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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[Wynton Marsalis] Boosey & Hawkes Press Release November 10, 2009 “ Complete Work to Be Performed at Annual King Celebration at Morehouse College on January 14, 2010 Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will now premiere selected movements of Wynton Marsalis's new symphonic work, Blues Symphony , November 19-22 in Atlanta Symphony Hall. This programming change was made in order to give the Orchestra an adequate amount of time to fully realize the composer’s expanded vision for the piece.” “ Each of Blues Symphony’s seven movements takes a blues form, exploring everything from traditional fife and drum to African-American spirituals to the urban ... Read Full Story
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[Wynton Marsalis] Boosey & Hawkes Press Release November 10, 2009 “ Complete Work to Be Performed at Annual King Celebration at Morehouse College on January 14, 2010 Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will now premiere selected movements of Wynton Marsalis's new symphonic work, Blues Symphony , November 19-22 in Atlanta Symphony Hall. This programming change was made in order to give the Orchestra an adequate amount of time to fully realize the composer’s expanded vision for the piece.” “ Each of Blues Symphony’s seven movements takes a blues form, exploring everything from traditional fife and drum to African-American spirituals to the urban ... Read Full Story
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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://ia341327.us.archive.org/2/items/JonHammondWyntonMarsalisLegionofHonorMedalPresentationbroughttoyoubyJonHammond/WyntonMarsalisLegionofHonorMedal.m4v http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSMA9rEOFMI 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 French Cultural Services. In attendance were Bill Cosby, George Wein, Jean-Louis Gilhaumon, George Avakian and Wynton's Father Mr. Ellis Marsalis. With a performance by Wynton's quintet with saxophonist Walter Blanding Jr. and Ellis Marsalis at the Steinway Piano with his son. Brought to you ... 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
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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
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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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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BERLIN (AP) — Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead — to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will  
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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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