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Jazz at Lincoln Center commemorates Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis’ 25 years of musical achievement with Wynton with Strings on November 17, 18 and 19 at 8pm at Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall on Broadway at 60th St.
This special series of concert performances feature a retrospect of jazz by the musician, educator and author.

The Wynton Marsalis Quartet will perform a repertoire of Wynton’s music from the past 25 years, including new arrangements of music from his celebrated albums The Midnight Blues and Hot House Flowers. A string orchestra and Robert Sadin, conductor, will accompany the band for the celebration.
Tickets for Wynton with Strings are $30, $50, $75, $100, $130 and available at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office on Broadway at 60th St., by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or via www.jalc.org

Saturday, September 22, 23 & 24, 2005, at Rose Theater, 8 pm The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performs the music of influential Kansas City jazz musicians, particularly the legendary Count Basie and his spare signature piano style.
Saxophonist Frank Wess, who played in Count Basie’s big band, joins the orchestra to play some of the best of Kansas City’s boogie-woogie jazz.
This special Kansas City show integrates new talent inspired by rich tradition.

K.C. and The Count featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will be broadcast live on September 24 via radio partners WBGO Jazz88.3FM in the New York City area at 8 pm ET and KCUR-FM in Kansas City at 7 pm CT.
XM Satellite Radio listeners nationwide will also hear the concert broadcast on select XM channels.
More info about tickets on Jalc.org

Friends and colleagues of Canadian-born news anchor Peter Jennings mourned his death and celebrated his life at a memorial service at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Tuesday.

In honour of Jennings’ love for music, the service featured performances from first-class musicians such as cellist Yo Yo Ma; Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster; and legendary jazz trumpeters Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis and John Faddis, who played “A Fanfare for Peter.”

The solo that Wynton played on CBS for the victims of hurricane Katrina, was so touching that we decided to share it with all the fans.
Download the audio version as mp3 file (192 kbs - 3.9 MB - right-click the link to save the file on your hard disk)

BET is the latest network to announce a telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, airing as a two-part, four-hour broadcast on Friday, Sept. 9.
From 6 to 7:30 p.m. EDT, the network will present a special edition of “106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live,” followed by the telethon, which continues until 10 p.m.

Russell Simmons, Chris Rock, Wynton Marsalis and rappers Master P, Juvenile and David Banner are among those scheduled to appear.

Yesterday morning, Wynton played a tribute for the victims of hurricane Katrina on CBS’ The Early Show. Here is an excerpts of the interview he gave:
“It’s too much to describe - not just for me, but for New Orleaners all over the world. I think I’ve gotten over 400-something calls in the last two days,” he says.

The calls come from friends who have been in New Orleans and describe a desperate situation; other calls are from friends around the world offering to help in any way they can.
Marsalis says his parents are fine, but no one there is really OK.
“I know so many people in the city and we are all so connected in New Orleans,” he says. “But we know we have a certain kind of spirit because we are blues people….

Read the full interview on CBS web site, where you can find also the free video of the interview, and the free video of the musical tribute with Wynton playing a touching melody (Real Player or Windows Media needed).

You can also download an MP3 file of Wynton’s musical tribute.

Wynton performing a tribute for victims of Katrina. (Photo: CBS/The Early Show)

Tonight’s PBS “American Masters” encore will show: “Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong”.
Wynton will appear in the program on PBS to explain the difference between technique and nuance - and why Armstrong was so amazing at both.