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At Montclair University, Wynton Marsalis imparts notes of wisdom
“I think I’m telling you something, but you’re not hearing me,” Marsalis told a student from Montclair State University’s Cali School of Music when he visited the campus this week. “Have you ever gone out with somebody? The first date is great. On the third date, you never want to go out with them again. And the thing is, they didn’t want to go out with you after the first date.” Keep reading »
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Learning from the Master: Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis teaches Cali School students about life and art
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 10 the excitement inside Leshowitz Recital Hall was palpable. Scores of students from the John J. Cali School of Music – along with a contingent of television cameras – waited in anticipation of a master class to be conducted by jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »
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Getting Jazzed For Wynton Marsalis: Residency at the John J. Cali School of Music
Jazz and classical music legend Wynton Marsalis will provide the pinnacle to the new Cali Immersive Residency Program, a reimagined professional residency program of 10 rotating ensembles and solo artists at the John J. Cali School of Music, when he comes to campus for a three-day series of master classes and events early this November. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis teaches Loyola jazz students lessons in music, life
Lost in concentration, Wynton Marsalis prowled the stage of Loyola University’s Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, dissecting a student big band’s rendition of the jazz standard “Take the ‘A’ Train.” The New Orleans-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz trumpeter did not necessarily like all that he heard. Keep reading »
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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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Marsalis Shows Um Jazz Band A Lighter Touch
Wynton Marsalis walked onstage unannounced Saturday, at the end of a performance by the University of Miami faculty quintet. The music had been very good up to that point, and the sold-out audience at Gusman Hall on the university campus appreciated what it was hearing. Keep reading »