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Architect Named For Hall of Fame At Jazz Center
A hall of fame planned for Jazz at Lincoln Center in the new AOL Time Warner headquarters will be designed by David Rockwell, responsible for the look of the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, the restaurant Nobu in New York and the hit Broadway show ‘‘Hairspray,’’ center officials say.
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Listen to Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio
Commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis’s In This House On This Morning is a jazz tour de force in 12 movements based on the African-American church service. The late Marion Williams, one of America’s foremost gospel singers, appears as guest vocalist with the Marsalis septet.
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Audio and transcript about Wynton’s speech at National Press Club 2003
As you know, on Monday, September 22, Wynton was in Washington D.C. to speak at the National Press Club.
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Marsalis and Company, Playing With Fire
When trumpeter and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra artistic director Wynton Marsalis announced that the ensemble was about to perform “Resolution” from John Coltrane’s masterwork “A Love Supreme” at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, a member of the audience offered a little unsolicited advice: “Don’t mess it up!” Keep reading »
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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Wynton made a change, and will be taking out a quintet instead of a septet this fall. Moreover, we have updated tour dates for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and new dates for the Quintet/Septet (Wynton is going to decide after the fall tour) in 2004.
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Wynton Marsalis to speak at National Press Club 2003
Wynton will speak, on September 22, at a National Press Club luncheon. He will be delivering a speech entitled “Cultural Bankruptcy: Investing in Arts Education”.
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Upcoming concerts for Wynton and LCJO
In the next days, Wynton will play with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in these town (follow the links for more info about tickets):
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On Friday, Septemebr 19 at Kimmel Center of Philadelphia.
On Sunday, September 21 the orchestra will be in Washington, playing at John Fitzgerald Kennedy Center.
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Wynton plays for a tribute to Katherine Dunham
At Peter Norton Symphony Space, in a Friday, 12 night program that began a three-day series devoted to Ms. Dunham and Haitian culture, the Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat and two former Dunham dancers, Glory Van Scott and Julie Robinson Belafonte, spoke of Ms. Dunham’s humanitarianism and social activism.
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Wynton Marsalis and Igor Butman play at Lincoln Center
On September 18 and 20, 2003, Jazz at Lincoln Center opens this season by welcoming the Igor Butman Big Band, direct from Russia, to stomp alongside the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
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Wynton plays in Branford Marsalis’ new album
On Romare Bearden Revealed, Branford Marsalis celebrates the life and works of the artist Romare Bearden.
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