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Keeping Time: Music Is a Core Subject
School administrators facing budget cuts often look to eliminate what they consider “nonessential” programs. Invariably, their red pen lands on the same line item: music class. It strikes me as strange that music is considered nonessential. More than simply being a source of cultural pride and listening pleasure, music represents a core ingredient in the education of our children. Keep reading »
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Measured words from a master
Wynton Marsalis walked onto the stage at Moravian College’s Foy Hall Monday morning and saw a familiar sight: a packed house. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis to speak at National Press Club 2003
Wynton will speak, on September 22, at a National Press Club luncheon. He will be delivering a speech entitled “Cultural Bankruptcy: Investing in Arts Education”.
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Wynton coaches 30 college-age, younger pupils in special class
About 30 students were given a renewed sense of inspiration, Friday after an hourlong class at the Eastman School of Music with Wynton.
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Students from the School of the Arts, Hochstein Music School, Eastman School of Music jazz department and Eastman’s Community Education Division came together to be conducted and coached by Wynton. -
Wynton Marsalis: One Future, Two Views
The most accomplished and acclaimed jazz musician of his generation, Wynton Marsalis is also as outspoken as he is prolific. Through his own force of personality, intelligence and achievement, he has steadfastly worked to bring jazz back to the center stage in American culture. And he promises, in the new millennium, to “keep the pressure on. Keep reading »
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Trumpetinghis Mission – Jazz Great Marsalis Wants Folks To Learn To Listen
AT 38, Wynton Marsalis is the most respected trumpet player in jazz. He’s also the most honored. A multi-Grammy winner and artistic director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Program, he’s even won a Pulitzer — in 1997 he was given the prize for his composition “Blood on the Fields,” which addressed racism in the United States. Keep reading »
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Wynton, Not Long Ago
When I asked Wynton Marsalis to define swing last week, he said, with characteristic wit, “It’s a matter of extreme coordination.” The same can be said for how this singular figure manages his remarkably demanding career. Keep reading »
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PBS: An Interview with Wynton Marsalis
People often say that the best improvised music sounds composed and the best compositions sound improvised. Well, Duke Ellington embodied this principle, as his compositions, when played with integrity and soul, have a freshness to them that captures the improvisatory nature of jazz—even the ones that don’t have any improvised sections. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis On What’s Right And Wrong With Jazz Education
From his formidable pulpit of Jazz At Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis is deep in the shed of jazz education, reaching out to children of all ages, developing curriculum material for teachers, concerned not only with pedagogy but also with audience education. Keep reading »
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Marsalis cheers blue Russia Music
“And the other,” said Marsalis, “is swing. Swing is the sound of a group of people working together, talking to each other, trying to coordinate.” The audience burst into applause, because they were hanging on every word Marsalis had to say, but this was the crux of it. Keep reading »