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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet
We have just updated the fall 2005 tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet.
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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and LCJO
We have updated our tour section with the official summer-fall tour schedule for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet and the LCJO. More news (and dates…) to come soon…
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The Magic of Wynton Marsalis
Magic was in the air as The Wynton Marsalis Quartet took the stage Sunday night, when the preeminent trumpeter in jazz music today strode confidently to that stage and began to whistle. This was just the beginning of an unexpected opener - an obscure Ornette Coleman’s composition - ‘Remnant” - a request from an audience member that was given a loving and virtuosi treatment.
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Wynton Marsalis plays for the Village Vanguard 70th Anniversary
Next week, Wynton will perform with his quartet as part of the Village Vanguard‘s 70th-anniversary celebration. He will play on February 16, 2005 for two sets on 9 -11 PM
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New tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet
We have just updated the 2005 tour dates for the Wynton Marsalis Quartet.
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Wynton will tour with Ali Jackson (drums) and Carlos Henriquez (bass).
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Marsalis captures a little of the ‘Magic’
Wynton Marsalis has been coming to Symphony Hall for 20 years, he told his audience there early on last night, and “it’s always a pleasure.” This time he arrived looking the elder statesman at 42, and touring with his quartet in support of their new Blue Note CD, “The Magic Hour,” an album more fun and accessible than those immediately preceding it. Keep reading »
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The Magic Hour reviewed on NPR.org
Wynton has released his first small ensemble jazz cd in 5 years. It’s called The Magic Hour.
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NPR Reviewer Jim Fusilli finds delight in the record, with clever performances. He also finds some of the jazz Wynton plays sometimes backward looking. -
Wynton talking to Tavis Smiley about his new album: “The Magic Hour”
On March 29 2004, Tavis Smiley, (who has a talk show on PBS) interviewed Wynton for his NPR radio broadcast.
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NPR: Wynton Marsalis, ‘The Magic Hour’
Those final minutes of the day, when parents everywhere are trying to get restless kids to settle down and go to bed, are what Wynton Marsalis calls “the magic hour.” It’s also the title of the acclaimed trumpeter’s new CD, which he says celebrates the childishness in all of us. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis on ‘The Magic Hour’ for CNN
Before he’d finished high school, Wynton Marsalis was already a legend in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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In the years since, he’s become internationally known, leading the New York-based Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and releasing more than 25 albums. His 1997 work, “Blood on the Fields,” won the Pulitzer Prize.