Transcript and audio recording of Wynton giving entire Northwestern Commencement speech
Even though the rain kept me from giving the entire speech I had prepared at Northwestern’s commencement, I wanted to make the full transcript and the audio available to you all.
Click here to download a PDF of the speech
Click here to listen to the complete audio MP3 of the speech: Play
Comments
I have been a fan of Mr Marsalis since I first purchased his Trumpet Concertos album when I was in elementary school and listening to this speech reminds me why…a great performer and a better historian. Wonderful stuff for sure. Thanks
Jason on Jul 9th, 2009 at 2:35pm
Just downloaded wynton’s northwestern speech.And what a fantastic speech it is, i found it very inspirational and powerful.I will be sharing this with my friends!!
Thank you wynton for your dedication to jazz music.
peter b on Jul 8th, 2009 at 1:08pm