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Wynton Marsalis Joins Ross Design Jam About Business and the Arts
What do a world-famous jazz musician and a business school have in common? When it comes to the Ross School of Business and the +Impact Studio, far more than you might imagine! Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis to help Michigan marching band ring in 125th Anniversary at halftime
Jazz historians say that while the genre evolved over the 19th century, a commonly accepted origin was in New Orleans around 1895, according to NewOrleans.com. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis talks a treasured gift, mentorship, Pulitzer Prize win, jazz, and trumpet - Speaking Soundly
Wynton Marsalis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, nine-time Grammy Award winner, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the greatest trumpeter of his generation, but to our host, David Krauss, Wynton always be his teacher, mentor, and family friend. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center opens its 35th season with the U.S. premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ “The Shanghai Suite”
Some of us are old enough to remember when the Lincoln Center began presenting jazz concerts in 1987 with a 20-something Wynton Marsalis as its artistic director. Keep reading »
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Iconic Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Talks Current State of Jazz, Improv & Role As Agent For Change
As Wynton Marsalis approaches his 61st birthday, his career as an ambassador and curator of jazz history, its seminal importance and influence as an original American art form, has been both critical and essential. Keep reading »
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Diversity, democracy and jazz: Wynton Marsalis coming to Hanover Theatre
WORCESTER — There’s no doubting that Wynton Marsalis is someone who takes his jazz very seriously. He is a multiple Grammy Award winning trumpeter and composer who has also won a Pulitzer Prize for music, an educator and writer on the topic, and managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, where he also leads the JALC Orchestra. Keep reading »
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A Special Classical Roots Chat with Wynton Marsalis
The guys share a special bonus chat with former DSO Erb Jazz chair Wynton Marsalis before he and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra return to Orchestra Hall Friday, March 4 2022 for our Classical Roots Celebration Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on “Tavis Smiley” - KBLA 1580 talk radio
On Wednesday, February 23rd, Wynton Marsalis joined Tavis for a conversation on his current 7-week tour of the West Coast and Midwest with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Juilliard Jazz program, and his career journey on becoming “the greatest jazz artist of his generation.” Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis and Jazz Orchestra of Lincoln Center return to Denver
The last time Wynton Marsalis and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra were in town, well, they weren’t exactly in town. Instead of taking to the Newman Center stage last spring as had been the plan, they performed “Democracy Suite!” virtually. Keep reading »
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Doing the work: A Q&A with Wynton Marsalis
I remember seeing Wynton Marsalis for the first time; who could forget? He was 17 years old, wearing a sharp suit, and playing with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1979. Keep reading »