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Wynton at 60 marks Jazz at Lincoln Center’s return to live, in-person concerts in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall
New York, NY (September 15, 2021)—On November 18–19, at 8:00 p.m., Jazz at Lincoln Center opens a homecoming season of live, in-person performances in the organization’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. The opening night concert, entitled Wynton at 60, also marks Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday and features the world renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra highlighting his works in small and big band configurations. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on The Evelyn Glennie Podcast
What a wonderful ending to Series 4! Wynton reminisced about how being challenged at basketball by a flautist, spurred him on to start practising trumpet in earnest and applying to Julliard!! Keep reading »
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars Set to Release A Gift to Pops with Special Guests Wynton Marsalis and Common
While New Orleans native Louis Armstrong passed away in 1971 at the age of 69, today his legacy as the kingpin of jazz continues to grow. The most significant example of this is the ensemble The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars, comprised largely of top-of-the-line Crescent City musicians paying tribute to him with the brilliant album A Gift to Pops. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2021-22 Season
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis today proudly announce the organization’s 2021–22 season of live, in-person performances in Rose Theater, The Appel Room, and Dizzy’s Club— all at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located at Broadway at 60th Street in New York, New York. Keep reading »
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TIME IN with Wynton Marsalis and The Blues: Finding Optimism In Tumultuous Times
For Wynton Marsalis, music and life have been intertwined since he was a child growing up in a family of musicians in New Orleans, including his late father, pianist Ellis Marsalis, and brothers saxophonist Branford, drummer Jason, and trombonist Delfeayo. Keep reading »
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Swing Into Summer with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center swings into summer with more than a dozen live outdoor concerts throughout New York City, and education programs online. Keep reading »
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Review: Wynton Marsalis, Tulsa Symphony and singers ‘All Rise’ to cornucopia of musical styles
Wynton Marsalis may not have written his first symphony in response to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. But one would be hard-pressed to think of a more appropriate way officially to conclude the city of Tulsa’s commemoration of this tragedy than with a performance of this epic work. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center awards the Nation’s Outstanding High School Jazz Soloists at 2021 Essentially Ellington virtual festival
Tonight, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2021 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Virtual Festival, Wynton Marsalis announced the Outstanding Soloists and Sections of the 26th annual event. Keep reading »
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Art of disappearing: Conductor of Wynton Marsalis’ ‘All Rise’ performance on making music, telling stories
The fact that Robertson’s job is conducting orchestras, whether on the concert stage, from the opera pit or in the classroom, where the person holding the baton appears to be the center of everyone’s attention, makes this statement sound disingenuous. Keep reading »
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More Than 200 Top High School Jazz Students in The U.S. To Participate in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2021 Essentially Ellington Virtual Festival
Beginning today through June 5, 2021, more than two hundred of the top high school students from coast to coast will participate in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2021 Virtual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival. These students comprise the 15 finalist bands that represent thousands of young people throughout the world that study, rehearse, and perform music from the Essentially Ellington library. Keep reading »