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Detroit Symphony Orchestra puts notoriously difficult Wynton Marsalis piece on record – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director Jader Bignamini didn’t take an easy route in making the first commercial recording of his career. The piece in question is the DSO’s performance of Wynton Marsalis’ “Blues Symphony,” a notoriously challenging 2009 composition that’s both long (seven movements in just over an hour) and intricate in its blend of blues, classical and New Orleans jazz motifs.
Wynton Marsalis and J@LCO dazzle with Democracy! Suite at Barbican – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Every so often, a concert comes along that lifts the spirits of everyone present, and the final evening of Wynton Marsalis’s March residency at the Barbican was one such. The main event was the UK premiere of his ‘Democracy! Suite’
‘I was shaped by growing up in segregation’: Wynton Marsalis on how jazz connects democracy and liberation – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Wynton Marsalis made history when he became the first musician to win classical and jazz Grammy Awards in the same year. He tells the BBC’s Katty Kay about jazz’s unique connection to liberation and how his father’s relationship with music shaped his approach.
Jazz at Lincoln Center review — Wynton Marsalis’s gripping Fourth Symphony – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Incredible trumpeter, bandleader and inspirational force though he is, Wynton Marsalis sometimes seems to struggle when he attempts long-form composition. The results often sound like a patchwork of disparate ideas rather than a symphonic unity.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Marsalis, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - sounds above substance – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Few symphonies lasting over an hour hold the attention (Mahler’s can; even Messiaen’s Turangalîla feels two movements too long). Wynton Marsalis is a great man, but his Fourth, “The Jungle”, is no masterpiece, not even a symphony
Wynton Marsalis brings a baggy monster to the Barbican, plus the best of March’s classical concerts – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
If there’s such a thing as royalty in jazz, the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra is surely it. On Saturday night they strolled onto the Barbican stage with an easy assurance that seemed to say, “We own this music”.
Wynton Marsalis leads rich residency with echoes of Ellington – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s latest three-day Barbican residency was suffused with Ellingtonian touches. The opening night combined the JLCO Youth Orchestra with the Guildhall’s Ellington-flavoured band, and the young musicians’ frightening maturity was in evidence in the Charlie Parker Combo that played the free stage the following evening.
Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis celebrates a major milestone, explains why he doesn’t get sentimental over historic career – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Rooms have been buzzing with the sound of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’ smooth trumpet playing for over half a century now. The world-renowned musician — a nine-time Grammy Award winner and Pulitzer Prize holder — was given his first trumpet at age 6.
Wynton Marsalis’ The Shanghai Suite At Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
How does Wynton Marsalis spend his birthday? On the road, of course. The venerable champion of all things jazzy and traditional celebrated his 63rd birthday onstage in Hong Kong on October 18, the second in a duo of divergent dates leading his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), which taken consecutively felt like two sides of the same coin.
Wynton Marsalis on jazz band’s Hong Kong concerts and having ‘a good time wherever I go’ – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Grammy-winning composer and modern jazz pioneer Wynton Marsalis will celebrate his birthday on stage with a Hong Kong audience this week. “I have a good time wherever I go. It’s going to be significant to me because it’s my birthday, but only to me. It’s not significant to you, necessarily,” quips the US trumpeter, who will turn 63 on October 18.
Shanghai’s pulse comes alive in concert led by American jazz icon – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
American jazz trumpet master Wynton Marsalis recently performed two concerts in Beijing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a renowned big band ensemble. One of the concerts featured an innovative piece titled Shanghai Suite.
Marsalis pitches balance of jazz into political arena – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Renowned American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis believes the universal language of jazz can bridge divides with a common story of humanity. Marsalis has charted a decades-long career that has seen him win nine Grammys and tour the world with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Jazz hits high notes in symphony collaboration – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Led by legendary jazz trumpet player and composer Wynton Marsalis of the United States, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra collaborated with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to present Marsalis’ fourth jazz symphony The Jungle in Shanghai on Oct 26.
Wynton Marsalis and Company Showcase New Arrangements of Pivotal Pre-Jazz Pieces – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Whereas others revisiting this early music try to incorporate some of the funk and grit of early jazz and protojazz, Marsalis and friends keep everything very smooth and highly swinging.
Wynton Marsalis: Concert for Orchestra - World Premiere by WRD Symphony Orchestra in Cologne – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Wynton Marsalis has always moved confidently between the musical worlds of jazz and classical music – as a trumpeter and as a composer. This is also evident in his Concerto for Orchestra, which he composed on commission from the WDR Symphony Orchestra.
