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Finalists Announced for 14th Annual Essentially Ellington
Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the 15 finalist bands for its prestigious 14th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival (May 2009). The bands will compete and participate in workshops, jam sessions and more, during the three-day competition and festival in New York City. The top-placing bands perform with Wynton Marsalis, as guest soloist, followed by a performance by the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra - all of whom serve as mentors for the finalist bands throughout the weekend.
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Wynton playing for Timothy Dwight College
n February 5, Wynton was at Yale University for a musical “Q&A” at the United Church on the Green.
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Wynton to give a musical Q&A at Yale University
Wynton will hold a “musical Q&A” with Yale History of Art Professor Robert Farris Thompson on February 5 at 4:30 p.m. at Yale University, in the United Church on the Green (Corner of Temple & Elm Streets New Haven, CT).
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The event is free and open to the public. Wynton is visiting Yale University as a Chubb Fellow. -
CNN Heroes featuring Wynton and Davey Yarborough
CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” launched last year to spotlight ordinary citizens accomplishing extraordinary deeds.
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Celebrities who have participated in this year’s initiative through interviews about their own heroes include: Mark Cuban, Dana Delany, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Wynton Marsalis, Shaquille O’Neal, Susan Sarandon and Gretchen Wilson. -
“Look at each other”: Wynton Marsalis brings his jazz message to town
“What kind of mouthpiece do you use?” asked the earnest young jazz student. Wynton Marsalis knew that sooner or later, a kid would ask that question, and he would have to lie. “I’m not an equipment person,” Marsalis shrugged. “I use what they give me.” Oh, really. Keep reading »
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Marsalis on Music DVD trailer available
The famous series entitled “Marsalis on Music”, in which Wynton explains the fundamentals of music to middle school audiences, is available as four-DVD boxed set.
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Wynton Marsalis still pushing the boundaries
Wynton Marsalis hates to fly. Actually, he just prefers it when he can get away with crossing land by car or train.
“Oh, I’ll fly if I have to,” says the famous trumpeter, on his cellphone from the back seat of an automobile heading west from Winnipeg toward an engagement in Calgary. “But if I have the option, I won’t. This way, you get to meet all kinds of people, see different kinds of countryside. Where we are right now, I was just thinkin’ that if you came here in the late 1800s, you had to be pretty serious about survival.”
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Wynton Marsalis makes a noise with the kids
Wynton Marsalis, who leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Friday at the Orpheum, is known for his considerable skills as a trumpeter and bandleader, but he’s delighted to talk about his other role, that of artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC). Keep reading »
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Wynton featured on Teaching Music Magazine
Wynton is on the cover of Teaching Music Magazine (April 2008). The magazine features an interview to him and a story about JALC education programs.
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Marsalis on Music available on DVD
The famous series entitled “Marsalis on Music”, in which Wynton explains the fundamentals of music to middle school audiences, is now available as four-DVD boxed set.
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Helped by his jazz band and students from Tanglewood, led by Seiji Ozawa, Wynton puts a fresh spin on music and music appreciation.