Grammy-winning Trumpeter to Lead Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, June 14th @8
Wynton Marsalis Artistic Director, Trumpet Marsalis is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961, Mr. Marsalis began his classical training on...
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Last year, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was in Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, he mostly gave a jazz history lecture, interspersed with a couple of tunes by small jazz chamber ensemble from his Jazz at...
View ArticleWynton Marsalis, fashion's Toledos to team on Broadway
Jazz and fashion will be partners in a new Broadway musical this fall. Wynton Marsalis is joining forces with the duo Isabel and Ruben Toledo...
View ArticleDuke Ellington... The Musical?
New York — "After Midnight," a musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in...
View ArticleDuke Ellington-era musical revue ‘After Midnight’ to hit Broadway this fall
NEW YORK — “After Midnight,” a musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington’s years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem in the late ‘20s and early ‘30s, will begin new performances far from its...
View ArticleCotton Club Musical Headed to Broadway With a New Name
Following popular runs at New York City Center under the title “Cotton Club Parade,” the show – a musical revue about the famed Harlem nightclub – will begin performances on Broadway in October with a...
View Article>'After Midnight' to hit Broadway this fall
NEW YORK (AP) — "After Midnight," a musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in...
View Article'After Midnight' to hit Broadway this fall
Click photo to enlarge FILE - This April 24, 1969 file photo shows musician Duke Ellington in New York. "After Midnight," a joyous musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the famous Cotton...
View ArticleBranford Marsalis: ‘Most people don’t hear music, they see...
Some might say that Branford Marsalis was born with a silver saxophone in his mouth. Scion of a New Orleans jazz dynasty that includes his father Ellis and younger brother Wynton, and schooled every...
View ArticlePierre's picks: 10 don't-miss events at the Jazz Fest
Every Friday, CBC Montreal’s Homerun arts reporter Pierre Landry brings you the top five things to see and do in Montreal this weekend. Here are Pierre's picks for June 28, 29 and 30. The Montreal...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. Reclaims its Role as a Jazz Destination
By PAULA PHILLIPS, Paula Phillips Contributor since 2013 Paula is the Director of Administration at Maryland Summer Jazz and principal at The Phillips Agency. Recent articles (0 total) Washington, D.C....
View ArticleFat Joe Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Pay Taxes
The rapper Fat Joe was sentenced to four months in prison on Monday in federal court in Newark for failing to pay his taxes, the United States Attorney’s office for New Jersey said. Fat Joe, whose real...
View ArticleDetroit jazz trumpeter Walt Szymanski living the high life
Susan Whitall Detroit News Music Writer Comments Walt Szymanski does arrangements for 'American Idol' in addition to teaching and performing. (Drumbeaters PR) Walt Szymanski is living the musicians...
View ArticlePreview: Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society stretches out in new concert series
The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. But the middle-aged organization is showing no signs of slowing down, introducing "Just Summer," its first summer concert...
View ArticleBroadway's Smash Hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to Perform on PBS' A CAPITOL FOURTH,...
Download image A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS, airing live from the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 4 at 8 p.m. ET, will feature legendary hits from Broadway's new smash MOTOWN THE MUSICAL. (PRNewsFoto/Capital...
View ArticleJazz breaking news: SNJO get in the spirit of Duke at BRASS Festival
The seventh annual BRASS Durham International Festival, which runs from 7 until 21 July, showcases the best brass bands and groups from around the world along with street theatre, sound installations,...
View Article'Reality' entertainment creeps into theater
Linda Winer Linda Winer Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday, Galleries It seems like forever since we could use the word "reality" without imagining ironic quotation marks...
View ArticleLast Two Nights for the Jams!! (Rochester International Jazz Festival)
(Source: Rochester International Jazz Festival) Last Two Nights for the Jams!! June 28, 2013 XRIJF Nightly Jazz Session with The Bob Sneider Trio Showtimes June 28 State St. Bar & Grill at the...
View ArticleThe Pescara Jazz Festival is back in Abruzzo
Every year in the month of July, one of the most important Jazz music events takes place in Abruzzo from July 8th to July 28th,...
View ArticleFusion Groovin’
By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI, Chris M. Slawecki Senior Editor since 1996 Chris M. Slawecki has been published in music industry and related publications for more than thirty years and has served...
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