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Video: Wynton’s tribute for victims of Katrina
On September 2, 2005, on CBS’ TheEarly Show, Wynton played a trumpet solo in tribute to the people struggling to survive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Wynton’s interview and tribute for victims of Katrina on CBS’ The Early Show
Yesterday, Wynton played a tribute for the victims of hurricane Katrina on CBS’ The Early Show. Here is an excerpt of the interview:
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Wynton and Arturo O’Farrill celebrate Chico O’Farrill
On Wednesday, June 29th at 6:30pm, the Chico O’Farrill Legacy Committee presents a free concert for the people of the City of New York to celebrate the street naming in honor of Chico O’Farrill.
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Join the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Arturo O’Farrill, featuring guest artist Wynton Marsalis as they lend their musical support to celebrate a true friend of Jazz at Lincoln Center. -
Wynton plays for a tribute to Katherine Dunham
At Peter Norton Symphony Space, in a Friday, 12 night program that began a three-day series devoted to Ms. Dunham and Haitian culture, the Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat and two former Dunham dancers, Glory Van Scott and Julie Robinson Belafonte, spoke of Ms. Dunham’s humanitarianism and social activism.
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Wynton Marsalis on Benny Carter
People often speak of whether an artist can live up to the art form,” Wynton said when Benny Carter received a Kennedy Center honor in 1996. “But Benny Carter is one of the rare instances where we wonder if the great art created can live up to him.
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