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  • Wynton about the “Chops” documentary at Tribeca Film Festival

    Posted on April 28th, 2007 in News | 4

    On April 26, Wynton participated in a Q&A session at Tribeca Film Festival, with the filmmakers of *Chops*, a documentary film directed by *Bruce Broder* that follows a Florida high school jazz band’s journey to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival.

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  • A Record Label’s Legacy Is Celebrated and Reimagined

    Posted on April 28th, 2007 in Review

    The legacy of Blue Note Records cuts a wide swath through music history, from the boogie-woogie bustle of Meade Lux Lewis to the folk-stirred pop of Norah Jones. But the label’s core identity rests on a remarkable body of recordings made in the 1950s and ’60s. It’s only natural that “Legends of Blue Note,” a concert presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday night, would focus chiefly on that era, if only as a ratification of its enduring appeal.

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  • Wynton featured in the Tootie’s Last Suit

    Posted on April 28th, 2007 in News | 2

    Wynton Marsalis and Dr. John are among the subjects interviewed in “Tootie’s Last Suit: A Portrait of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Indian Culture,” which screens Thursday through May 6 as part of the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York.

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  • Wynton played at Ahmet Ertegun memorial tribute

    Posted on April 22nd, 2007 in News | 1

    On Tuesday 17 April 2007, a memorial tribute was held in New York City for Ahmet Ertegun. The founder of Atlantic Records and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame died on 14 December 2006 at age 83 from injuries suffered in a fall at a Rolling Stones’ concert at New York City’s Beacon Theater in October.

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  • Wynton Marsalis enthralls Duquesne U. students

    Posted on April 20th, 2007 in Profiles & Interviews

    Wynton Marsalis has a way of covering a lot of ground musically, whether it’s distilling the history of American music through the mouthpiece of a trumpet or, as in the case yesterday, through a microphone as he spoke to students at Duquesne University.

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  • From Marsalis, a Master Class in ‘That Swing’ and an Ellington Exhortation

    Posted on April 19th, 2007 in Review

    It was pressure enough when the Springbrook High School jazz ensemble was asked to play the Duke Ellington standard “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” for perhaps the most prominent Ellington fan in contemporary jazz, Wynton Marsalis, who visited the Silver Spring school last week.   Keep reading »

  • Wynton is going to speak at the Tribeca Film Festival

    Posted on April 19th, 2007 in Speech

    Jazz at Lincoln Center is proudly associated with the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Chops, a documentary film directed by Bruce Broder that follows a Florida high school jazz band's journey…   Keep reading »

  • A legend offers lessons in jazz and life

    Posted on April 18th, 2007 in Review

    For 90 minutes, Marsalis, a Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical and jazz trumpet player, taught the students on stage and entertained the 100 people in the audience, including band members from Springbrook and Briggs Chaney and White Oak middle schools.   Keep reading »

  • Wynton to be featured at NYU’s 175th Commencement

    Posted on April 17th, 2007 in News

    Wynton is going to be featured at New York University’s 175th Commencement Exercises, which will be held Thursday, May 10th, in Washington Square Park.
    He will offer the “Response on Behalf of the Honorary Degree Recipients,” an NYU tradition. Wynton will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa, at the ceremony.

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  • Wynton will play at “Good Night, Alice” Gala

    Posted on April 16th, 2007 in Concerts

    On Monday, April 30, the lights go down in Alice Tully Hall for the last time this year. When they come up in late 2008 for Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary season, the nearly 40-year-old hall will…   Keep reading »