Wynton has been nominated for Best Jazz Artist for the 2007 Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO). The awards will be held in London England on September 19th.
If you want to vote for him as the Best Jazz Artist for 2007! please go to MOBO web site, click on Nominations and then scroll down to Best Jazz to choose Wynton.
On May 17, Wynton is presenting award to Agnes Varis for the 6th annual Jazz Foundation Gala at Apollo Theatre.
The benefit concert will raise money to assist the countless elder jazz and blues artists in crisis across America, who have spent their lives making ours rich with their music. In addition, to save hundreds of displaced New Orleans musicians who are still suffering without work, without homes and facing the threat of losing their very way of life, as well as the city that grew the garden of jazz.
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The Tribeca Film Festival announced the sponsors for the 2007 Festival, which includes the addition of marquee brands AARP, Axium Entertainment, Montblanc, Target and Yahoo!, as well as the continued support of numerous returning sponsors, including Founding Sponsor American Express.
Montblanc will present the 15th Annual International Montblanc de la Culture Award at an exclusive gala during the Festival. The nominees for the award, which supports the arts in ten countries, are Wynton Marsalis, Quincy Jones and Martha Richards.
The Tribeca Film Festival, now in its sixth year, will take place April 25 - May 6, 2007.
On June 22, Wynton has been honored with the 2006 Drum Major for Justice Award.
The event was organized by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and took place in New York, on June 22, at Lotus (409 West 14th Street).
Here’s a complete photo-set from the event.
Jazz ABZ, written by Wynton Marsalis and illustratred by Paul Rogers, is the Winner of the 2006 Bologna Ragazzi Special Award: Words and Music.
This is a special section for books on music to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of W. A. Mozart, who lived in Bologna while studying at the Conservatoire.
BolognaRagazzi 2006 is promoted by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in collaboration with Ibby Italia. Among the most prestigious international awards conferred each year to the children’s publishers.
Jazz ABZ is available on Amazon.com
Wynton’s latest album: Live at House of Tribes has been nominated for a Grammy in “Best Jazz Instrumental Album” category.
U.S. President George Bush plans to present the 2005 National Humanities Medals and National Medals of Arts in Oval Office ceremonies Thursday.
Wynton is among those who will receive a National Medal of Arts.
In addition to Wynton, this year’s Medal of Arts honorees are author Louis Auchincloss; conductor James DePriest; musician Paquito D’Rivera; arts advocate Leonard Garment; artist Ollie Johnston; musician Wynton Marsalis; singer Dolly Parton; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and dancer Tina Ramirez.
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