July 30, 2008
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Some of Wynton’s most important jazz and classical compositions for big band are now available for rental from Boosey & Hawkes. New music scores available include:
- All Rise (1999) for big band, gospel choir, and symphony orchestra
- At the Octoroon Balls (1995) for string quartet
- Blood on the Fields (1997) for jazz big band and 3 vocalists
- A Fiddler’s Tale (1998) for narrator and septet
- Congo Square (2006) for jazz band and African ensemble
- Abyssinian 200: A Celebration (2008) for choir and orchestra
Please check Wynton’s sheet-music section for more info. Jazz scores in PDF have now a special price if you buy the complete album. Check it!
July 24, 2008
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Wynton’s new book, entitled “Moving to Higher Ground: How can Jazz change your life” will be in stores on September 2, 2008. It will be published by The Random House Publishing Group. From now is already possible to pre-order the book on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Next week we’ll also publish some excerpts from the new book.
“In this book I hope to reach a new audience with the positive message of America’s greatest music, to show how great musicians demonstrate on the bandstand a mutual respect and trust that can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life–from individual creativity and personal relationships to conducting business and understanding what it means to be American in the most modern sense.”
– Wynton Marsalis
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July 23, 2008
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On July 26, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet will play a benefit concert for United Negro College Fund. The performance will take place at South Orange Peforming Arts Center in South Orange, NJ.
Personnel is: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Ali Jackson, drums; Carlos Henriquez, bass; Walter Blanding, sax; Marc Cary, piano.
On July 29 Wynton will also tape a PSA for the Spinal Cord Injury Association.
July 21, 2008
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Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis’s acclaimed collaboration Two Men with the Blues debuted last week at #20 on the Billboard Top 200. Following this success, on September 2008, the video of their first live concert at Lincoln Center will be in stores on DVD!
Now you can download a trailer from the upcoming DVD directly from our podcast on iTunes Music Store (opens directly in iTunes). If you are already subscribed to the podcast, simply update your subscription on iTunes to download the new video-clip automatically.
You can also download the clip directly from this link (MP4 - 45 MB). Right-click on the link if you want to save them on your computer from this page.
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July 17, 2008
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Wynton now is in Atlanta to rehearse with his quintet and members of Atlanta Simphony Orchestra.
On Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, they will perform music from the CDs “The Midnight Blues” and “Hot House Flowers”, featuring Wynton, Walter Blanding on saxophone, Dan Nimmer on piano, Carlos Henriquez on bass, and Ali Jackson on drums.
On July 20, Princeton professor Cornel West and Wynton sit down to discuss artists and the Civil Rights continuum with Carrie Mae Weems.
July 14, 2008
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As you know, like every year, next August Wynton will play in Marciac. This year the famous Marciac Suite album is on sale directly from this web site.
You are now able to buy the CD, the complete MP3 album or single MP3 tracks. All tracks are 256 kbs VBR and are DRM-Free. Complete album costs $8.99 and each single track $0.99 . Links to download the MP3 files will be available immediately after paying on Paypal.
A sonic photo album in 13 movements, all 12 keys, and four time signatures, The Marciac Suite is Wynton’s kaleidoscopic tribute to the beautiful medieval town of Marciac, France, and its August jazz festival in which he participates every year. Written for his septet, the suite captures the varied, bracing flavors of Marciac’s paté (including the duck that got away), its armagnac, its striking sunflower fields and, most of all, the hospitality and soulfulness of its people.
July 11, 2008
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The famous series entitled “Marsalis on Music”, in which Wynton explains the fundamentals of music to middle school audiences, is available as four-DVD boxed set. We produced a trailer to show you an excerpt from the videos.
The new trailer is available directly from our podcast on iTunes Music Store (open directly in iTunes). If you are already subscribed to the podcast, simply update your subscription on iTunes to download the new video-clip automatically. If you are not subscribed, subscribe to Wynton’s podcast for free on iTunes Music Store, to download theMarsalis on Music trailer and many other interesting video clips automatically (advised).
You can also download the clip directly from this link (MP4 - 31 MB). Right-click on the link if you want to save them on your computer from this page. Quicktime 7 is required to view the video clip.
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