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Video: Wynton interviewed by Culture Catch
Recently, Wynton was interviewed in the Rose Theater by the staff of Culture Catch.
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Teaching A Taste For Jazz In A Hip Hop Age
They are young, gifted and surprisingly, just beginning to learn about jazz. Surprising, because this is Harlem, the cradle of jazz. “You know what’s great about a jazz solo,” a teacher tells a class of students. “It’s yours.” Every Thursday, a Harlem community center becomes a music school for prodigies like 8-year old Jalen Wilson, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston. Keep reading »
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Significant music: Marsalis places excellent ritual over novelty
Wynton Marsalis has been known to spark controversy as a result of his rigid views on jazz pedigree, but he backs them up with passion, logic, and raw skill with his horn. He’s easily the most important voice of the trumpet in decades, and for the past 20 years, he’s been the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. This Tuesday, September 11, he brings the fruits of that project to one of the Paramount Theater’s most impressive shows of the season.
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Photo: Wynton’s masterclass in Marciac
Yesterday and today, Wynton gave some masterclass for the guys in Marciac.
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On August 3, 2007, at 4 pm, the first masterclass was for the kids at Marciac’s College, while the second one, today, was for kids that still do not play an instrument at Marciac’s school. -
Wynton on Congo Square at Tavis Smiley Show
On June 20, Wynton appeared on “Tavis Smiley” to help promote his new CD, Congo Square. During the interview, Wynton and Tavis Smiley discussed Wynton’s passion for education as he is the co-founder and artistic director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Program. Wynton also talked about his new album. He described it as “We are rejoining with the spirit of African Music.”.
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Wynton Marsalis enthralls Duquesne U. students
Wynton Marsalis has a way of covering a lot of ground musically, whether it’s distilling the history of American music through the mouthpiece of a trumpet or, as in the case yesterday, through a microphone as he spoke to students at Duquesne University.
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From Marsalis, a Master Class in ‘That Swing’ and an Ellington Exhortation
It was pressure enough when the Springbrook High School jazz ensemble was asked to play the Duke Ellington standard “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” for perhaps the most prominent Ellington fan in contemporary jazz, Wynton Marsalis, who visited the Silver Spring school last week. Keep reading »
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A legend offers lessons in jazz and life
For 90 minutes, Marsalis, a Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical and jazz trumpet player, taught the students on stage and entertained the 100 people in the audience, including band members from Springbrook and Briggs Chaney and White Oak middle schools. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis puts Seattle jazz kids to the test
“When I tell you something,” said jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, wearing a suit and tie Saturday afternoon at the Paramount Theatre, “it’s with love, like you were my own son or daughter. Don’t take it as negative, but I am going to tell you something.” Keep reading »
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“Marsalis on Music” reviewed on All About Jazz
Marsalis on Music, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ groundbreaking audio/visual music education project from 1995, was produced by Sony Classical Film & Video, debuted in the US on PBS, and subsequently translated and shown around the world. The Peabody Award-winning program provides an excellent introduction to classical and jazz music, all in a fun and identifiable way. The video version is available in libraries, schools and rental clubs everywhere.
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