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Wynton Marsalis: Miles Davis? He was a rock star
Wynton Marsalis leans over the desk towards me, a smile both encouraging and warning on his face. “When I read your article I’m going to say, ‘Yeah, you’re my man. You understood. Unlike many of the others, you understood.’” Keep reading »
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A NIGHT OUT WITH: Wynton Marsalis; A Trumpeter, His Tie and Friends Who Love to Hang
THE trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who on Monday night was due at a party downtown, at a dinner Midtown and at a jam session in Harlem, keeps a frenetic schedule befitting a political candidate. But, said Mr. Marsalis, who has three sons by two former girlfriends, he would never be able to run for office. Keep reading »
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Wynton Center
Wynton Marsalis’s horn virtuosity is well-known. But it’s his gift as a sweet-talking, tough-minded businessman that’s putting up his Jazz temple at Lincoln Center. Keep reading »
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Affirming Life in the Midst of a Tragedy
Wynton Marsalis, like most of the nation, was riveted to the television Tuesday as the terrorist tragedy in Manhattan and Washington unfolded. Keep reading »
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United in Music
Is there really only one Wynton Marsalis? Look in one direction and there he is, leading the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra through a program of jazz classics. Look in another, and he’s in a studio recording a Haydn trumpet concerto. Keep reading »
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Cyber Press Conference on the 2001-02 United in Swing tour, featuring JALC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis
Below is the full transcript of the Cyber Press Conference on the 2001-02 United in Swing tour, featuring J@LC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, which was held on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 from 1-2:30pm. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis - Jazz ambassador
To refer to Wynton Marsalis as a jazz musician is to unintentionally diminish him. Certainly he plays jazz trumpet, has released a couple of dozen albums in the idiom, was the catalyst for and focal point of a renaissance of jazz in the 80s and is musical director for the prestigious Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in New York. Keep reading »
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Jazz Suite With a Park View; Lincoln Center Unveils Its Columbus Circle Plan
A dance floor with a 50-foot window on Central Park will be the new face of Jazz at Lincoln Center. At a news conference today the organization is to unveil plans for its new home, including what are billed as the world’s first concert halls built especially for jazz Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: One Future, Two Views
The most accomplished and acclaimed jazz musician of his generation, Wynton Marsalis is also as outspoken as he is prolific. Through his own force of personality, intelligence and achievement, he has steadfastly worked to bring jazz back to the center stage in American culture. And he promises, in the new millennium, to “keep the pressure on. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis interviewed (2000): Once more, back to the future
To refer to Wynton Marsalis as a jazz musician is to unintentionally diminish him. Certainly he plays jazz trumpet, has released a couple of dozen albums in the idiom, was the catalyst for and focal point of a renaissance of jazz in the 80s and is musical director for the prestigious Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in New York. Keep reading »