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Wynton Marsalis & Georgian American Friendship Makes Hamptons Swing
On a recent Saturday night, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performed at the Southampton Arts Center as part of the Hamptons Jazz Fest to celebrate 30 years of Independence for the Republic of Georgia and to honor thirty years of Georgian-American friendship; and, like all things Georgian and all things Wynton, it exceeded all expectations. Keep reading »
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Iconic Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Talks Current State of Jazz, Improv & Role As Agent For Change
As Wynton Marsalis approaches his 61st birthday, his career as an ambassador and curator of jazz history, its seminal importance and influence as an original American art form, has been both critical and essential. Keep reading »
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Diversity, democracy and jazz: Wynton Marsalis coming to Hanover Theatre
WORCESTER — There’s no doubting that Wynton Marsalis is someone who takes his jazz very seriously. He is a multiple Grammy Award winning trumpeter and composer who has also won a Pulitzer Prize for music, an educator and writer on the topic, and managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, where he also leads the JALC Orchestra. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2022-23 Season of world premiere commissions and unique collaborations
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis today proudly announce the organization’s 35th season of concerts featuring JALC’s customary mix of American-premiere commissions and exclusive collaborations by iconic guest artists from across the globe, as well as celebrations of milestones and ma-jor figures in jazz and its related genres. Keep reading »
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Monticello plans Juneteenth events to honor enslaved people and their descendants
On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello will host Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places, and Future. This is a public program in recognition of Juneteenth that specifically aims to uplift descendant voices that have often been marginalized, or left out completely. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis sings praises of SFJazz as he takes spotlight at record-breaking fundraiser
What do you get a highly decorated musician like Wynton Marsalis — a nine-time Grammy winner, the first jazz artist to win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master? Keep reading »
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs seminal works from each decade in Duke’s Career In The Best Of Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington’s music provides the ultimate canvas for a big band—and nobody plays it quite like the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The world renowned big band will pay tribute to the great Duke Ellington with an evening comprised of his musical masterpieces that continues to uplift and enlighten audiences around the world on June 10 -11 at 8:00pm ET. Keep reading »
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SFJAZZ To Broadcast Gala Honoring Wynton Marsalis
SFJAZZ is presenting free live broadcasts of its 2022 gala honoring Wynton Marsalis with a Lifetime Achievement Award beginning on Friday, June 3, at 8:30 p.m. PT/11:30 p.m. ET. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Winners of 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival 2022
Jazz at Lincoln Center today announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation and more than 35 other individual and section awards in the prestigious 27th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship Winners
In an awards ceremony tonight, April 20, 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, Jazz at Lincoln Center Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis announced the top three university and college jazz band finalists and section awards in the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. Keep reading »
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