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Wynton is preparing his fourth album for Blue Note
Wynton will go into the studio soon to record his fourth release for Blue Note. This time around Wynton will be recording an extended work still in progress entitled: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary.
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Wynton explains: Who is Count Basie ?
Piano player and bandleader William “Count” Basie taught Kansas City how to swing with elegance and raucous enthusiasm.
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Wynton, in his “Jazz for young people” concert series at Lincoln Center, and the LCJO share the secrets of the Basie big band beat.
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Wynton celebrates the Jazz Tradition and Culture of “Steeltown”
Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to celebrate the tributary cities of jazz with the From The Heart of Steeltown: Pittsburgh Festival on February 16, 17 & 18 at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Broadway at 60th St. in New York City. This festival focuses on Pittsburgh’s long history in jazz and the many famous names that have come from Steeltown including Billy Strayhorn, songwriter Billy Eckstine, Mary Lou Williams and percussionist Art Blakey, with whom Wynton spent his early days.
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Musician Wants to Bring Music Back to New Orleans
New Orleans is known around the world as a birthplace of jazz. Hurricane Katrina scattered many of the city’s musicians and artists across the country. Fewer than 300 of the city’s pre-Katrina population of over 2,000 musicians have returned. But the city, as part of its recovery effort, is trying to get more of them back.
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All About Jazz reviews LCJO Chicago’s concert
The endless debate about Wynton Marsalis shows no sign of ever abating. Whether the Lincoln Center musical director/trumpeter is the greatest heir to the jazz tradition or a curmudgeonly and didactic reactionary who’s declared himself the final authority and what jazz is and, especially, isn’t, probably depends on your point of view. One thing, though, is certain: he and the 15-piece Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra put on a consistently good show.
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The band’s performance at Chicago’s Symphony Center was pretty typical of what they do: impeccably played, large-ensemble arrangements of the jazz-composer canon; smaller-group performances of the same; beautiful, crystal-clear horn voicings; a great drummer (currently Ali Jackson); a host of very good soloists, including Marsalis; and, yes, lots of spoken explanation from the musical director about the composers, the history of jazz, and why what the group is playing is good.
Marsalis is wordy, and in his teaching mode, he can be annoying. But he’s usually pretty affable and often droll; certainly he shows no sign on the bandstand of being any sort of martinet, despite the band’s whip-tight playing. -
Photos from the JLCO tour in Japan
As you know, Wynton is now in Yokohama (Japan) to perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO).
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Live at The House of Tribes reviewed on All About Jazz
Wynton Marsalis’ dominance seems at times so complete that it’s easy to either become suspicious of the musician represented by the vita sheet, or take it as a given that he’s the world’s greatest trumpet player, if not music-maker. Live at the House of Tribes offers little conclusive evidence for either position, but it certainly makes the case for a non-controversial middle ground.
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A new iTunes exclusive: Wynton’s Live Session
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Wynton and his quartet recorded three exclusive tracks for this iTunes session, including Sparks, the song featured in the ad. Also included is a unique behind-the-scenes video of the ad recording session and Wynton discusses his jazz influences, a performance at an Apple Keynote in late 2005 and the TV itself.
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Wynton’s woes
Wynton Marsalis is the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in music. He’s got a basketful of Grammys. And he’s become the music director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, which lands in Chicago for two gigs this weekend.
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So is there anything he can’t do? You bet. He can’t get his kids to stay awake during a symphony concert. -
Wynton sounds off - Marsalis expounds on post-Katrina creativity, the Bring New Orleans Back Commission and all that jazz
Wynton Marsalis, the most prominent New Orleans jazz trumpeter since Louis Armstrong, first toured Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in October. His take on the state of the city? “We’re in bad shape,” he said, “but it was better than I thought it was, based on what I’d heard.” Keep reading »
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