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The fan club beginnings… Part IV (Stardust)
Rome, 1993. Wynton was playing with his septet, and in this video-clip he plays a ballad. This time, it’s not Embraceable You, but a wonderful version of Stardust (Quicktime 7 required – 17.7 mb). Please, listen and enjoy. (Click on the link to open it directly, or right-click to save the clip on your hard disk) Subscribe to or podcast for free on iTunes Music Store Keep reading »
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The fan club beginnings… Part III (Wynton and Olympia Brass Band)
Perugia (Italy), 1993. In this video-clip Wynton is jamming (Quicktime 7 required – 33 MB) with the members of Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band in the courtyard of the hotel “La Rosetta”. What a joyful performance ! (Click on the link to open it directly, or right-click to save the clip on your hard disk) Subscribe for free to our podcast on iTunes Music Store Keep reading »
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The fan club beginnings… Part II (Wynton and Wycliffe Gordon)
Perugia (Italy) summer 1993, Wynton was there for Umbria Jazz, with his septet. In this video-clip he duets with trombonist Wycliffe Gordon from the windows of his hotel room. Wonderful !!! (thanks to our friend Vittorio Pio for this video) (Click on the link to open it directly, or right-click to save the clip on your hard disk) Subscribe for free on iTunes Keep reading »
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The fan club beginnings…
We recently digitalized an old VHS tape with some Wynton concerts, shot at the beginning of our fan club. Here is the tune entitled Holy Ghost (25 mb – Quicktime needed), from the album: In this house, on this morning This video-clip is from 1993 !!! Wynton and his septet are playing in Rome, after the Umbria Jazz days. Enjoy this wonderful video ! (Click on the link to open it directly, or right-click to save the clip on your hard disk) This video is also available our iTunes Music Store podcast Keep reading »
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Wynton interviewed by BBC and NY1
Recently, Wynton has been interviewed by the BBC and by NY1 during his All Rise tour in UK. (Real Video required). Enjoy these two video-clips ! Keep reading »
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Wynton played at the presentation of the new Apple iPod video
Last night, Wynton and his quartet played at the California Theater in San Jose (California) for the presentation of the new Apple iPod Video. Towards the end of the press conference, the Apple CEO, Steve Jobs introduced an encore and Wynton played the track The Magic Hour (from the Magic Hour album…) Keep reading »
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Special video and photo report: Wynton playing All Rise in London
Last Sunday October 2, we were in London to meet Wynton and listen to his All Rise concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Kurt Masur. The concert at the Royal Albert Hall was amazing, so beautifully written and arranged…and it is so nice to see and listen to this composition, with the living composer playing in the orchestra! This time we shooted for you some interesting clips at the afternoon rehearsal, where Wynton teached the choir how to properly sing some parts. After the rehearsal we met some lovely friends and Wynton’s fan from Italy,… Keep reading »
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Video clips from Wynton’s new album !
Dear friends, exclusively for our fan club, and thanks to the guys of House of Tribes, we can show you some video-clips from the 12/15/2002 session. This video was made at House of Tribes at the same time the new album (in store on August 30, 2005) was being recorded. It was directed by: Jeff Jones “The Jedi Master” (who also recorded the album) and was lit and shot by Director of Photography/Cameraman, Chuck Fishbein and Beth Garrigal. Just friends (A) Just friends (B) What is this thing called love (A) What is this thing called love (B) Caravan Cherokee (A) Cherokee … Keep reading »
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Wynton appears in a new documentary-film to be out in February
The film, ‘‘A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho: The Untold Story of Samuel Harrison,” chronicles the life of Harrison, a freed slave and a giant in the antislavery movement. It features a soundtrack by jazz pianist Eric Lewis of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and will be shown on PBS stations in February for Black History Month. A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho, portions of which were filmed in Hudson and at Hale’s Farm, is narrated by Ossie Davis. Wynton also appears in the film, along with WRA archivist and historian Tom Vince, who makes a cameo… Keep reading »
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Photo and video from “Stand up for Jazz” featuring Bill Cosby
On Thursday October 21, in Frederick P. Rose Theater, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton played a short opening set of jazz tunes that deal with humor. Some were directly representational (Wynton’s Ellingtonian “Back to Basics,” which portrays laughter through a trumpet), some just sounded happy-go-lucky (Thelonious Monk’s singsong “Green Chimneys”) and some were jazz’s best novelty songs (’‘Salt Peanuts’‘ and ‘‘Open the Door, Richard’‘). Then Mr. Cosby performed stand-up comedy for 90 minutes, using a reduced version of the orchestra behind him to cue incidental music to his routines. (Click the link below to open the Quicktime… Keep reading »
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