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Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis remembers Singapore for ‘religious freedom’ and cleanliness
Certainly the jazz superstar seems to be more tolerant of publicity demands these days, as The Straits Times discovers. Compared to previous chats with the newspaper, where the mercurial musician went from chatty and ebullient to bored and disinterested in a flash, Marsalis is positively zen in this latest conversation over the telephone from his office in New York’s Jazz At Lincoln Center. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’s Seasonal Confections
Accompanied by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the trumpeter offers a program of holiday favorites. Keep reading »
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Big Band Holiday Cheer With The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis is back with lively arrangements of holiday classics like “Jingle Bells” and “White Christmas.” Catherine Russell joins the orchestra as a guest vocalist. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra play joyful Yuletide jazz
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra made the holiday season swing Monday night at Symphony Hall with an upbeat concert of favorite Christmas songs both sacred and secular. Led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the 17-piece “big band,” plus guest vocalists Veronica Swift and Vuyo Sotashe, performed two colorful, energized sets to an enthusiastic sold-out house. Keep reading »
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The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania conducted by Cristian Macelaru perform The Jungle
The National Symphony Orchestra of Romania, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, will join forces with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis for its first-ever performance in the United States. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis isn’t afraid of the past, or holiday music
Plenty of virtuosos and historians have spent time and energy learning a form, but the trumpeter grew up in one, with a family that was musical, even compared to musical families. Which may explain why it feels like Marsalis is a lot older than 57. Keep reading »
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JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and vocalists Vuyo Sotashe and Veronica Swift ring in the holidays
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis spreads good cheer this holiday season as the world renowned jazz orchestra and guest vocalists Vuyo Sotashe and Veronica Swift perform Big Band Holidays throughout the U.S. The 14-city U.S. tour embarks in Ann Arbor, MI on November 28. Keep reading »
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Rubén Blades Swings Big Band Jazz And Rumba On New Album
We all knew vocalist Rubén Blades knew his way around the clave, the rhythmic pattern that propels the Afro-Cuban dance music he’s known for. But I bet you didn’t know he could swing a big band jazz tune with an easy flair that recalls past masters like Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra. Keep reading »
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Kerns: LSO sponsors unforgettable show by Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
It may have taken a touch of clever marketing—a few unexpected BOGO (buy one, get one free) days—to guarantee a music lover for every seat at Monday’s concert at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Afterward, all present were standing, applauding and undoubtedly grateful that the sponsoring Lubbock Symphony Orchestra had booked a rare appearance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. It was, at the least, a concert no one could forget. Keep reading »
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After-Party with Wynton Marsalis Is Fun Opening Night
On September 29, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) donors celebrated the start of its 60th season at a party in the Granada Theatre’s McCune Founders Room following a performance by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Producers Circle members were joined by Marsalis, band members, and dance stars Charles Lil Buck Riley, Jared Grimes, and Myles Yachts. Keep reading »