LOUIS: A Silent Film with Live Music by Wynton Marsalis and Cecile Licad - West Coast Tour May 2025 – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
LOUIS is a silent film, written and directed by Dan Pritzker and shot by Oscar®-winning cinematographer, the late Vilmos Zsigmond. Pre-eminent jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis and 19th century American composer, Louis Moreau Gottschalk provide the score.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis review - The great big band at Symphony Center, Chicago – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
On Friday evening, January 24, 2025, in the first of 2 concerts performed at Orchestra Hall, 220 S. Michigan, Chicago, as part of the 94th season of the Symphony Center Presents Jazz Series, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with artistic director and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, presented Bebop Revolution
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise is a one-hour PBS documentary that celebrates the sesquicentennial of this iconic institution while exploring the ever-evolving definition of democracy through powerful stories and performances that have unfolded there. Featuring appearances by Wynton Marsalis
The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and Guests salute the Blues, Gospel, Country, Bluegrass, and the Early Sounds of Swing in JAZZ AMERICANA – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
On February 7 and 8, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, joined by special guests—vocalist Shenel Johns, violinist and fiddler Maggie O’Connor, fiddler Mark O’Connor, banjo player and guitarist Gavin Rice, and pianist Terry Waldo—will explore the roots of jazz in Jazz Americana at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. Jazz at Lincoln Center is located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, NY.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s National Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced the top high school jazz bands selected to compete in the 30th annual Essentially Ellington_ High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival** on May 7-11, 2025, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jazz at Lincoln Center is located at Broadway at 60th St., New York, NY.
Wynton Marsalis, With Inspiration From Gerry Mulligan, Sets Jazz at Lincoln Center on a New Course – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
In recent seasons, much of the programming at Jazz at Lincoln Center has been devoted to examining the international status of jazz. This year, though, it’s been all about exploring generations, genres, and subgenres of jazz.
Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis on how Massachusetts shaped his career – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
As a young adult trying to hone his skill as a jazz trumpeter, Wynton Marsalis was no stranger to Massachusetts. He was a fellow at Tanglewood, and performed at Boston’s Symphony Hall.
Bebop Revolution Concert Event Features World Premiere of Everything Changes, Commissioned Work from Composer and Trombonist Vincent Gardner – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), continues its 20th anniversary celebration of Frederick P. Rose Hall, known as the House of Swing with Bebop Revolution featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Explores Works by Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Lennie Tristano, Benny Golson and More in Cool School & Hard Bop – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis debuts Cool School & Hard Bop under the music direction of JLCO saxophonist Sherman Irby and JLCO frequent collaborator, pianist, composer and arranger Joe Block.
Monkey King, Li Bai, hotpot: U.S. trumpet master jazzes up Chinese musical heritage – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Jazz and Chinese folk songs may seem worlds apart, as distant from each other as the space between China and the United States. However, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by U.S. trumpet master Wynton Marsalis, brought to Chinese audiences an amazing blend of the two arts during their recent China tour.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra cuts jazz groove on Wynton Marsalis ‘Blues Symphony’ album – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
For its first album recording in nearly a decade, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra set out to make a statement. So it locked its sights onto something especially rich and meaningful: One year ago this month, music director Jader Bignamini led the DSO in three performances of Wynton Marsalis’ musically imaginative, historically dynamic “Blues Symphony” as an audio team captured the concerts live inside Orchestra Hall.
The BSO hits a surprise high note with Wynton Marsalis tuba concerto – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
At Strathmore on Saturday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra took a scenic route through a program of Carl Nielsen, Wynton Marsalis and Jean Sibelius — composers you don’t often see gathered together, represented in works that complemented each other like a trio of fall colors.
Wynton Marsalis: talking jazz, education, China, culture, technology and beyond – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Grammy and Pulitzer-prize winning trumpeter, composer and band leader Wynton Marsalis has this month toured with his Lincoln Jazz Centre Orchestra through Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong dropped by for a QandA at the FCC with Robin Ewing,
Blue Engine Records Releases Live Recording of Wynton Marsalis’s Newest Longform Work: The Shanghai Suite – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Blue Engine Records—Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house record label—proudly announces the release of Wynton Marsalis’s The Shanghai Suite, a live recording featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) and special guest clarinetist Ye Huang.
Culture Beat: Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra shine at NCPA – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are taking to the stage at China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on Wednesday and Thursday night.
Trumpet star Marsalis says jazz creates ‘balance’ in divided world – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Marsalis—who sat down with AFP in Beijing as he kicked off a series of performances in China—has charted a decades-long career that has seen him win nine Grammys and tour the world with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO).
With One of the Best Openers in Memory, Jazz at Lincoln Center Launches Its 20th Season at Rose Hall – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday night launched its 20th season at Rose Hall with a fairly spectacular concert, which helped illuminate precisely what makes the JALC organization so unique.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis celebrates Max Roach centennial — album review – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Max Roach’s unerring sense of time, dynamic interplay and melodic invention gave drum virtuosity another dimension. His 1940s recordings accompanying Charlie Parker laid down a template for modern jazz drumming.
Blue Engine Records releases “The Music of Max Roach” – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house label, is thrilled to announce the release of The Music of Max Roach, a live album celebrating the centennial of the legendary drummer-composer, bebop pioneer, and activist Max Roach (1924-2007).
Interlochen and Cristian Măcelaru partner with Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, National Symphony Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra – Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Yo-Yo Ma will premiere a new cello concerto by Wynton Marsalis with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra in side-by-side performances with members of the National Symphony Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra—all under the baton of Cristian Măcelaru.