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He trumpets mature jazz
For Marsalis, jazz means the mainstream from the early New Orleans and big-band sound to ‘40s bebop and the variations on bop that came in the ‘50s. He has paved the way for the re-emergence of mainstream in jazz records. Keep reading »
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JACK HEALEY talks with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis about the good works of good jazz, America’s classical music
WYNTON MARSALIS IS A PHENOMENON. A great jazz musician steeped in classical training, a young man with not just a horn but a clear and articulated view of the world. Last year he played as part of Amnesty lnternational’s concert in the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile. Keep reading »
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Good News in Jazz, With a Big Caveat
As a model of how an institution should offer its wares to its city, Lincoln Center’s new jazz program could hardly be better. With the schedule announced this month, the ambitious yearlong program will include not only concerts but also films, educational series and lectures. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis: Reclaiming the Jazz Tradition
Since his emergence as a leader in 1982, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has been widely considered to have the most promise of any jazz musician of his generation. But in the tenth year of his solo career, as he approaches the age of 30, it is perhaps time to stop talking about Marsalis’s potential and start talking about his very real accomplishments. Keep reading »
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The Young Of Jazz: Not All Are Restless
JAZZ demographers, if there are any, will mark 1991 as a turning point for the annual JVC Jazz Festival in New York City. This year, the median age of headliners plummets by at least a decade. Keep reading »
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Marsalis’ Horn of Plenty : Jazz: Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, 29, has already released 14 albums and shown steady growth.
SAN DIEGO — Six months shy of his 30th birthday, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has already ensured that he won’t ever be labeled an underachiever. During a recording career not quite 10 years old, he has released 14 albums as a leader—and that doesn’t count his classical or Christmas releases. Keep reading »
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Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, 29, has already released 14 albums and shown steady growth
SAN DIEGO — Six months shy of his 30th birthday, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has already ensured that he won’t ever be labeled an underachiever. During a recording career not quite 10 years old, he has released 14 albums as a leader—and that doesn’t count his classical or Christmas releases. Keep reading »
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An Interview with Wynton Marsalis, Winter 1991
The conversation took place after his talk and before the show, in a small room in the student center. A few other Vassar students joined us while Marsalis and a bespectacled companion (listed in my notes only as “specs”) enjoyed a fish dinner, prepared by a student chef. Keep reading »
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SAINT OR SINNER. When Wynton Marsalis comes marching in
One. two. one. two, here we go,” says Wynton Marsalis as the videotape rolls and the band starts in on another take. On the monitor, a private eye is bringing a woman up to his apartment and Marsalis calls for some sexy sounds to accompany the scene from Shannon’s Deal, director John Sayles’ TV series that features an original score by Marsalis. Keep reading »
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Academy of Achievement: Interview with Wynton Marsalis
Sometimes I’m thinking about music but its not formulated like a tune. It will just be something general that goes on in my mind all the time. Its not organized in the form of melodies, its just the whole type of poetic motion of music. Music has a certain type of ebb and flow, regardless of the tempo. Whenever I see myself in a situation where I meet a new person, I wonder what they would sound like in music. Keep reading »