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Bobby McFerrin Brings It Back Home with "Spirityouall"

Bobby McFerrin Brings It Back Home with "Spirityouall"

For decades, Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules. The 10-time Grammy winner waged a quiet revolution, blurring the distinction between pop music and high art, goofing around barefoot in the world's finest concert halls, exploring uncharted vocal territory, inspiring a whole new generation of a cappella singers and the beatbox movement. Now he surprises us ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Mesa, AZ, March 8, 2013

Read "Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Mesa, AZ, March 8, 2013" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton MarsalisMesa Arts CenterMesa, AZMarch 8, 2013The 25th anniversary concert by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis was an homage to the past, sparked by elements of modernism with a mix of standards by Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan and Chick Corea, plus ...

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News: Award / Grant

Jazzmeia Horn Receives The "Rising Star" Award At Inaugural Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

Jazzmeia Horn Receives The "Rising Star" Award At Inaugural Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

On October 21, 2012 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ as part of the inaugural James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival, NJPAC, JAZZ ROOTS and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM held the first Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, a search for the world’s next great female jazz vocalists. Among those receiving ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Wynton Marsalis Performs The Ballad of the American Arts in Philadelphia Honoring Jazz Appreciation Month, April 3

Wynton Marsalis Performs The Ballad of the American Arts in Philadelphia Honoring Jazz Appreciation Month, April 3

Tickets on Sale Now! The Kimmel Center kicks off Jazz Appreciation Month with a special program, The Ballad of the American Arts, featuring Wynton Marsalis with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Verizon Hall on April 3, 2012 at 7:30pm. Jazz master Marsalis honors America's premier indigenous art form with a moving lecture ...

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Article: Live Review

Wynton Marsalis: Newark, Delaware, November 2, 2011

Read "Wynton Marsalis: Newark, Delaware, November 2, 2011" reviewed by Eugene Holley, Jr.

by Eugene Holley, Jr.

Wynton Marsalis: The Ballad of the American ArtsBob Carpenter CenterUniversity of DelawareNewark, DelawareNovember 2, 2011 A Wynton Marsalis gig is not particularly news. But his appearance at the Bob Carpenter Center was truly newsworthy, as evidenced by the appreciative, near-capacity crowd who came out to hear his stirring ...

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News: TV / Film

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues; In Theaters Sept 7; CD+DVD Sept 13

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues; In Theaters Sept 7; CD+DVD Sept 13

New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues. The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these ...

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News: Recording

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center

Reprise Records Presents Highlights From The Duo's Unprecedented, Sold-Out Jazz at Lincoln Center Performances; Also Features Special Guest Appearance By Taj Mahal Available September 13 On CD And CD/DVD LOS ANGELES—New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto

Read "Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach

by Joan A. Cararach

Newport Jazz FestivalDel 4 al 7 de agosto, 2011Newport, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos Prólogo: como Moisés en Fort Adams (y cantando con Pete Seeger) Un carrito de golf se detiene en la entrada del túnel que lleva del llamado escenario Quad al Harbor Stage. Chubasqueros y paraguas se detienen ante ...

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Article: Live Review

Wynton Marsalis: Cambridge, MA, April 28, 2011

Read "Wynton Marsalis: Cambridge, MA, April 28, 2011" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut

Wynton MarsalisHarvard Sanders TheatreCambridge, MA April 28, 2011 A capacity crowd filled Harvard University's Sanders Theatre for “Music as Metaphor," featuring trumpeter, composer and Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis. Thursday night's event launched a two-year series of programs by Marsalis at Harvard entitled “Hidden in Plain ...

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Article: Live Review

The Power of the Blues: Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Read "The Power of the Blues: Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center" reviewed by David Miller

by David Miller

Eric Clapton, Wynton Marsalis, Taj MahalRose HallNew York, NYApril 9, 2011 Let's get something out of the way here. Eric Clapton has nothing left to prove. That much is certain. The man many call “god" has accomplished enough throughout his long and varied career that he is now free to pursue ...


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