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Behind the scenes at Jazz at Lincoln Center
On February 17, 2006, Wynton and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra assembled at Frederick P. Rose Hall, for a photoshoot with photgrapgher Clay Patrick McBride.
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Take a peek behind the scenes. (Real Player required).
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Wynton Marsalis: The 2006 TIME 100
My friend Wynton Marsalis comes from a rich musical-family tradition in New Orleans that I share with my family. From that core of talent and tradition has sprung an amazing young man who has worn many hats in his career: musician, composer, ambassador, activist, arts administrator and more. He’s an original in so many ways and has a tremendous influence on the popularity of modern jazz and its deep roots in New Orleans history. We share a love for our universally beloved hometown and were shattered by its recent destruction.
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Marsalis’s ‘Congo Square,’ With the Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis has composed a number of extended works during his tenure as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, usually with the stated ambition of capturing some aspect of the African-American experience. On Thursday night at the Rose Theater, he conducted his latest such effort, “Congo Square,” featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Odadaa!, a nine-piece Ghanaian percussion and vocal troupe.
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Lip Problem Sidelines Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis has an inflammation of the lip that has forced him to take a break from playing trumpet, Jazz at Lincoln Center confirmed yesterday. Keep reading »
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Nobel Laureate Studies Wynton Marsalis
Have you ever seen the “This Is Your Brain on Jazz” poster?
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Neuroscientist Eric Kandel, a Nobel laureate for his work on the biological basis of memory, cites Wynton Marsalis as an exemplar what he calls “implicit memory” in his new popular science book: In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind: -
Summer 2003, Wynton playing in Milan
On July 21, 2003 the Wynton Marsalis Septet performed at the Blue Note in Milan, with Francesco Cafiso playing as guest. Enjoy some videos from that concert.
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The Washington Post on Wynton’s “Congo Square”
The Washington Post has just published an article about Congo Square.
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The last work from Wynton and Yacub Addy will be performed May 4, 5 and 6 at Rose Theater -
‘Congo Square’ a Jazz Suite of Epic Proportions
Jubilant, swinging, earthy, romantic, dissonant—“Congo Square,” the new jazz suite composed by Wynton Marsalis and 75-year-old Ghanaian percussionist Yacub Addy, is many things. Tidy, however, isn’t one of them. Keep reading »
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Congo Square Rising Up
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center bring comfort and jazz to the city of New Orleans.
It’s been about nine months since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Today, the area is slowly being rebuilt. Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis has led efforts to heal his native city but his journey there this past month was planned well before the unforeseen disaster. Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) performed a series of free events for people of all ages, including concerts, master classes, clinics, and workshops during a weeklong residency, April 17-23. The events were co-sponsored by the state of Louisiana and the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.
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Latest about Wynton’s lips problem
Due to a recurring inflammation of his lip, Wynton has been advised by his doctor to take several weeks off from playing the trumpet and so regretfully will have to cancel some of his scheduled engagements. It is Wynton’s hope that by resting now, he will avoid having this problem come up again.
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