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Wynton playing All Rise with Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Kurt Masur will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Boston premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise, December 3, 4, 6 at Symphony Hall, featuring Wynton on trumpet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, soprano NaGuanda Miller, mezzo-soprano Cynthia Renee Hardy, tenor Brian Robinson, baritone Robert Honeysucker, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor.
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Kurt Masur talks about Wynton and “All Rise”
“Here is Kurt Masur,” the eminent German conductor said when he telephoned to talk about Wynton Marsalis’s oratorio “All Rise.” This greeting prompted thoughts about how often Masur has been there to make sure that interesting things would happen.
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Commissioning a major work from Marsalis for the New York Philharmonic and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra—two of the major constituents of New York’s Lincoln Center—was Masur’s idea in the first place. And the groundwork for the idea was laid long before Masur had ever heard of Marsalis; indeed before Marsalis was born. More than a half-century ago, as a young musician studying in Leipzig, then sealed off in East Germany, Masur was fascinated by jazz. -
Wynton is special guest tonight at Smoke Jazz Club
Wynton will be special guest, tonight at Smoke Jazz Club. He will play with the One for all quintet, including some confident younger musicians: the tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, the trombonist… Keep reading »
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Wynton will be honored with the IAJE President’s Award
The 4th Annual International Association for Jazz Education Gala Dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, at the New York Sheraton Hotel, will honor Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis with the IAJE President’s Award.
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Wynton Marsalis playing to honor the greatest female vocalists
This year’s Lincoln Center gala honors the greatest female vocalists and musicians from the golden age of jazz. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests join New York’s artistic community at large to celebrate Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and other legendary women of jazz for their achievements.
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Wynton Marsalis’ playlist on Apple music store
We noticed that Wynton’s personal playlist is on the Apple iTunes Music Store.
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The new celebrity playlist features personal playlists created by several popular featured artists includes Wynton Marsalis, Michelle Branch, Dave Brubeck, Billy Corgan, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Ben Folds, Herbie Hancock, Jack Johnson, Kenna, Moby, Mark Ronson, Seal, Sting and Michael Stipe. -
This week’s concerts for the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Wynton and his new quintet are going to play in these cities: Zellerbach, CA; Lancaster, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Tucson, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; Laramie, WY; Boulder, CO.
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Listen to Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio
What makes a Jazz Diva? Find out when Wynton Marsalis, Jackie McLean, Buck Hill and Toots Thielemans accompany the virtuoso vocalizing of Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn.
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This is an invitation to witness the art of the modern jazz singer-with two of its best contemporary exponents. -
Wynton’s upcoming album on Blue Note
The new Wynton’s album with Blue Note Records will be called The Magic Hour and will be out in March of 2004.
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Marsalis hinting at introspective change of pace
Chicagoans have heard trumpeter Wynton Marsalis fronting all manner of ensembles, from the choral-orchestral forces that performed his oratorio “Blood on the Fields” to the radiant septet that played his devotional instrumental suite “In This House, On This Morning.” Keep reading »
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