Oct 17th, 2008 · Marian McPartland's 90th birthday celebration continues with more one-of-a-kind performances from a special concert at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Pianist Jason Moran performs a McPartland original and Wynton Marsalis joins McPartland for a rousing version of "All the Things You Are."
Keywords: celebration · birthday · original · Jazz · II · concert · Wynton Marsalis · rousing · Lincoln Center · McPartland · Club Coca Cola · Pianist Jason Moran
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says that music is the "art of the invisible" — it is memory, intention and imagination. Marsalis explains his relationship to jazz in his new book, Moving to Higher Ground, and talks about how music changed his life.
Keywords: memory · music · Jazz · legend · Marsalis · imagination · invisible · intention · Wynton Marsalis · Wynton · emMoving · Higher Ground
Jul 12th, 2008 · Country music legend Willie Nelson and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis discover common ground and a mutual love of jazz standards and the blues on their album Two Men With The Blues. Here, the artists discuss their first-ever collaboration.
Keywords: country · artists · music · Jazz · discovering · legend · album · collaboration · trumpeter · Wynton Marsalis · Willie · Willie Nelson
Jul 8th, 2008 · Esquire music columnist Andy Langer guides us through this week's rundown of the new releases, including albums by Beck, Willie Nelson, and Wynton Marsalis.
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Mar 12th, 2007 · Every decade or so, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis says, he makes a political album. From the Plantation to the Penitentiary is his latest. The songs criticize hip-hop culture, a lack of strong black leadership and materialism.
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Nov 17th, 2005 · Wynton Marsalis puts down his horn and picks up his pen for his latest project: Jazz ABZ. In the book, the jazz trumpeter shares his deep knowledge of jazz in all its forms with children.
Keywords: children · Kids · Jazz · Marsalis · knowledge · trumpeter · Wynton Marsalis · Jazz ABZ
Sep 17th, 2005 · Trumpet star Wynton Marsalis, co-founder and director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is hosting a benefit concert and auction Saturday night to raise money for the Higher Ground Hurricane Fund. Artists lending their talents include James Taylor, Buckwheat Zydeco, Norah Jones and many others.
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Sep 17th, 2005 · Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Dianne Reeves and dozens more perform in a concert to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina, recorded Sept. 17 at New York's Rose Theater.
Keywords: Hurricane Katrina · New York · hurricane · Survivors · Relief · concert · Elvis Costello · Norah Jones · Dianne Reeves · Wynton Marsalis · Rose Theater
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