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The 10 Best Wynton Marsalis Albums
Trumpeter and composer : love him or resent him. But Marsalis is one of the most prolific instrumentalists of the last 40 years. A virtuoso in both jazz and Western classical music, he has recorded as many as 75 times as a leader, including his long discography leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in residence at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, March 2-6
Two DSO Digital Concerts: Friday, March 5 at 8 p.m.: JLCO with Wynton Marsalis on the DSO’s Paradise Jazz Series and Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.: JLCO with Wynton Marsalis performs with DSO, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and conductor William Eddins at 43rd Classical Roots concert Keep reading »
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Review: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet With Wynton Marsalis: The Democracy! Suite
There is an interesting generational divide in perception when it comes to the music of . While many hail his work at Lincoln Center as elevating jazz to its rightful place among the fine arts, others lament the separation from his iconic quartet and quintet work in the 1980’s as some sort of jazz treason. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: How Jazz Explains Democracy - Why Am I Telling You This? with Bill Clinton
In the premier episode of his podcast, *President Clinton* sits downs with one of the world’s most influential jazz artists, Wynton Marsalis, to hear powerful stories about Wynton’s life Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2021 Spring Virtual Concert Season
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guests honor luminaries Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone; premiere collaboration with acclaimed activist Bryan Stevenson and two commissions by emerging composers; and explore _A Love Supreme_ by John Coltrane Keep reading »
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The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian McBride with special guest Wynton Marsalis
This year will be unlike any other, with host CHRISTIAN McBRIDE joined by internationally acclaimed musician, composer, and cultural ambassador WYNTON MARSALIS. The two met in a Philadelphia high school classroom when McBride was 14 years old. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on segregation, jazzocracy and activism through instrumental music
Wynton Marsalis has been at the forefront of jazz since the ‘80s. In 2009, the multi-Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, composer, band leader and the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center played a private party at the White House in honour of America’s then-newly inaugurated President Obama. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis takes democracy from ballot box to stage with Sonoma State online series
Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has long championed jazz as an art form that embodies democratic ideals, and during an interview with The Chronicle in the midst of Inauguration Day festivities, he often evoked some of the same soaring tropes that poet Amanda Gorman threaded through “The Hill We Climb.” Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis Continues to Motivate and Inspire on New Album ‘The Democracy Suite’
For legendary jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis, upholding democracy is a lot like playing music in a group. The key ingredient to both, he says, is the act of listening. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet: The Democracy! Suite — an activist musical metaphor
Wynton Marsalis’s previous project, the orchestral The Ever Fonky Lowdown, examined distortions in American democratic processes through a detailed spoken-word narrative delivered by actor Wendell Pierce. Keep reading »
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