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Presenting Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
by Russell Perry
To many, Wynton Marsalis's big band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, founded in 1987, is the face of jazz. With an international touring schedule, they have kept the tradition of big band jazz alive while recording an admirable series of discs. Yes, they record their share of classic jazz, but more than a museum of antique music, Jazz at Lincoln Center also commissions inspiring new repertoire for large jazz ensembles. And it can be thrilling to hear music of heroes ...
read moreCharlotte Jazz Festival 2019
by Mark Sullivan
Charlotte Jazz Festival Charlotte, North Carolina April 29 -May 4, 2019 Longtime Charlotte, North Carolina jazz fans have fond memories of JazzCharlotte, a free outdoor weekend jazz festival that ran for eight years from 1986 to 1993. A spinoff from the popular SpringFest, it was a Fall festival that included stages presenting jazz, blues and gospel. Among the wide range of performers: flutist Herbie Mann, touch guitarist Stanley Jordan, blues performer Taj Mahal, pianist Dave Brubeck, ...
read moreBlue Engine Records Announces The Release Of "Handful Of Keys" From The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra
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All About Jazz
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records today announced the release of Handful of Keys on September 15, 2017, a live recording of performances that captured 100 years of jazz piano in one night in Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Today, the first single from Handful of Keys, “The Strawberry,” is available for streaming and download on all mass-market digital platforms. The album is also available to preorder on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s newly relaunched webstore, ...
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Blue Engine Records Releases "The Music Of John Lewis" From The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Jon Batiste
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All About Jazz
Available in stores, online and streaming March 24 Honoring the legacy of the Modern Jazz Quartet’s maestro, John Lewis, Blue Engine Records announces its newest release: The Music of John Lewis by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Jon Batiste available March 24. In 2013, when the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis set out to celebrate the esteemed pianist and composer, they teamed up with jny: New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste. The bandleader ...
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Blue Engine Records Releases "The Abyssinian Mass" Double Album + Bonus Documentary DVD From The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Damien Sneed And Chorale Le Chateau
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'stache Media
Landmark collaboration of jazz, gospel, instrumentation and vocals marks Marsalis’s first original recorded composition in six years Raise your voices and lift your hearts as Blue Engine Records releases The Abyssinian Mass by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Damien Sneed, Chorale Le Chateau and Special Guest Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III on March 18, 2016. The Abyssinian Mass—a landmark collaboration of jazz, gospel, instrumentation and vocals—marks Marsalis’s first original recorded composition in six years. ...
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Blue Engine Records Celebrates the Holidays with BIG BAND HOLIDAYS: New release from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis features guest vocalists René Marie, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Gregory Porter
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Michael Ricci
CD streets October 30, 2015; limited edition 180g vinyl coming soon Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with the release of Big Band Holidays, a compilation of holiday classics performed live by the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Special guests on Big Band Holidays are some of today’s commanding new voices in jazz: René Marie, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Gregory Porter. Big Band Holidays will be released ...
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Jazz this week: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Evan Parker & Peter Evans, Ronnie Burrage's RoBu Big Band, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis is jam-packed, with three notable big band performances, two shows benefiting an ailing elder statesman of the local jazz scene, an evening of free-form music from two intriguing improvisors, and much, much more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, September 30 The eclectic acoustic ensemble The 442s perform for the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro, and pianist Greg Mills plays free improv and contemporary compositions ...
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Blue Engine Records' Debut Album Release: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' " Live in Cuba" streets on August 21, 2015
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Michael Ricci
Available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new platform that makes its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere, releases its debut title, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Live in Cuba, on August 21, 2015. The album featuring the world-renowned big band performing at the historic Mella Theater in Havana, Cuba is available now for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. Live in Cuba captures the dazzling ...
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Jazz This Week: Bill Watrous, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, William Cepeda, "Jazz Heaven," and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features visits from two very different touring trombonists, plus a traveling extravaganza featuring Wynton Marsalis fronting a cast of 85 musicians and singers, and as usual, plenty of homegrown talent, too. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, trombonist Bill Watrous will be at Mineral Area College in Park Hills for a concert at the college's Fine Arts Theater, backed by the MAC Kicks Band. Watrous performed early in his career ...
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Jazz This Week: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, George Benson, Garage a Trois, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With nice weather forecast for St. Louis for the next few days and a diverse menu of music that includes both fine local players and big-name touring acts, it should be a good weekend to get out and hear some live jazz. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, singer Erin Bode and her group will do a free outdoor concert at Kirkwood Plaza Station in downtown Kirkwood. Also tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University presents a free ...
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Releases 'Vitoria Suite'
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Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
A NEW WORK WRITTEN BY WYNTON MARSALIS FEATURING FLAMENCO GUITAR LEGEND PACO DE LUCIA TWO DISC PLUS BONUS DVD PACKAGE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE OCTOBER 19TH Emarcy is pleased to announce the release of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Vitoria Suite, available on October 19th. The two disc set is a new extended work by Marsalis that uses the impulse of the blues as a foundation to jointly explore the music of two worlds and two cultures: the ...
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Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3) to be Premiered by the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
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Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
Worldwide Live Broadcast June 10th via the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall
Two of the world's leading musical institutions will share the stage at The Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany to premiere Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3). The Berliner Philharmoniker led by Sir Simon Rattle and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis join forces for the premiere on June 9 and 10, coupled with Stravinsky's Petrushka. The score will then form the basis of a new ...
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