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Wynton Marsalis swings the music of Thad Jones
Jazz at Lincoln Center closes the 2004-2005 inaugural season in Frederick P. Rose Hall by celebrating the music of legendary jazz trumpeter, cornetist and composer, Thad Jones, with two very special events. On May 19 – 21 at 8:00pm in Rose Theater, the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform Swinging Music of Thad Jones, an interpretation of Thad Jones’s work, including new arrangements by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra trombonist Vincent Gardner. For this concert in Rose Theater, special guests Billy Harper (tenor sax), Jerry Dodgion (alto sax) and Marc Cary (piano) will join the orchestra.
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Don Quixote Rides Again, With an Ellingtonian Sidekick
More than two hours of original jazz music was played at Rose Theater on Thursday night. It was shaped around stories from “Don Quixote” and scored for 15 musicians and 2 singers, with a professional actor reading about 5,000 words of Cervantes in and around 23 songs and instrumental sketches. It was ambitious, well played, deeply Ellingtonian - and completely indigestible.
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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and LCJO
We have updated our tour section with the official summer-fall tour schedule for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and the LCJO. More news (and dates…) to come soon…
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The Magic of Wynton Marsalis
Magic was in the air as The Wynton Marsalis Quartet took the stage Sunday night, when the preeminent trumpeter in jazz music today strode confidently to that stage and began to whistle. This was just the beginning of an unexpected opener - an obscure Ornette Coleman’s composition - ‘Remnant” - a request from an audience member that was given a loving and virtuosi treatment.
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Marlsais’ young players bask in the spotlight
It may be a bit early to place Wynton Marsalis firmly in the same role as drummer Art Blakey, whose Jazz Messengers band helped launch the careers of many great young artists (including Marsalis himself). Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis to perform at University of Missouri
On Monday, March 21, Wynton Marsalis will be the 28th presenter in the Remmers Special Artist/Lecturer Series at University of Missouri. The concert is free and open to the public, but tickets will be… Keep reading »
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Wynton and the young fans: special photos
Recently the young Nic Rinke met Wynton in the Atlanta Concert's backstage, and we received an e-mail from The Williams boys showing us their photos (taken on 2004) with Wynton and from Scott Hyde… Keep reading »
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Upcoming Wynton’s new album for Blue Note
Post production will be done later this month to prepare for release of a smokin’ live date featuring Wynton’s quartet along with some special guests.
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Recorded last year at the House Of Tribes in NYC the performance features altoman Wes Anderson, drummer Joe Farnsworth, bassist Carlos Henriquez, pianist Eric Lewis and percussionist Orlando Rodriguez, among others.
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Old Friends Get Together, Feeling Right at Home
When Wynton Marsalis performs with his septet in New York these days, it is a special occasion. He toured Europe with the band a few years ago, but his duties at Lincoln Center as well as his ambitions to compose large works for big ensembles reached critical mass in the late 1990’s. So the septet faded into the background.
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But it’s good to be reminded of what it achieved. On Wednesday, at Rose Theater, the band entered from stage left, the musicians chanting in a slow single-file entrance, moving and stomping their feet in parade rhythm. As soon as they took their positions and dug into the tune—it was Mr. Marsalis’s “Ain’ No”—they flooded the acoustical space in the room. -
Wynton plays with Dave Douglas at Rose Theater
On March 9, 2005 at 8pm in Rose Theater, two trumpet virtuosos and one of today’s most distinct jazz vocalists will headline the All That Jazz: Now That’s HIP! concert sponsored by HIP Health Plan of New York.
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