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All Rise: The freedom of jazz
The idea of a synthesis of Classical music and Jazz is nearly as old as Jazz itself—from Gershwin and Stravinsky through Bernstein, Brubeck or Jacques Loussier. But Wynton Marsalis, the outstanding New York-based trumpeter and bandleader, educator and composer from New Orleans, has a special approach.
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Review: ‘KC and the Count’
Jazz at Lincoln Center launched another season with “KC and the Count” celebrating a formidable time and place in the history of jazz. Kansas City served as a base for the birth of boogie-woogie and the development of a young New Jersey-born pianist, William “Count” Basie. Under the direction of Wynton Marsalis, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra re-created the spirit of an age and the great virtues of the kid from Red Bank. Keep reading »
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Reliving the Heyday of Kansas City Swing
It is the beginning of the second year for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home at Columbus Circle, but the 18th year since the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra became the institution’s resident jazz band. The second statistic is the more meaningful.
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Higher Ground benefit concert reviewed on New York Times
True to New Orleans ritual, “Higher Ground”—the benefit for Hurricane Katrina relief at the Rose Theater on Saturday night—opened with a processional and wound up with a parade.
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All About Jazz review: Wynton Marsalis - Live At The House Of Tribes (2005)
The undeniable fact about trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, whether you’re a fan or critic, is that he plays as if every note is his last—with purpose, verve, and total commitment. This consummate energy is documented on this new live release which was recorded in December 2002 at the House of Tribes on New York’s Lower East Side. The elements for the recording were just right with a seasoned band, swinging music, and an enthusiastic crowd of jazz fans. Keep reading »
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Review and photos about Wynton in Marciac 2005
Thanks to our friend and fan, the photographer Jos L. Knaepen, we received some photos about Wynton playing in Marciac Festival 2005.
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Wynton and Dave Brubeck playing at Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT, R.I. - Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis have often crossed paths over the years, but at this year’s JVC Jazz Festival-Newport, the two jazz stars finally got a chance to perform together.
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Wynton visiting the Juvenile Academic Centre in Caracas
¡Increíble!, no paraba de decir Wynton Marsalis desde su llegada a la sede del centro académico infantil del Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela.
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En el lobby, lo esperaba un sexteto de percusionistas y un cuarteto de trompetas que lo dejó sin habla. -
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in São Paulo
Sao Paulo - The jazz has many ways, take sidetrips and embrace many parents, not because it did not become Jazz.That seems to be the lesson that the north american trumpeter and band leader Wynton Marsalis intended to teach to almost 10,000 people that went to Ibirapuera Park Sunday morning, to ear the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. The park was animated, neither hot or cold and the audience watch the show seated on the grass.
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Marsalis, al frente de una gran orquesta
The Argentinian newspapers La Nacion, Pagina12 published a review about the recent concert held by Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in Buenos Aires, on June 14 and 15, 2005.
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The concert took place at Teatro Gran Rex (instead of Teatro Colòn) because of the argentinian workers strikes that caused traffic snarls throughout Buenos Aires.