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Wynton Marsalis’s New Choral/orchestral Work All Rise Celebrates The Blues As A Part Of American Life
A celebration of the Blues and its meaning in modern American life, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wynton Marsalis’s large-scale choral/orchestral work All Rise receives its first recording on a new Sony Classical disc. Keep reading »
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Wynton on radio: Live from New York’s Battery Park
Join Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as they perform live from New York’s Battery Park on the afternoon of July 4th, 2002. The performance will be carried in a special holiday edition of Talk of the Nation, so check with your local NPR station or www.npr.org for the exact time of broadcast in your a
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Wynton Marsalis to receive the congressional Horizon Award
Wynton Marsalis will be presented with the Congressional “Horizon Award” by Hon. Tom Daschle, Hon. Trent Lott, Hon. Dennis Hastert and Hon. Richard Gephardt at a benefit gala on Tuesday, June 25.
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Review: ‘Comin’ Home to Harlem’
Host Whoopi Goldberg recalled the tradition and legacy of the historic venue, “where jazz was made and loved, and where swingin’ is revered.” Goldberg contributed an abbreviated history of the Harlem Renaissance, and the innovations in jazz, blues and swing through the last half-century. Keep reading »
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Jazz for Young People Curriculum
Based on the popular concert series of the same name, this multimedia jazz appreciation curriculum is designed for upper elementary/middle school students and beyond.
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Perfect for music and non-music educators alike, the curriculum explores core concepts and major figures in jazz through accessible, interactive lessons that demonstrate the exuberant, rich cultural heritage and definitive musical elements inherent in jazz. -
Wynton Center
Wynton Marsalis’s horn virtuosity is well-known. But it’s his gift as a sweet-talking, tough-minded businessman that’s putting up his Jazz temple at Lincoln Center. Keep reading »
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A Lincoln Center Gala With a Lively Latin Beat
Jazz at Lincoln Center doesn’t have to present new programming at its gala fund-raisers; it could sail by on what’s now a decade-deep catalog of repertory and original work. Keep reading »
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Jimmy Heath Gets His Due
The October 19 and 20 Jazz at Lincoln Center tribute to Jimmy Heath, commemorating his 75th birthday, was called “He Walked With Giants” - a title typical of that series, and also of its unduly modest guest, whose superlative Riverside LPs were once anthologized as Fast Company and who himself titled a later album _Peer Pleasure. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: Enhancing the spirit
Near the end of his first set Wednesday at the Zellerbach Theatre, after his sextet had restated the melody of Thelonious Monk’s “Four in One” and was ready to send it home, Wynton Marsalis stepped up to the microphone looking like he had some unfinished business. Keep reading »
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A Self-Conscious Celebration of Life in ‘All Rise’
Anyone who hadn’t before appreciated the phenomenal resolve of New Yorkers does now, watching the city pull together with heroic spirit in the wake of its terrible tragedy. That ingrained New York confidence may also explain why the New York Philharmonic developed an extreme case of millennium fever. Keep reading »
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