Live “Congo Square” performance and interview with Wynton
On AmericanRoutes, you can listen to an interview and the live performance of Congo Square with Wynton. (Real Player required)
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Wynton in the new Spike Lee film about Katrina
Entitled: When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee’s emotionally haunting two-night chronicle of Hurricane Katrina is a documentary masterpiece, unfolding over four hours tonight and at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Deftly mixing news footage of the harrowing devastation as tragic events unfolded late last August and early September, Lee adds an unforgettably rich human tapestry of witness interviews.
Wynton offers a brief history of the city’s culture and the special way music is embedded in the fabric of New Orleans life.
The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina’s catastrophic passage through New Orleans. Acts I and II premiere on HBO tonight, Monday, August 21 at 9pm (ET/PT), followed by Acts III and IV on Tuesday, August 22 at 9pm. All four acts will be seen Tuesday, Aug. 29 (8:00 p.m.-midnight), the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Wynton interviewed by The Independent
Before his gigs at Ronnie Scott’s in London Wynton has been interviewed by the british newspaper The Independent
Wynton and the American Academy of Achievement
Enjoy this old (1991) Wynton’s interview for the American Academy of Achievement.
Video and audio excerpts are also available on the site.
NY1.com on recently premiered Congo Square
NY1.com has just published a new article and a video interview to Wynton, about his latest work: Congo Square. (Real Player required)
Congo Square will be performed tonight and tomorrow at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Wynton with Yacub Addy at the news conference in New Orleans
With a press conference at Basin Street Station, Wynton Marsalis has opened a weeklong residency in New Orleans.
The visit, part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s efforts to help New Orleans recover after Hurricane Katrina, will include master classes, clinics, workshops, and performances. On April 23, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Ghana’s Odadaa! will present the world premiere of Congo Square, a new work by Marsalis and Yacub Addy, the leader of Odadaa!
The 80-minute cross-cultural work was inspired by the public square in New Orleans where Africans gathered to play the music of their homeland in the 18th and 19th centuries. According to Jazz at Lincoln Center, the site was the only place in the United States where the regular performance of African music was permitted during the slavery era.
Wynton Marsalis’ Congo Square on USA TODAY
Wynton has been interviewed by the magazine USA TODAY about the premiere of his new composition: Congo Square.
Wynton interviewed by Fortune Magazine
Fortune magazine choosed 12 highly successful people to share thoughts and advice on how they work and what makes them successful. Wynton Marsalis is amongst them:
Executive summary: Challenge each other — but don’t hold grudges.
You don’t want trumpet players and musicians being your primary business decision-makers. It’s not possible for me to do that and write music, program the season, and conduct the band. I really do let people do their jobs, so when we come together, we know what each is supposed to do. But I weigh in on everything.
