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Wynton and Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives
Wynton and guest musicians will perform in Wynton and Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives on September 28, 29 & 30 at 8pm in Frederick P. Rose Hall to present the groundbreaking and historic works by the Hot Five, Louis Armstrong’s first jazz recording band with him as a leader.
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Wynton with Oprah Winfrey on XM Satellite Radio
Wynton Marsalis will be guest at “Oprah and Friends”, on the air Thursday on XM Satellite Radio channel 156.
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Wynton to perform Live at Feel The Beat: A Concert for CPR Awareness
A line-up of extraordinary jazz and classical artists including multi-Grammy winner, Wynton Marsalis, violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor's and Appalachian Waltz Trio, multi-instrumentalist rising, jazz… Keep reading »
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Taking Coltrane’s Music and Making It Their Own
Jazz at Lincoln Center began its new season on Thursday with the first of three nights devoted to the music of John Coltrane. The occasion doubled as an early celebration of what would have been Coltrane’s 80th birthday (Sept. 23) — cake was served during intermission — and an opening salvo for the organization’s third year of programming in Frederick P. Rose Hall at Columbus Circle. It was a success on both counts.
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Transcript from Wynton’s speech at World Business Forum
Last night, Wynton was with former President Bill Clinton, Jack Welch, and others between the headliners who spoke to an audience of over 4,000 top business executives during the World Business Forum New York taking place at Radio City Music Hall.
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Wynton Marsalis and JLCO play Coltrane
Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates John Coltrane’s 80th Birthday with performance and education events September 14, 15, 16 & 20, throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall
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Hoots the Owl and Wynton in a 1986 sketch
Enjoy two awesome video-clip (November 19, 1986), where Wynton duets with Hoots the Owl on Classic Sesame Street !
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Wynton played at September 11th Commemoration Ceremony
The New Yorl City’s September 11th commemoration ceremony officially started at 8:40 AM this morning.
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At 10:29 AM Wynton performed “Down by the Riverside” and “Just a closer walk with Thee”, after a moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower). -
Coltrane 101: Echoes of a Giant
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S more ambitious concerts, while playing to an audience impressed by flash and smoothness, never completely lose their pedantic side; they’re always functioning in part as lessons. But sometimes that doesn’t sound so appealing. The cost of living is rising faster than salaries, and now even pleasure is work? And whose jazz history is this, anyway? Doesn’t jazz activate a loose, adaptable kind of intelligence that teaches you to be suspicious of someone else’s agenda? Keep reading »
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Wynton has a new Monette mouthpiece and trumpet
Last July, Dave Monette brought out Wynton a new PRANA 3 Bb trumpet, serial number 2070.
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He also brought a few prototype mouthpieces for Wynton to try. The new PRANA B2S3 was the winner, which Wynton has been playing all year.