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Review: Wynton Marsalis, Tulsa Symphony and singers ‘All Rise’ to cornucopia of musical styles
Wynton Marsalis may not have written his first symphony in response to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. But one would be hard-pressed to think of a more appropriate way officially to conclude the city of Tulsa’s commemoration of this tragedy than with a performance of this epic work. Keep reading »
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Art of disappearing: Conductor of Wynton Marsalis’ ‘All Rise’ performance on making music, telling stories
The fact that Robertson’s job is conducting orchestras, whether on the concert stage, from the opera pit or in the classroom, where the person holding the baton appears to be the center of everyone’s attention, makes this statement sound disingenuous. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet in Pennsylvania
For JazzTimes’ (and this writer’s) first time back to physical, face-front-to-the-stage live performance in more than a year, one thing was certain: It was spooky. George-Romero-Night-of-the-Living-Dead-flesh-eating-ghouls-spooky-meets-Dustin Hoffman-Morgan-Freeman-Outbreak-style-spooky, what with the venue’s house lights remaining up during the show and a (literally) spaced-out audience in masked, rapt attention. And yet it was all so cathartic too, joyous and holy. Keep reading »
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The 10 Best Wynton Marsalis Albums
Trumpeter and composer : love him or resent him. But Marsalis is one of the most prolific instrumentalists of the last 40 years. A virtuoso in both jazz and Western classical music, he has recorded as many as 75 times as a leader, including his long discography leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Keep reading »
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Review: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet With Wynton Marsalis: The Democracy! Suite
There is an interesting generational divide in perception when it comes to the music of . While many hail his work at Lincoln Center as elevating jazz to its rightful place among the fine arts, others lament the separation from his iconic quartet and quintet work in the 1980’s as some sort of jazz treason. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet: The Democracy! Suite — an activist musical metaphor
Wynton Marsalis’s previous project, the orchestral The Ever Fonky Lowdown, examined distortions in American democratic processes through a detailed spoken-word narrative delivered by actor Wendell Pierce. Keep reading »
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Entre el cambio y la tradición - Brecha
Yo creo que el disco es satírico, cómico. En We Insist!, las letras no tienen nada cómico. Esto es más como un circo, y así te da la perspectiva de aquellos que están abusando de otros: están contentos con ello. Keep reading »
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The Ever Fonky Lowdown, de Wynton Marsalis: el alegato de un maestro del jazz contra el racismo, el populismo y el abuso de poder
El trompetista editó una ambiciosa obra conceptual en la que advierte sobre el peligro que corre la libertad en la actualidad. Keep reading »
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The Ever Fonky Lowdown - I Know I Must Fight…
An in-depth analysis of the libretto and lyrics of Wynton Marsalis’s funky jazz parable Keep reading »
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El trompetista y compositor estadounidense Wynton Marsalis lanza “The Ever Fonky Lowdown”, obra musical sobre la libertad democrática, el abuso de poder, el racismo y la corrupción.
Interpretada por la orquesta Jazz at Lincoln Center, con Wynton Marsalis en composición y trompeta, y la participación de los cantantes Christie Dashiell, Ashley Pezzotti, Camille Thurman y Doug Wamble, “The Ever Fonky Lowdown”, obra conceptual emotiva y poderosa que fuera presentada recientemente en vivo en el Lincoln Center de Nueva York, cuenta con el actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire”, “Treme”, “Jac Ryan”) como narrador. Keep reading »
