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  • Listen to Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio

    Posted on August 19th, 2004 in Music

    Works by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet and other New Orleans masters’ highlight the rich compositions from jazz’s first decades.
    This program features Wynton Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Michael White and Reginald Veal with smokin’ reinterpretations of Oliver’s Dippermouth Blues,” Morton’s “Fingerbuster,” Bechet’s classic “Wildcat Blues” and more.

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  • Wynton Marsalis’ The Magic Hour is in stores !

    Posted on March 9th, 2004 in Music

    Wynton Marsalis makes his Blue Note debut today with The Magic Hour.
    On the new album, Marsalis taps vocalists Diane Reeves and Bobby McFerrin, as well as a trio of up-and-coming musicians—pianist Eric Lewis, bassist Carlos Henriquez and drummer Ali Jackson.

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  • The Magic Hour is coming

    Posted on March 7th, 2004 in Music

    Wynton Marsalis’s new album, The Magic Hour, is coming.
    It will be in stores in two days, on March 9, 2004.

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  • A preview of Wynton Marsalis’ The Magic Hour

    Posted on February 2nd, 2004 in Music

    As you know, Wynton will make his label debut with “The Magic Hour”:http://wyntonmarsalis.org/discography/title/the-magic-hour, an upbeat, lyrical eight-song outing featuring his remarkable quartet - pianist Eric Lewis, bassist Carlos Henriquez and drummer Ali Jackson - and two special guests, Blue Note label mates Dianne Reeves and Bobby McFerrin.

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  • Wynton Plays the Music of Duke Ellington for Brooks Brothers

    Posted on January 29th, 2004 in Music | 2

    Brooks Brothers announced the release of a special edition CD featuring first time recordings created exclusively for Brooks Brothers by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton.

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  • The Magic Hour will be in stores on March 9

    Posted on December 31st, 2003 in Music

    Wynton’ new album, The Magic Hour, will hits stores March 9. The eight-song set follows his acclaimed 200-performer orchestral work, All Rise. Wynton is joined by pianist Eric Lewis, bassist Carlos Henriquez and drummer Ali Jackson, plus guest vocalists Dianne Reeves and Bobby McFerrin.

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  • Listen to Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio

    Posted on October 30th, 2003 in Music

    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.
    This is an invitation to witness the art of the modern jazz singer-with two of its best contemporary exponents.

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  • Wynton’s upcoming album on Blue Note

    Posted on October 24th, 2003 in Music

    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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  • Listen to Wynton on Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio

    Posted on October 15th, 2003 in Music

    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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  • Wynton plays in the new Irvin Mayfield’s CD

    Posted on August 16th, 2003 in Music

    The recently released Half Past Autumn Suite by 26-year-old New Orleans trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, has contributions by Wynton Marsalis and Renaissance man Gordon Parks.

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