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Wynton Marsalis Quintet Releases New Live Recording Featuring Richard Galliano
Those fans who gathered in large numbers under Marciac’s great jazz tent in France last summer came to hear celebrated trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the much-loved accordionist Richard Galliano unveil their collaboration on the music of Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf. Recorded live at the 2008 Marciac Jazz Festival, the music was contemporary yet timeless, with each song exploring the travails of living. This album, From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf – Live in Marciac, is perhaps best described as the fusion of two passions rather than simply a meeting of great talent. The result is a concert consisting of: A… Keep reading »
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Wynton live on Facebook from Marciac Jazz Festival
Hey yall, at 5pm ET (11pm in France) I’ll be broadcasting my concert live on FACEBOOK from the Marciac Jazz Festival in the south of France. Just follow this link http://apps.facebook.com/wmeilive/. Wynton Keep reading »
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Wynton plays Marciac Jazz Festival – Live Webcast August 6th at 10am ET
Wynton has returned to the Marciac Jazz Festival for the 20th straight year. You can join him at the festival via live webcast as he and his musicians sound check for their upcoming concert celebrating the music of Sidney Bechet on Thursday, August 6th at 10am ET. Check some pictures from the rehearsals. Wynton has been busy performing, teaching and composing. Check out his blogs and video clips of all the happens on his Facebook page Keep reading »
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Watch the Wynton Marsalis Quintet perform tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman
If you missed our quintet performance on The Late Show with David Letterman the first time around, you can watch it tonight on CBS at 11:35pm ET. Keep reading »
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Visit Starbucks and get a free download of “School Boy”
Wynton Marsalis’ single “School Boy” from He and She is the Starbucks Pick of the Week! Visit any Starbucks store in the U.S. and Canada between April 28-May 2 and pick up a “Pick of the Week” card to redeem a free digital single of “School Boy” from iTunes. Share it with your friends! Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis performs on A Prairie Home Companion
Wynton Marsalis and his Quintet performed on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at New York City’s Town Hall on Saturday night. The Quintet played three tunes: School Boy (from He and She), Number 8 (from Music, Deep Revers In My Soul), Free to Be (from The Magic Hour). You may still have a chance to listen to this broadcast in your area. Keep reading »
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He and She is available in stores
He and She, Wynton’s fifth Blue Note release is now available in stores. The new album is centered around that eternally compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a man and a woman. It features 22 tracks of Wynton’s signature jazz style as well as spoken word / poetry. It’s an ambitious effort, combining spoken word and music, and Wynton has given his quintet some formidable charts. The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing. There’s ease and elegance and more than a little wisdom in these grooves. Discuss about the new… Keep reading »
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Listen to “He and She” in full on iLike!
Wynton Marsalis and leading social music discovery service iLike announced that “He and She”, Wynton’s new album of original music and spoken word, is available to listen to today in its entirety, only on iLike. iLike’s 24-hour world exclusive will culminate with the retail release of He and She on March 24, 2009. He and She, Marsalis’ fifth album for Blue Note, combines spoken word with music from his quintet, tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing centered on the relationship between a man and a woman and the elusiveness of romance. Wynton fans will have an opportunity… Keep reading »
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“He and She” to be released on March 24, 2009
On March 24, 2009, Wynton will release his fifth Blue Note recording, He and She (audio preview and cover image are available). (On the same date the sheet music for the new album will also be available for download.) It’s an ambitious effort, combining spoken word and music, and Marsalis has given his quintet some formidable charts. The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing. There’s ease and elegance and more than a little wisdom in these grooves… He and She is about that eternally compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a man… Keep reading »
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Wynton to play for Dr. George Butler at Dizzy’s Jazz Club
On December 8, 2008, at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Wynton and his Quintet (Walter Blanding, sax; Dan Nimmer, piano; Carlos Henriquez, bass; Ali Jackson, drums) will play to remember Dr. George Butler. Mr. Butler, a prominent jazz record executive for the Columbia, Blue Note and United Artists labels from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, died last April 9, 2008. He was instrumental in signing Wynton to Columbia. Keep reading »
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