack for The War is out
On September 23, 2007, PBS will air “THE WAR”, a new seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The new film explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history.
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Wynton nominated for MOBO Awards 2007
Wynton has been nominated for Best Jazz Artist for the 2007 Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO). The awards will be held in London England on September 19th.
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If you want to vote for him as the Best Jazz Artist for 2007! please go to MOBO, click on Nominations and then scroll down to Best Jazz to choose Wynton. -
Wynton and JLCO started the Jazz Masterpieces Tour
Yesterday. September 8, 2007, Wynton and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) were in Baltimore to start their “Jazz Masterpieces Tour” across North America (from September 8 through October 3).
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Teaching A Taste For Jazz In A Hip Hop Age
They are young, gifted and surprisingly, just beginning to learn about jazz. Surprising, because this is Harlem, the cradle of jazz. “You know what’s great about a jazz solo,” a teacher tells a class of students. “It’s yours.” Every Thursday, a Harlem community center becomes a music school for prodigies like 8-year old Jalen Wilson, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston. Keep reading »
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Wynton in studio to record Portrait in Seven Shades
Today, Wynton is in a New York City studio with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), to record saxophonist Ted Nash’s musical composition entitled: Portrait in Seven Shades.
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