Jazz Articles about Wynton Marsalis

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men with the Blues

by Chris May
July 1, 2008

In case you missed it, back in 2006 singer and guitarist Willie Nelson--then 73 years young-- got busted in Louisiana. Highway police following Nelson's band bus noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming out of the windows, stopped the vehicle and found somewhere between one and a half and two pounds of weed and a bag of magic mushrooms. A US cable TV host reported they also found a jar of formaldehyde containing Waylon Jennings' foot.

Nelson, who ...

Wynton Marsalis: Standards & Ballads

by Jim Santella
January 26, 2008

Drawing from previous Columbia albums that were originally released between 1983 and 1999, this compilation serves as a best of collection when it comes to jazz's traditional partnership with the romantic song. It's a love-fest. What's more, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis shares his passion for these fourteen chestnuts with his audience fluently, readily and sincerely.

Whether it's the open horn on “Embraceable You with piano trio or the muted Louis Armstrong tribute on “When It's Sleepy Time Down South, ...

Wynton Marsalis on Satellite Radio

by Nick Catalano
August 5, 2007

As the evolution in technology accelerates exponentially these days, it becomes difficult to decide which gadgets are necessary for meaningful aesthetic participation and which are simply an attempt by corporate America to filch more money from our dwindling resources.

I recently purchased a car and it came with a 3-month trial subscription to XM satellite radio. Immediately, I scanned the stations to acquaint myself with the programming of this commercial-free service and found several stations which were important ...

Wynton Marsalis: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 2, 2007

Un colto quanto sterile esercizio di alessandrinismo. Si potrebbe definire così la più recente produzione discografica di Wynton Marsalis, qui a capo di un giovane sestetto in cui ha grande spazio la voce scura, agile ritmicamente della vocalist Jennifer Sanon. Un'opera indubbiamente piacevole e ben congegnata, ma senz'anima. È il frutto di un 'accurata opera di catalogazione di alcuni ritmi e melodie guida dell'estetica afroamericana del '900: charleston, swing, la ballad, per quel che riguarda il mondo del jazz; ed ...

Wynton Marsalis and Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives, Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Samuel Chell
October 25, 2006

Wynton and Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives Jazz at Lincoln Center: Rose Theater New York, NY September 30, 2006

Arguably the most influential recordings in the history of jazz, Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens were the occasion for three Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts in the Rose Theater, Sept. 28-30, featuring Wynton Marsalis and eight other musicians. As my first visit to New York in several years and my first chance to ...

Marsalis on Music

by David Seymour
April 10, 2006

Marsalis on Music: The Book & CD Companion to the Public Television Series Wynton Marsalis Hardcover; 171 pages ISBN: 0393038815 WW Norton & Company 1995

Marsalis on Music, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' groundbreaking audio/visual music education project from 1995, was produced by Sony Classical Film & Video, debuted in the US on PBS, and subsequently translated and shown around the world. The Peabody Award-winning program provides an excellent introduction to classical ...

Wynton Marsalis: Live at the House of Tribes

by Samuel Chell
January 30, 2006

Wynton Marsalis' dominance seems at times so complete that it's easy to either become suspicious of the musician represented by the vita sheet, or take it as a given that he's the world's greatest trumpet player, if not music-maker. Live at the House of Tribes offers little conclusive evidence for either position, but it certainly makes the case for a non-controversial middle ground. The program appears designed to appeal to a wide audience within the liberal spectrum of ...