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Affirming Life in the Midst of a Tragedy
Wynton Marsalis, like most of the nation, was riveted to the television Tuesday as the terrorist tragedy in Manhattan and Washington unfolded. Keep reading »
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United in Music
Is there really only one Wynton Marsalis? Look in one direction and there he is, leading the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra through a program of jazz classics. Look in another, and he’s in a studio recording a Haydn trumpet concerto. Keep reading »
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Cyber Press Conference on the 2001-02 United in Swing tour, featuring JALC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis
Below is the full transcript of the Cyber Press Conference on the 2001-02 United in Swing tour, featuring J@LC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, which was held on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 from 1-2:30pm. Keep reading »
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Review - Popular Songs: the Best of Wynton Marsalis
Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis celebrates Wynton Marsalis’s 40th birthday, which is also, coincidentally, the 40th anniversary of the death of jazz. Wynton Marsalis was born in ‘61, just when Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor were “fucking up everybody” (Miles Davis) on the NY scene. Keep reading »
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Marsalis speech offers graduates trumpet call to ‘Pursue And Find’
Wynton Marsalis unzipped his black trumpet bag, and the nearly thousand gathered at Connecticut College’s graduation ceremony Saturday prepared to be serenaded. Keep reading »
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Wynton’s commencement address at Connecticut College 2001
You know, I never write a speech because I feel that when you write something, you go long. But for this one, I wrote one, and if it goes long, I might just stop in the middle of it and start playing. Now, this is kind of new; I’ve never actually read one, so excuse me while I try to find my right, proper angle. Keep reading »
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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Looks to Link Jazz and Tango
Jazz at Lincoln Center has always had an educational edge to its concerts, but now Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra are teaching more obscure lessons. Keep reading »
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For immediate release - Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis
The first ‘Best Of’ compilation of his career — with over 73 minutes of originals and standards spanning 1987 to 1999 — is set for June 26th in-store date on Columbia/Legacy Keep reading »
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Marsalis has a kick with kids
Sophisticated jazz isn’t for adults only, as Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra clearly established over the weekend at Symphony Center. The occasion of Marsalis, the leading jazz musician of his generation, sharing the stage with at least 30 kids from the audience—and trying to teach them the basics of improvisation—had to be seen to be believed. Keep reading »
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A Dixie feast
A hot New Orleans breeze blew into Symphony Center over the weekend, inspiring more than a few Chicagoans to stand up and holler as if they were on Bourbon Street rather than Michigan Avenue. Keep reading »