Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Welcome to the Wynton Marsalis zine, with news, pictures, articles, and more. Marsalis is a jazz trumpeter and composer and is one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era. He's also a well-known instrumentalist in... [more]

Welcome to the Wynton Marsalis zine, with news, pictures, articles, and more. Marsalis is a jazz trumpeter and composer and is one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era. He's also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music, as well as the musical director of Jazz ant Lincoln center. Follow Marsalis here.

 
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Thank you to everyone who entered our contest to win an autographed copy of Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles! This DVD gives you front row seats to the sold-out concert in New York City at Rose Theatre PLUS rehearsal footage, exclusive interviews and photos! Congratulations to: Chris Molly If you did not win you can still pick up a copy for yourself! <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ffortheloveofa-20%2F8001%2F13ff8abd-d9fb-4454-832a-77bde19c664e&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ffortheloveofa-20%2F8001%2F13ff8abd-d9fb-4454-832a-77bde19c664e&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A><br /> Don’t forget to enter to win your copy of Joey + Rory’s Christmas album and check back tomorrow for a brand new Christmas contest! Country Girl wants you to be a ... Read Full Story
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Thank you to everyone who entered our contest to win an autographed copy of Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles! This DVD gives you front row seats to the sold-out concert in New York City at Rose Theatre PLUS rehearsal footage, exclusive interviews and photos! Congratulations to: Chris Molly If you did not win you can still pick up a copy for yourself! <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ffortheloveofa-20%2F8001%2F13ff8abd-d9fb-4454-832a-77bde19c664e&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ffortheloveofa-20%2F8001%2F13ff8abd-d9fb-4454-832a-77bde19c664e&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A><br /> Don’t forget to enter to win your copy of Joey + Rory’s Christmas album and check back tomorrow for a brand new Christmas contest! Country Girl wants you to be a ... Read Full Story
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Once in awhile the stars align and something magical happens. Willie Nelson , Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones come together in this phenomenal DVD to play the music of Ray Charles. This DVD gives you front row seats to the sold-out concert in New York City at Rose Theatre PLUS rehearsal footage, exclusive interviews and photos! Country Music Tattle Tale has two copies to give away! They are autographed by Wynton Marsalis! All you have to do to enter to win a copy is leave us a comment (with your email address) and we will pick two winners at random next Monday! Country Girl ... Read Full Story
Written by tattletale on
Once in awhile the stars align and something magical happens. Willie Nelson , Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones come together in this phenomenal DVD to play the music of Ray Charles. This DVD gives you front row seats to the sold-out concert in New York City at Rose Theatre PLUS rehearsal footage, exclusive interviews and photos! Country Music Tattle Tale has two copies to give away! They are autographed by Wynton Marsalis! All you have to do to enter to win a copy is leave us a comment (with your email address) and we will pick two winners at random next Monday! Country Girl ... Read Full Story
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[Wynton Marsalis] An Atlanta Symphony press release reads: “Music Director Robert Spano And The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra To Perform World Premiere Of Wynton Marsalis's Blues Symphony November 19-22, 2009.” The press release says: “ Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-musician Wynton Marsalis’s new symphonic work, Blues Symphony . The new work celebrates the blues through the prism of different moments in American history, and will be the first work by Marsalis composed exclusively for symphony orchestra.” To our mind, the news suggested striking parallels with the circumstances of William Grant Still's Symphony ... Read Full Story
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock 'n roll. It's related to spirituals, and even ...  
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In response to a report that the thrice-postponed premiere of the piece was due to Wynton Marsalis's creative block, the composer's primary copyist writes, "I have the full score of the Blues Symphony complete with all seven movements. The piece is not being played in it's [sic] entirety because of a lack of rehearsal time, not because the piece has not been finished."...  
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Recommended THE SPECIAL:Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis' inaugural collaboration, Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City, was one of my nicest DVD surprises of last year; what sounded, at first blush, like a singularly peculiar paring resulted in a homey, mellow, thoroughly enjoyable blues show by two unexpectedly well-suited collaborators. That show (and its corresponding album, Two...  
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Wynton Marsalis Legion of Honor Medal Presentation at French Embassy NYC brought to you by Jon Hammond *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: photo by Jon Hammond  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSMA9rEOF… French Ambassador Pierre Vimont presents Wynton Marsalis the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor medal, France’s highest distinction, in a very special ceremony at the French Embassy in New York by [...]  
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French Ambassador Pierre Vimont awarded trumpeter Wynton Marsalis the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor Friday night at the French Embassy in New York. Marsalis told NBC the award "is a tremendous honor.  
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