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Wynton Marsalis on Jazz as a Tool for Understanding Life
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis spent his formative early years around seasoned Black artists who taught him about American culture from their perspectives. Keep reading »
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Q&A: Wynton Marsalis at Cornell University
Known the world over, jazz artist and composer Wynton Marsalis has earned nine Grammy awards, the Pulitzer Prize for his oratorio of “Blood on the Fields,” and has recorded on more than 70 classical and jazz recordings. Keep reading »
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Music, Listening & Human Flourishing with Wynton Marsalis
In today’s episode, we delve into how humans flourish through music and listening with internationally acclaimed musician, composer, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis. At the age of 60, after a long, international career, Marsalis identifies not only as a solo artist and a group leader, but as an educator and a leading advocate of American culture. Keep reading »
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TIME IN with Wynton Marsalis and The Blues: Finding Optimism In Tumultuous Times
For Wynton Marsalis, music and life have been intertwined since he was a child growing up in a family of musicians in New Orleans, including his late father, pianist Ellis Marsalis, and brothers saxophonist Branford, drummer Jason, and trombonist Delfeayo. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on The Carlos Watson Show
Carlos talks to internationally acclaimed Trumpeter and artistic director Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis about some of the musical greats he interacted with throughout his career and how his father impacted his music career. Keep reading »
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Spark & Fire Podcast - Play to your elevated purpose: Wynton Marsalis on “The Democracy! Suite”
“Everything you do in the arts gives meaning to your way of life.” In a year of pandemic, racial reckoning, and threats to democracy, Wynton Marsalis creates a seven-song cycle that imagines how artists can shape the times we live in. Keep reading »
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‘Our music was born in hard times’: How Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra keeps playing
When the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played its last concert in front of an audience in late February 2020, its members thought they had a bright and busy future ahead of them. Keep reading »
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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Treats Audiences to Baroque this Spring
In what organizers call “perfect timing,” a small ensemble of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians gathered on stage in early March to record a series of Baroque music videos that will be released over the course of eight weeks beginning March 24. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: How Jazz Explains Democracy - Why Am I Telling You This? with Bill Clinton
In the premier episode of his podcast, President Clinton sits downs with one of the world’s most influential jazz artists, Wynton Marsalis, to hear powerful stories about Wynton’s life Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on segregation, jazzocracy and activism through instrumental music
Wynton Marsalis has been at the forefront of jazz since the ‘80s. In 2009, the multi-Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter, composer, band leader and the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center played a private party at the White House in honour of America’s then-newly inaugurated President Obama. Keep reading »