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After A Symphony Of Swing, Wynton Marsalis Returns For A Powell Hall Christmas
Wynton Marsalis has championed traditional jazz for decades, working many of its styles into the big-band format. In 1997, the acclaimed trumpeter, composer and bandleader became the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for his oratorio “Blood on the Fields.” Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto: Beyond Category
DIGITAL REVIEW – It was Gunther Schuller who coined the term “Third Stream” in 1957 to denote a fusion of jazz and classical music. When he became head of the New England Conservatory, he even created a Third Stream department. Keep reading »
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Sacred jazz: Reflections on a rare performance of Marsalis’ ‘Abyssinian Mass’
Since its beginnings, jazz has been draped in the image of sin. Because the music emerged, in part, in the bordellos of New Orleans’ Storyville vice district at the turn of the previous century, the world has viewed jazz as embodying the illicit. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’s Abyssinian Mass brings joy to the Lincoln Center, New York
It was odd to hear the apocalyptic terror of Verdi’s Requiem one night before the sunny exuberance of Wynton Marsalis’s Abyssinian Mass. While the Marsalis, shaped like a black church service, is bracingly diverse in its evocation of jazz and gospel styles, its underlying spirit is New Orleans joy — New Orleans being where the Marsalis clan comes from. Keep reading »
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Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen: The Classical Side of Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis is a jazz icon—a renowned trumpet player and composer, he is also the music director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. But since the very beginning, classical music has been a part of his musical makeup. Keep reading »
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Una Noche con Rubén Blades from the JLCO featuring Rubén Blades nominated for GRAMMY
Blue Engine Records proudly announces Una Noche con Rubén Blades from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Rubén Blades has been nominated for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for the 62nd annual GRAMMY® Awards, as announced by the Recording Academy® this morning. Keep reading »
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Spiritual Sounds And Jazz Age Features The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Performing Chris Crenshaw’s “God’s Trombones” And Victor Goines’ “Untamed Elegance”
On January 10 & 11, at 8:00 p.m., in a special concert event entitled Spiritual Sounds and The Jazz Age, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will revisit two of its most acclaimed originals: Victor Goines’ “Untamed Elegance” and Chris Crenshaw’s “God’s Trombones.” Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra review: Wynton Marsalis and friends take on ‘Jazz Ambassadors’
You rarely see Orchestra Hall as packed as it was on Friday night, even the terrace seating behind the stage jammed with listeners. But that’s become a kind of norm for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which long ago made Orchestra Hall a “second home,” in the words of JALC managing and artistic director Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis On Defining Culture And The Future Of Jazz
We speak with renowned jazz artist Wynton Marsalis. His prolific career has resulted in a wide breadth of music, including everything from big band swing numbers to jazzed-up versions of nursery rhymes, made just for kids. Keep reading »
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Back from South Africa, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra gears up for Chicago
It practically has become a cultural rite in Chicago: Every year or so, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns here, often performing two nights in Orchestra Hall and fanning out across the city by day to teach young people. Keep reading »
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