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Wynton’s interview at Tavis Smiley Show 2005
These are trying times for so many people from the great city of New Orleans, including jazz great, Wynton Marsalis. The New Orleans native and Pulitzer Prize winner is now the artistic director of “Jazz at Lincoln Center” in New York City. Tomorrow night, he takes part in a special fundraiser on BET. On September 17th, he hosts a special event for hurricane victims at Lincoln Center. Tonight, though, thankfully, he joins us from New York. It’s always nice to have you on the program.
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Transcript from Wynton’s interview for CNN Larry King Live
Here is the transcripts from Larry King Live, aired September 4, 2005 - 21:00 ET:
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Transcripts from Wynton’s interview for Ken Burns’ series: JAZZ
The transcript of Wynton’s interview for the series entitled: JAZZ, a film by Ken Burns, is available on PBS web site.
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Wynton and the Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition 2005
Wynton Marsalis didn’t mind losing sleep for some high school band members. While on tour in a town “somewhere in Washington state” a few months ago, “I was doing a gig and it was midnight,” Marsalis told The Associated Press. “This girl, about 14, came to see me and I said, ‘What are you doing out so late?’”
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With Feeling – Wynton Marsalis Jazzes Up Christmas For The Kids
Wynton Marsalis is the dean of contemporary American jazz. Besides his numerous artistic accomplishments as the chief of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – the pre-eminent jazz band in the land – this year the trumpet master saw one of his life goals come to fruition: a permanent home for Jazz At Lincoln Center in the new Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.
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Marsalis, Jazz’s Jack-of-All-Trades
WYNTON MARSALIS is a haberdasher’s dream—the cat in many hats. In fact, Marsalis wears multiple hats with such confidence and style that it hardly matters which one is sitting atop another in a Dr. Seuss-like pileup. Keep reading »
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Wynton’s interview at Tavis Smiley Show 2004
I’m delighted to welcome the great Wynton Marsalis to this program. The acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader is the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the largest not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz music in all the world. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s New Home
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, jazz fans and in- dustry people have heard plenty about Jazz At Lincoln Center’s high-profile move to its own crib in the new Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle. JazzWeek caught up with Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis on tour in Chicago a month before the Oct. 19 grand opening to get his thoughts on the changes to come and how it happened. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s New Home
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, jazz fans and in- dustry people have heard plenty about Jazz At Lincoln Center’s high-pro- file move to its own crib in the new Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle. JazzWeek caught up with Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis on tour in Chicago a month before the Oct. 19 grand opening to get his thoughts on the changes to come and how it happened.
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Wynton Marsalis, the sage of jazz
As Jazz at Lincoln Center moves into its new digs _ three theaters in the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle _ Wynton Marsalis, its trumpet-playing star and artistic director, is behaving in an increasingly statesmanlike manner. Keep reading »