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Drum Major Institute to honor Wynton Marsalis
On June 22, Wynton will be honored with the 2006 Drum Major for Justice Award.
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The event is organized by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and will take place in New York, on June 22, at Lotus (409 West 14th Street). -
Photoreport about Spring Gala 2006 at JALC
The Jazz at Lincoln Center web site, has been recently updated with new photos about the “Spring Gala 2006”
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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra renamed
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the house orchestra of Jazz at Lincoln Center, will henceforth be known as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The change will help identify the band, which is led by Wynton, more closely with the organization’s “worldwide brand,”.
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Wynton will play Monk at 92nd Street Y
On July 20 Wynton Marsalis will play with Cedar Walton, Bill Charlap and others, for a special tribute to Thelonious Monk at 92nd Street Y Keep reading »
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Wynton at Emeril Live
Yesterday, Wynton Marsalis was on Food Network’s Emeril Live, where he also announced that he will return to New Orleans to produce a television special marking the hurricane’s anniversary.
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Wynton back on stage for the Lincoln Center’s spring gala
Wynton Marsalis played the trumpet on Monday night at the Apollo Theater after a monthlong hiatus caused by a lip inflammation. The occasion was Jazz at Lincoln Center’s fifth annual spring gala, which featured guest performances by Joe Cocker, Tracy Chapman, John Mayer, John Legend and Natalie Merchant.
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Wynton on hurricane Katrina’s anniversary
Wynton Marsalis will return to New Orleans to produce a television special marking the hurricane’s anniversary.
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Wynton and his production partner Lisa Marie Hoggs will team with producers John Cossette and Don Mischer to helm “New Orleans: Rebuilding the Soul of America One Year Later,” a live television special taking place at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. -
New tour dates for Wynton and the JLCO
Wynton and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, will tour Europe this summer, playing in France, Spain and England.
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Summer 2003, Wynton playing in Lucca
On July 24, 2003 the Wynton Marsalis Septet performed in Lucca (Italy). Francesco Cafiso (alto sax) was special guest. Enjoy some videos from that concert.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces winners of Essentially Ellington Competition 2006
Essentially Ellington culminated in tonight’s concert at Avery Fisher Hall, at which each of the three top-placing bands performed two Ellington compositions, one alone and one with Jon Faddis, as guest soloist. Conductor, composer and educator, Mr. Faddis is the Director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and studied under the great Dizzy Gillespie. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra then performed a set of Ellington compositions that Jazz at Lincoln Center will distribute to high schools for Essentially Ellington 2007. Keep reading »