Wynton Marsalis and Bill Clinton talk about Jazz
Last night at the Walter Reade Theater at the center, Wynton and his organization scored a coup in the name of intellectualism and publicity: a symposium, with an invitation-only audience of about 200, on the subject of jazz and American democracy, including the former president and part-time saxophonist Bill Clinton.
The moderator was Charlie Rose; besides Wynton and Mr. Clinton, the panelists included Farah Jasmine Griffin, an author and professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University; Michael Kammen, an author and professor of American history of culture at Cornell; the San Francisco middle-school music educator Jack Martens; Frances Rauscher, an academic at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, who has researched the effect of jazz on cognitive development.
Read the full artichle about the event on: New York Times
Karen said
on April 9, 2008 @ 10:13 pm
Luigi,
Is there a link to an old Charlie Rose show from 1994? I am interested in viewing the entire interview done with Wynton Marsalis and Peter Martins around the time of their collaboration. Snipets are shown in “Accent on the Offbeat”, but there was more said and it’s interesting. This thing is aesthetic evolution in the making. Even a transcript would be appreciated.
Karen
Luigi said
on April 10, 2008 @ 1:01 am
Maybe this is the video you are speaking about?
Wynton and Peter Martins’ interview starts at min. 33:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUBRkvZOHeY
Karen said
on April 10, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Thank you, Luigi. This is the one.