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Wynton Marsalis and More Celebrate the Sounds of Post-Apartheid South African Jazz in New York
The story of South African jazz has been told in venues across New York City since the ‘60s, when the likes of Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba came to the town as exiles from Johannesburg. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis, Allan Harris to Honor Two Legends on Sept. 6
Wynton Marsalis, Allan Harris, and Antoinette Montague will pay tribute to two jazz icons at a special concert set for Friday, September 6 at 6 p.m. in Jersey City, New Jersey. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center joins Sesame Street’s Milestone 50th Anniversary with First-Ever Performance featuring the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and Iconic Sesame Street Characters
This fall, Jazz at Lincoln Center will welcome beloved Sesame Street characters Elmo, Abby, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, Bert& Ernie, The Count, and Hoots the Owl to sing classic Sesame Street songs such as “Sing,” “People in Your Neighborhood,” “Rubber Duckie,” and “Sunny Days” alongside the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in Rose Theater. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis Lets the Orchestra Shine in His Violin Concerto
A new recording captures this 2015 work, which doesn’t depend on the presence of him or his jazz colleagues. At the turn of the 21st century, Wynton Marsalis was busy. Keep reading »
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Marsalis gets Double H kids in the groove
Jazz great trumpeter Wynton Marsalis brought five members of his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which debuts tonight at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Marsalis’ “Swing Symphony,” to play and do a bit of music education for the 137 youngsters at the ranch. The band’s appearance was the first time jazz musicians had come to the venue as well as representing a new partnership for SPAC. Keep reading »
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As a Classical Composer, Wynton Marsalis Contains Multitudes
Some people claim that all music is just music, regardless of what kind it is. Wynton Marsalis knows better. As a renowned jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and educator who’s also been involved with classical music since performing the Haydn trumpet concerto at the age of 14, he’s well aware of the differences in idiom between the genres, and the differing constraints on and characteristic habits of their performers. Keep reading »
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Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Opening Weekend 2019: The South African Songbook
On September 12-14 at 8:00 p.m., the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis opens Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2019–20 season in Rose Theater with a musical celebration of South African democracy, 25 years after Apartheid’s end. Keep reading »
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The Wynton Marsalis Quintet and The Young Stars of Jazz performing at Jazz in Marciac 2019
On July 26th, The Wynton Marsalis Quintet featuring Veronica Swift, will play a set of essential bebop classics such as Confirmation, Hot House and A Night in Tunisia. Watch the live webcast on July 26th at 5pm EDT (11pm CEST) on wyntonmarsalis.org/live and facebook.com/wyntonmarsalis Keep reading »
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Announcing the Release of JAZZ AND ART by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing original compositions inspired by modern master artists
In past concerts that have been described by the New York Times as being “soulful,” “evocative,” and “playing directly to the band’s strengths,” the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performed original compositions inspired by masters of modern art including Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Sam Gilliam, Winslow Homer, Wifredo Lam, Norman Lewis and Piet Mondrian. On August 2, 2019, Blue Engine Records will release the studio recordings of these charts on a new album entitled Jazz and Art. Keep reading »
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Announcing the Release of SWING SYMPHONY by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Conducted by David Robertson
On July 1, 2019, in the spirit of Independence Day, Wynton Marsalis’ third symphony, Swing Symphony—a musical manifesto on American ideals and the melding of jazz and classical —will be released on all digital platforms by Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house record label.Swing Symphony will be available for pre-order on Friday, June 7. Keep reading »
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