As you know, Wynton is on tour now with JLCO. While on the road he was interviewed by The Hook, a Charlottesville’s Newspaper, for his concert on September 11, and by CBS News. His concert at Peace Center in Greenville (September 13, 2007) was reviewed by the GreenvilleOnLine, and the concert in Baltimore, on September 8 was reviewed by the Baltimore Citypaper.
Feel free to send us your comments and photos if you will attend one of the next concerts.
Wynton was at the Barbican (London) yesterday night, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The concert was reviewed by the Evening Standard, by The Independent, the Times Online, the Guardian Unlimited and the Telegraph.
Some fans shot also beautiful photos and posted them on Flickr:
Photo-set from The Barbican concert; Jam session with Wynton and some members of the LJCO at Uncle Sam’s Jazz club in Hackney on July 22, 2007.
Please feel free to send us your comments, photos with Wynton and reviews if you attended one of the UK or NL concerts.
Tonight Wynton is in Aspen with the JLCO and Odadda! to play Congo Square. Here you have an article about the concert on Aspen Times. Last week’s Congo Square concert in Detroit has been reviewed by Detroit News Online.
Chicago concert for the Ravinia Festival has three reviews: by the Prairie Owl, the Chicago Tribune and by Concert Live Wire (this one has nice photos too).
If you attended one of the past Congo Square concert, feel free to send us your opinion and photos with Wynton.
On June 20, Wynton appeared on “Tavis Smiley” to help promote his new CD, Congo Square. During the interview, Wynton and Tavis Smiley discussed Wynton’s passion for education as he is the co-founder and artistic director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Program. Wynton also talked about his new album. He described it as “We are rejoining with the spirit of African Music.”.
Congo Square concert in Grand Rapids has been reviewed by mLive , and the performance in Vail has an article by the Vail Daily. Wynton also spoked with the Denver Post about his upcoming concert in Denver on June 25. Check the upcoming dates of Congo Square in our tour section.
The Congo Square tour continues and people are very excited about it. You can take a look the other reviews here:
An article about Congo Square appeared on the Sun Journal. The concert at Mount Laurel Center in Bushkill has been reviewed by the Pocono PC Doctor. The date at Allen Theater in Cleveland has been reviewed by Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, and the concert in Milwakee got a review by the Milwakee Journal Sentinel.
Moreover, Wynton has also been interviewed by the Black America Web.
Please feel free to send us your comments, photos with Wynton and reviews if you attended one of the Congo Square concerts.
Congo Square tour started on June 14 from Rochester. Here is a review of the concert by Democrat and Chronicle. Wynton was also interviewed by the Philadelphia Tribune for the concert in Philadelphia (review by the Philadelphia Inquirer), by the Pocono Record for the event at the Mountain Laurel Center in Bushkill, and by WCPN Ideastream (mp3 audio) for the upcoming concert in Cleveland (June 18). In the interview fro WCPN, Ideastream music director Bobby Jackson caught up Yacub Addy’s wife and manager, Amina as well as Wynton, who talked about Congo Square and the African connections.
Please check the complete tour schedule for more info about the Congo Square tour. Feel free to send us you review and photos with Wynton. They will be published on our site.
From today, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton and Odadaa! with Yacub Addy will tour the critically-acclaimed work, Congo Square, written by Wynton and Mr. Addy, to 11 U.S. cities. The 24 musicians will perform the celebrated musical experience that had its premiere in New Orleans last spring. A CD of Congo Square is available on tour only right now, and will be released in the fall.
Today the band is performing in Rochester; tomorrow June 15, they will be in Philadelphia (read article by Philly.com and an interview by the Citypaper); on June 16 they will perform in Bushkill (article by the Morning Call Online; on June 18 in Cleveland (read articles by the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Scene).
Feel free to send us reviews and photos with Wynton if you attend one of the concerts. They will be published on this site and on Wynton’s Flickr gallery.
On April 26, Wynton participated in a Q&A session at Tribeca Film Festival, with the filmmakers of Chops, a documentary film directed by Bruce Broder that follows a Florida high school jazz band’s journey to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival.
Here you can find a video interview to Wynton about “Chops” on NY1.com or watch the trailer.
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