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  • Newsletter and Sheet Music update

    Posted on December 7th, 2007 in News | 16

    From today, Wynton invites you to subscribe to his e-mail Newsletter to receive updates, articles, tour news and other exclusive content only available from this web site. It only takes a few seconds to register, and it’s free!

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  • Wynton to play Red Hot Holiday Stomp at JALC

    Posted on December 3rd, 2007 in Concerts | 31

    Tune in to PBS on Monday, December 10 at 8:00pm for Live From Lincoln Center’s telecast of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s (JALC) annual holiday concert, Red Hot Holiday Stomp, from Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in Frederick P. Rose Hall.

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  • Video: Wynton Marsalis Septet rehearsing in Marciac 2007

    Posted on November 29th, 2007 in Video | 12

    On August 5 - 6, 2007, Wynton was in rehearsals with his Septet for the August 7, 2007, concert in Marciac. The following video-clips will take you behind the scenes, during the rehearsals, to appreciate the musicians discussing and playing the beautiful music of the Marciac Suite

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  • Wynton to play with Paquito D’Rivera for: Beyond the Spanish Tinge

    Posted on November 26th, 2007 in Concerts | 9

    On Friday and Saturday, November 30 and December 1, Tinge Paquito D’Rivera and the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis bring all the mambo, tango, salsa, cubop and bossa nova that the House of Swing can hold in tribute to the most beloved Latin composers of all time: Juan Tizol, Tito Puente, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chucho Valdés, Michele Camilo, Moacir Santos, Mario Bauzá, Astor Piazzolla, Lalo Schifrin, Chico O’Farrill, Maria Greever and more.

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  • Wynton interviewed by Macleans.ca

    Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Profiles & Interviews

    After his speech for the Ontario Hospital Association in Toronto, Wynton was interviewed by Macleans.ca.

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  • Preview Iconoclasts 3 Episode with Wynton and John Besh

    Posted on November 15th, 2007 in Video | 7

    On Thursday, November 22, at 10pm ET/PT, the Sundance Channel will broadcast its Season 3 Iconoclasts episode with Wynton Marsalis and John Besh. Following you can take a look to a video preview, and read an article about John and Wynton. This episode has been directed by Bruce Sinofsky.

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  • Wynton to play at JALC 2007 Fall Gala and Best of Big Bands

    Posted on November 10th, 2007 in Concerts | 2

    On November 12, at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates his 2007 Fall Gala featuring performances by Wynton and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with special guests singing chart-topping hits of the big band era; Special presentation and dedication of the Ed Bradley Award (formerly the Jazz at Lincoln Center Award for Leadership) will be awarded posthumously to Ed Bradley.

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  • Wynton to record narration for Black Magic

    Posted on November 6th, 2007 in News

    Black Magic is a two-part, four-hour TV film by director Dan Klores, that highlights the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended historically black colleges and universities before and during the Civil Rights movement. Black Magic will air in two, 2 hour segments, and Wynton will be narrating one of these segments (other narrators include Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Paul )

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  • Wynton to speak for Health Achieve 2007 in Toronto

    Posted on November 1st, 2007 in Concerts | 11

    On November 6, 2007 Wynton will speak in Toronto (Canada) for the Health Achieve 2007, an event organized by the Ontario Hospital Association.
    At OHA HealthAchieve2007, he will share his creative insights with those who aim to sharpen their leadership skills, strengthen their competitive position, and achieve performance excellence. The keynote is entitled:

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  • Sounds That Remain Miles Ahead

    Posted on October 27th, 2007 in Review

    In the best of Gil Evans’s work, nothing signifies a finished style. Achieving his kind of openness took stubborn drive: The ease with which his arranging and composing came to connect Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Kurt Weill, Claude Thornhill, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Charles Mingus and Jimi Hendrix didn’t indicate a path of least resistance. His work, from the 1940s to the 1980s, represents jazz’s thousand limbs, its endless reach.   Keep reading »