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Wynton Marsalis receives Praemium Imperiale Award
The 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards have been unveiled, with three of the winners in this year’s categories having links to music. Keep reading »
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Love for Japan: A Fundraising Event with Wynton Marsalis and Martha Stewart
On Wednesday, March 23rd the Quintet will perform at EN Japanese Brasserie’s fundraiser in support of the Japanese Society’s Earthquake Relief Fund & the Japanese Red Cross in New York City.
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Video: Wynton and Ellis Marsalis playing at Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival
Check out this video of Wynton playing with his father Ellis at Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival on August 24, 1990.
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Wynton’s interview and photo from Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, Japan—Wynton was halfway through an explanation of whether he thinks his hometown, New Orleans, will ever really come back from the devastation of last summer’s Hurricane Katrina when he stopped and shifted direction. He got stranded in Chicago, he said, on his way over to Japan for a week of workshops for kids. With nowhere in particular to go, he just naturally hooked up with another New Orleans native living there.
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Photos from the JLCO tour in Japan
As you know, Wynton is now in Yokohama (Japan) to perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO).
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New tour dates for Wynton and LCJO
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by Wynton, will tour through the Midwest next month before traveling to Yokahama (Japan). The first leg of the band’s 2006 Jazz From Coast to Coast Tour will begin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and include stops in Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois.
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