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  • Photos from Congo Square parade in New Orleans

    Posted on April 27th, 2006 in Photo | 5

    Thanks to our friend Debra, we received new and exciting photos about Wynton at Congo Square parade in New Orleans. Enjoy the images.

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  • Wynton and Art Blakey playing Webb City

    Posted on April 26th, 2006 in Video

    This old video, show us a wonderful group with the legendary Art Blakey and a the young Wynton and Branford Marsalis.
    They are playing Webb City. Enjoy it !

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  • Photos and video from the world premiere of Wynton’s Congo Square

    Posted on April 24th, 2006 in Photo, Video | 13

    Yesterday, joined by members of numerous brass bands from throughout the city, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton and the Capital Region-based percussion ensemble Odadaa! marched into historic Congo Square in classic New Orleans parade style Sunday as hundreds of concertgoers danced along behind them.

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  • History joins with melody on Big Easy stage

    Posted on April 23rd, 2006 in Profiles & Interviews

    “More soaring, more powerful,” Wynton Marsalis told the brass section. “I need more freedom in the music.”   Keep reading »

  • List of special events for Wynton and JLCO in New Orleans

    Posted on April 21st, 2006 in Concerts | 2

    Throughout the week, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will conduct a number of special ‘all-ages’ events around the city aimed at increasing awareness of jazz.

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  • Wynton with Yacub Addy at the news conference in New Orleans

    Posted on April 19th, 2006 in Photo | 4

    Wynton opened a weeklong residency in New Orleans with a press conference at Basin Street Station.
    The visit, part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s efforts to help New Orleans recover after Hurricane Katrina, will include master classes, clinics, workshops, and performances. On April 23, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Ghana’s Odadaa! will present the world premiere of Congo Square, a new work by Marsalis and Yacub Addy, the leader of Odadaa!

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  • Jazz great laments politics of New Orleans revival

    Posted on April 17th, 2006 in Profiles & Interviews

    NEW ORLEANS - Wynton Marsalis is an impatient man, so for the jazz trumpeter who’s become a global ambassador for New Orleans culture, the politics of reconstruction in his battered city are frustrating. Through 7-1/2 months of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, issues like bloated reconstruction contracts and loose minimum wage requirements have only added to the frustration, Marsalis said in an interview on Monday.   Keep reading »

  • ‘Congo’ dedicated to New Orleans

    Posted on April 16th, 2006 in Profiles & Interviews

    Wynton Marsalis has lived in the Big Apple for more than 25 years, but his heart is still in the Big Easy, as befits a New Orleans native whose music is steeped in the rich cultural traditions of his hometown.   Keep reading »

  • Marsalis mixes it up

    Posted on April 14th, 2006 in Profiles & Interviews | 9

    Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra celebrate his native New Orleans next week with the premiere of Congo Square, an 80-minute composition co-written and performed with Ghanian drum master Yacub Addy and his nine-piece ensemble, Odadaa!

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  • “Marsalis on Music” reviewed on All About Jazz

    Posted on April 14th, 2006 in Review

    Marsalis on Music, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ groundbreaking audio/visual music education project from 1995, was produced by Sony Classical Film & Video, debuted in the US on PBS, and subsequently translated and shown around the world. The Peabody Award-winning program provides an excellent introduction to classical and jazz music, all in a fun and identifiable way. The video version is available in libraries, schools and rental clubs everywhere.

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