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Wynton Marsalis accepts ITG Honorary Award
ITG President Cathy Leach presented Wynton Marsalis with the ITG Honorary Award December 16, 2017, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, just prior to Marsalis’s 8 pm concert. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra to Make Its International Debut at London’s The Barbican
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra (JLYCO) makes its international debut at the Barbican in London, England on February 27- March 1, 2018. As part of the bi-annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis residency at the Barbican, 22 NYC-area high school jazz musicians will spend a week abroad for a music and cultural exchange with public performances, workshops, and jam sessions. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto Really Sounds Like America
Born in 1961 in New Orleans, jazz and classical trumpet player, and composer, Wynton Marsalis grew up playing in churches, jazz bands, and orchestras. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, his 2015 violin concerto reflects the varied musical landscape of America. Keep reading »
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The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis Honors The 80th Anniversary of Benny Goodman
Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to honor the iconic artists, albums, movements, and events that left distinctive indelible marks in jazz history throughout the organization’s 30th anniversary season. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will pay tribute to Benny Goodman’s legendary 1938 debut at Carnegie Hall, one of the first major public performances featuring a racially-integrated group and considered a milestone in the acceptance of jazz as America’s classical music. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis recorded a new arrangement of “Jingle Bells” at Spotify Studios in NYC
Wynton Marsalis, with daughter Oni on vocals, and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra, recorded a new arrangement of “Jingle Bells” at Spotify Studios in NYC, dressed in their Brooks Brothers best. Now playing on Spotify. View the full video at BrooksBrothers.com Keep reading »
