A long list of entertainers, journalists, politicians and musicians from across the country packed New York’s Riverside Church for the memorial service, reflecting Bradley’s achievements and diverse interests.
Wynton played played the trumpet during the ceremony. He played Just a Closer Step to Thee.
Legendary New York journalist Ed Bradley will be laid to rest Tuesday morning.
Many of Bradley’s closest friends are expected to attend the service at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, including 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt.
Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Buffett and R-and-B singer Aaron Neville will perform tributes to honor the late jazz lover.
CBS web site has just published the complete transcript to Steve Kroft’s interview to Wynton, and the video tribute that Wynton played for Ed Bradley.
The New Yorl City’s September 11th commemoration ceremony officially beginned at 8:40 AM this morning.
At 10:29 AM Wynton performed “Down by the Riverside” and “Just a closer walk with Thee”, after a moment of silence (observance of time of fall of the North Tower).
Watch it on TheBostonchannel.com (Windows Media Player required)
Last Saturday, October 8, Wynton played at August Wilson funeral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
During the funeral service, Wynton played “Danny Boy”, moving the audience to tears.
Minutes later, he broke into a jazzier, upbeat number, bringing people to their feet to dance, clap and tap their shoes to the beat.
August Wilson, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize for his plays, died Sunday after a battle with liver cancer. He wrote movingly of the African-American experience.
Jazz at Lincoln Center will join the City of New York and the nation in remembering the heroes and victims of September 11th. The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) with J@LC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis will perform in a special concert on September 11, 2002 at 7pm on the Great Lawn of Central Park as part of the City of New York’s official events commemorating this tragedy.
The LCJO will present the Duke Ellington classic “A Tone Parallel to Harlem” in the concert also featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Stuyvesant High School Choir.
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