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An evening (and morning) with one of jazz’s all time greats
Can a trumpet actually sing? Can a jazz orchestra really speak to you? If the trumpet is played by and the orchestra is led by Wynton Marsalis, then the answers to both questions are a profound yes. Keep reading »
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Jazz giant plans to stir up a storm in Canberra
Few musicians on the world stage occupy a position of such responsibility as Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the first jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music and still the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the same year – he was just 22 at the time. Keep reading »