ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
In response to a report that the thrice-postponed premiere of the piece was due to Wynton Marsalis's creative block, the composer's primary copyist writes, "I have the full score of the Blues Symphony complete with all seven movements. The piece is not being played in it's [sic] entirety because of a lack of rehearsal time, not because the piece has not been finished."...
Bemsha Swing (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jazz is not "America's classical music." Just think about it a moment. It's kind of like the "champaign of beers" logic. All the prestige in the comparison comes from classical music and flows toward jazz. The terms cannot be reversed: you can't call Mozart an Austrian jazz musician, can you? The phrase is based on a dehistoricized construction of classical music, a term that wasn't...
Time (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
On Nov. 19, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will premier Blues Symphony, Marsalis' first work composed exclusively for orchestra
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The exploration of sound is a natural part of Danish pianist Nikolaj Hess' music. Since graduating from the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen, he has worked in a wide range of contexts and played with artists as varied as trumpeter {{Wynton Marsalis = 1914}} and singer Sissel Vera Pettersen. With Pettersen he made an enchanting duo album, By This River (Music For Dreams, 2006)...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
[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...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By NAT HENTOFF For more than 60 years, I've seen recurring obituaries of jazz. The threnodies are being prepared again—in the National Endowment for the Arts' latest survey on public participation in the arts and with such questions as "Can Jazz Be Saved?" in which widely respected music critic Terry Teachout wrote regretfully in this paper last summer, "I don't know how to get...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
[The Harlem Quartet, A Sphinx Organization Ensemble] The Sphinx Organization send this news to AfriClassical: “Brunch with Mozart...In Harlem! Featuring the world renowned Harlem Quartet . Ilmar Gavilan – violin; Melissa White – violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez – viola; Desmond Neysmith – cello. Saturday, November 14, 2009. First Seating Noon - 1:30 pm; Second Seating 2:00...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The 100th anniverary of Williams' birth will be celebrated this afternoon by host Wynton Marsalis, as well as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Tickets range from $12-$28. For more information, call 212-721-6500 or visit www.jalc.org. ...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Way back in June, StLJN told readers about a Pollstar listing showing a performance by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in March 2010 at the Sheldon Concert Hall . Today, the Sheldon issued a press release announcing that Marsalis and the JaLCO ( pictured ) would indeed be coming to St. Louis next year on Saturday, March 13 to headline the hall's annual benefit gala. Patron...
Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS: November, 2009 - Autumn Serenade Neil Peart has once again updated the News page on his website . He begins by detailing some of his recent explorations in drumming: NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS: November, 2009 - Autumn Serenade ... Inevitably, though, at some point I will be overwhelmed by a strong desire to play the drums for real, and that fever came upon me in late summer...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Nicholas Payton has to be on the short list of the finest living jazz trumpeters. Early in his career, he was a protg of fellow New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis. But Payton has long since established himself as an esteemed artist in his own right, recording a string of strong albums including several for the legendary Verve label...
Santas Working Overtime (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
late santa (by Millie Motts) Celebrate... Organized Christmas Countdown Day 7: Holiday Home Spruce-Up , Day 8: Reality Check Week Music... Sorry it's a day late but here's Twelve Months of Christmas's Christmas at Halloween Wynton Marsalis Releases Christmas Album Exclusively Through Target @ All About Jazz Song of the Day... I've Got My Love To Keep Me Wa...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
[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 York Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Wynton Marsalis performed Thursday in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, the first night of a three-night stand dedicated to his own work.
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