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Wynton will be honored with the IAJE President’s Award
The 4th Annual International Association for Jazz Education Gala Dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, at the New York Sheraton Hotel, will honor Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis with the IAJE President’s Award.
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Wynton Marsalis’ playlist on Apple music store
We noticed that Wynton’s personal playlist is on the Apple iTunes Music Store.
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The new celebrity playlist features personal playlists created by several popular featured artists includes Wynton Marsalis, Michelle Branch, Dave Brubeck, Billy Corgan, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Ben Folds, Herbie Hancock, Jack Johnson, Kenna, Moby, Mark Ronson, Seal, Sting and Michael Stipe. -
Wynton plays in Branford Marsalis’ new album
On Romare Bearden Revealed, Branford Marsalis celebrates the life and works of the artist Romare Bearden.
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Wynton coaches 30 college-age, younger pupils in special class
About 30 students were given a renewed sense of inspiration, Friday after an hourlong class at the Eastman School of Music with Wynton.
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Students from the School of the Arts, Hochstein Music School, Eastman School of Music jazz department and Eastman’s Community Education Division came together to be conducted and coached by Wynton. -
Wynton Marsalis Pens Music for Rattner’s Eatonville
Amas Musical Theatre, whose previous productions include Zanna, Don’t! and Little Ham, will offer a new play with music this fall.
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The 35-year-old multi-ethnic, not-for-profit theatre company will present — from Oct. 21-Nov. 23 — Bonnie Lee Rattner’s Eatonville, which boasts an original jazz score and songs by Wynton Marsalis. Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Eatonville is set in 1920’s Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black incorporated American towns. -
First impression of the italian tour dates with Wynton and the Septet
We are back home, after the four italian dates for the Wynton Marsalis Septet.
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Wynton Marsalis on Benny Carter
People often speak of whether an artist can live up to the art form,” Wynton said when Benny Carter received a Kennedy Center honor in 1996. “But Benny Carter is one of the rare instances where we wonder if the great art created can live up to him.
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A new Monette trumpet for Wynton
Recently, Wynton received a new trumpet from Monette. That was the first produced Prana B993 B-flat.
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The Marsalis family on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Wynton and his family will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, tonight June 9, 2003. They will perform “Twelve’s It” from their new CD.
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The upcoming Wynton’s new album by Blue Note
In a new interview by Associated Press, Wynton, no longer under contract with Columbia, said he’s writing music for a new recording for Blue Note with a quartet that will include considerable jazz improvisation.
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