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Wynton is composing a new orchestral piece
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) have commissioned Wynton to compose a new orchestral piece. At the request of Wynton, ASO Music Director Robert Spano will serve as Wynton’s personal composition mentor, and will lead the ASO in the world premier performance during the NBAF’s 20th Anniversary season.
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Marsalis on Music available on DVD
The famous series entitled “Marsalis on Music”, in which Wynton explains the fundamentals of music to middle school audiences, is now available as four-DVD boxed set.
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Helped by his jazz band and students from Tanglewood, led by Seiji Ozawa, Wynton puts a fresh spin on music and music appreciation. -
Congo Square DVD will be released on March 4
The DVD version of Congo Square will be available on March 4, 2008. You can pre-order it directly on Amazon.com. The performance was filmed last summer at Montreal Jazz Festival.
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Wynton is writing a new book
In the next months a new book, written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward, will be out.
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Review - Wynton Marsalis: Standards and Ballads
The complaint that some jazz folks have with Wynton Marsalis is that, way too soon in his career, he became an outspoken proponent of all that was old-fashioned and conventional. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis’ Sheet Music now available in PDF
Wynton is pleased to announce the availability of Sheet Music titles from his existing catalog as PDF downloads! Available instantly after checkout, the PDFs are fully downloadable and printable from home.
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Every PDF file is password protected with a unique password generated “on the fly” after your buying. The password is required to open and print the PDF files. The Free Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view and print the PDF files.
Each song comes a full score, each individual part and special performance notes from Wynton, himself. -
Congo Square’s Sanctified Blues promoted at Stanford University
The deal will allow Stanford faculty, staff, students and Lively Arts patrons to download music by artists featured in the upcoming Lively Arts season using free iTunes gift cards.
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From now through March 15, the cards will be made available to patrons at all Lively Arts performances and to customers at the Stanford Bookstore, Tresidder Express, the Track House Sport Shop, the Cantor Arts Center Gift Shop and the Stanford Shop at Stanford Shopping Center. Lively Arts plans to mail the cards to Stanford students, faculty and staff in early February and will make the cards available to its community partners, including the Palo Alto Unified School District and East Palo Alto’s educational program College Track. -
Standards & Ballads - A new compilation release for Wynton
The new CD includes 14 classics such as Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust, ” the Gershwins’ “Embraceable You, ” Rodgers & Hart’s “Where Or When, ” Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne’s “I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry, ” Vernon Duke’s “I Can’t Get Started, ” and nine more, including Duke Ellington’s “Flamingo.”
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Reviews and video from the first part of Ellington Tour
As you know, Wynton and the JLCO are touring USA to perform the music of Duke Ellington…Now the band is playing in California (Check the next dates).
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Video: Wynton playing Sanctified Blues
Last summer, Wynton played with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Stuttgart (Germany). Following, you can watch to a video-clip where he’s soloing on Sanctified Blues, a song from Congo Square, his latest album with JLCO. Enjoy it !
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