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Marsalis: Classy Classics
At age 22, Wynton Marsalis is already a trumpet virtuoso nonpareil: a prince of jazz and—as a recent CBS release of 18th- century concertos makes abundantly clear—a king of the classics. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: Classics From a Tradition of Jazz
NEW ORLEANS jazz trumpeter Al Hirt used to perform the Haydn Trumpet Concerto with symphony orchestras, and even recorded it with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops for RCA, though his recording is gone from the active catalogue now. Another New Orleans jazzman, Wynton Marsalis, who was 6 years old when he got his first trumpet—from Hirt—recorded the Haydn Concerto recently, and his version is likely to remain a classic for decades. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis emerges full-blown
At 17, Wynton Marsalis of New Orleans was a year shy of the required age to play classical music at Tanglewood. Having performed the Haydn Trumpet Concerto with the New Orleans Philharmonic at 14 was impressive enough, but it took more than that to beat the rules and get into the prestigious festival. Keep reading »
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Marsalis heats up night with one hot trumpet
LIKE JACK’S beanstalk, Wynton Marsalis is likely to grow a great deal on any given night. Gifted with a remarkable trumpet technique and a similarly startling musical imagination, Marsalis is, at age 22, already an important artist and one who should continue to develop foe some time to come. Keep reading »
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Marsalis, Jazzy AND Classical
THE THING to remember about trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis is this: he is only 22. And the thing to appreciate about Wynton Marsalis is that he seems to be the only one who remembers this fact. Keep reading »
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Trumpeting triumph: jazz to classical
Trumpet wunderkind Wynton Marsalis, the dapper New Orleans native who beat out the great Miles Davis in the 1982 Down Beat readers’ poll, is not content with the public and critical success of his debut album, released on Columbia last year. Keep reading »
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An Evening Of Jazz Possessed
Never have such prodigious talents impressed so few at a Robert Mondavi Summer Jazz F estival event. Five jazz geniuses – billed as VSOP II – assembled here to kick off the 14th annual jazz series Sunday night. Keep reading »
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Sonny Rollins Meets Wynton Marsalis
The meeting of the saxophonist Sonny Rollins and the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis finally came to pass Friday night at the Beacon Theater, and it was worth the wait. The concert was originally scheduled last month at Town Hall, but that show got off to a false start when Mr. Rollins fainted early in the first set, shortly after he first locked horns with Mr. Marsalis. It was rescheduled, and ticket holders were offered a choice of refunds or new tickets for the Beacon Theater show. Keep reading »
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A cool Cat Who Plays It Smart
Wynton Marsalis, the sensational 21-year-old jazz trumpeter from New Orleans – he’s a cool one. On the night of April 23 during a concert at New York’s Town Hall he was looking directly into the face of the man with whom he was playing music – it was Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist – when the unexpected happened. Keep reading »
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UC Jazz Festival a sensational show
THE SECOND of two long, afternoon concerts that constituted the 17th Annual UC-Berkeley Jazz Festival’s Greek Theater shows wound down at 7:15 last night with VSOP II leaving the stage after a 75-minute set while the crowd cheered for more. Keep reading »
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