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Marsalis’ stunning opus transcends race and epochs
The New York Philharmonic messed up rhythms, the singers struggled to find their cues and conductor Kurt Masur begged for last-minute clarifications in a score that never had been performed before.
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Meanwhile, composer Wynton Marsalis paced the stage of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, attempting to answer 1,001 questions lobbed at him by instrumentalists, singers, technicians and practically everyone else within earshot. -
Hot corporations know how to swing
Leading a company is often compared to conducting an orchestra. But organizing a jazz band may be a more appropriate analogy. That’s because business leaders increasingly want to set free the creative juices of individuality while maintaining the discipline to make music, not noise. USA TODAY’s Del Jones went to Wynton Marsalis, 45, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, who was named one of America’s Best Leaders in 2006 by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and U.S. News & World Report.
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Video: Wynton explains when Jazz is Killin’
On Jazz at Lincoln Center web site there’s a new video-clip about Wynton talking about the word “killin” in Jazz music.
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Wynton playing with Willie Nelson at JALC
On January 12 and 13, Country outlaw Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis come together on two evenings in The Allen Room to demonstrate soulfully why the blues should be our national anthem.
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Wynton playing Ornette Coleman with JLCO
Check out an awesome performance of Ornette Colemans’s “Free” by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton
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First web-only album released by Wynton Marsalis
Here…Now is the first web-only album released by Wynton Marsalis. The complete album and the mp3 tracks (192 kb/s) will be freely downloadable from Wynton’s website.
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Wynton Marsalis releasing a new web-only album
Wynton is giving a gift to the fans for the Christmas Holidays.
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On January 1, 2007, he is going to release a new album entitled: Here…Now
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Wynton in Benefit for the Paramount Center
On January 27, 2007, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet will play for a winter fundraising concert at Paramounth Center for the Arts Keep reading »
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Wynton receives The Jim Henson Community Honor
The Jim Henson Company has selected the honorees for the 2006 Jim Henson Honors, the annual program established in 2005 that acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of Jim Henson and the company he founded. The four recipients were announced today by Brian Henson and Lisa Henson, co-CEOs of The Jim Henson Company.
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Merry Christmas 2006 !
Here you have the Christmas Card just in time.
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The card is available as a desktop wallpaper, should you want such a thing!