News Updates – New York

Wynton interviewed by the New York Times Magazine

Posted on October 3rd, 2004 in Profiles & Interviews

Do you feel personally responsible for the acoustics at your deluxe new home, Frederick P. Rose Hall?
Acoustics is like a draft pick. Until you get out and start playing games, you don’t know how it’s going to go.

Wynton and JALC introduce the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame

Posted on September 30th, 2004 in News

Jazz at Lincoln Center tonight will celebrate the dedication of the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame and the official induction of its inaugural class of members.
Located within the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall, the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, which interactively immerses visitors in the lives and artistry of jazz greats, was named by Jazz at Lincoln Center Board member Ahmet Ertegun and his wife, Mica, in honor of his late brother and Atlantic Records partner Nesuhi Ertegun.

Wynton Marsalis plays the music of Mary Lou Williams

Posted on May 6th, 2004 in Concerts | 1

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis honors this largely underappreciated pianist, composer and arranger who was also a mentor of Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.

Wynton plays the music of Ornette Coleman

Posted on February 15th, 2004 in Concerts

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrates avant-garde forefather Ornette Coleman, exploring seminal works of this downhome, groundbreaking composer and instrumentalist. Coleman sidemen, the masterful Dewey Redman makes a special appearance at this event.

Wynton celebrates Count Basie’s’ 100th birthday

Posted on January 24th, 2004 in Concerts

Count Basie had a truly original approach both as a pianist and bandleader. A musical minimalist, he could say more by playing less. In memory of his 100th birthday, Wynton Marsalis introduces a discussion about Basie’s influence on American swing, featuring former Basie bandmate Frank Foster.
Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 7pm at Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Bill Clinton touts musical greats

Posted on December 15th, 2003 in Review

While his former second banana, Al Gore, was stumping for Howard Dean last week, Bill Clinton was busy endorsing John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday. Those are just a few of the late jazz legends whose names came up Wednesday night at a symposium that paired the former president and sometime saxophone player with the rather more accomplished trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, where Marsalis is artistic director, the panel discussion addressed the relationship between jazz, a native American art form, and our politics and culture.   Keep reading »

Marsalis, Clinton and Others Dissect Jazz at Symposium

Posted on December 11th, 2003 in Review | 3

Wynton Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, has talked for some years about his desire to gather an intellectual community around jazz.

Last night at the Walter Reade Theater at the center, Mr. Marsalis and his organization scored a coup in the name of intellectualism and publicity: a symposium, with an invitation-only audience of about 200, on the subject of jazz and American democracy, including the former president and part-time saxophonist Bill Clinton.

Wynton explains: Who is Miles Davis

Posted on December 9th, 2003 in Concerts

Miles Davis was one of the most iconoclastic figures in jazz. Learn how the innovative trumpeter traversed many styles of jazz - including swing, bebop, cool, modal and fusion - and inspired millions of fans and musicians.
Host Wynton Marsalis, in his Jazz for young people concert series at Lincoln Center, is joined by trumpeters Eddie Henderson, Justin Kisor, and Brandon Lee, as well as Billy Childs, Peter Washington and Joe Farnsworth. Budding jazz musicians can take their instruments for an after-concert jam session.
Saturday, December 13, 2003, 11am & 1pm at Alice Tully Hall.

Wynton Marsalis Pens Music for Rattner’s Eatonville

Posted on September 2nd, 2003 in News | 1

Amas Musical Theatre, whose previous productions include Zanna, Don’t! and Little Ham, will offer a new play with music this fall.
The 35-year-old multi-ethnic, not-for-profit theatre company will present — from Oct. 21-Nov. 23 — Bonnie Lee Rattner’s Eatonville, which boasts an original jazz score and songs by Wynton Marsalis. Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Eatonville is set in 1920’s Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black incorporated American towns.