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IdeaFestival: Wynton Marsalis’ key to success — ‘Don’t have anything to fall back on’

Posted on October 1st, 2014 in Profiles & Interviews | 1

James White, head of Louisville Collegiate School, once was asked who he would change places with for one day if he had the option.
His answer: Acclaimed jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
“To be able to play like you one day would be the story of my life,” White told a visibly humbled Marsalis during a session at IdeaFestival in downtown Louisville Wednesday afternoon.