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Wynton Marsalis

  • Hour 23 The Legacy of Wayne Shorter

    Jan 5th, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Bryan Lynch, Chick Corea, Conrad Herwig, Donald Harrison Jr, Eddie Palmieri, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Michael Musilami, Ralph Peterson, Rich Syracuse, Roxy Coss, Steve Turre, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis

    Roxy Coss Wayne Shorter began composing for the Jazz Messengers in 1959 and over the past 60 years has amassed perhaps the most significant catalog of jazz compositions of his time. Many of his, roughly, one hundred compositions are standards of the current repertoire. In this hour of Jazz at 100 Today!, we’ll explore recent […]

  • Hour 5: Presenting Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

    Sep 1st, 2020 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Carlos Henriquez, Christopher Crenshaw, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, John Lewis, Jon Batiste, Paul Simon, Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, Wynton Marsalis

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra To many, Wynton Marsalis’s big band, Jazz at Lincoln Center, founded in 1987, is the face of jazz. With an international touring schedule, they have kept alive the tradition of big band jazz while recording an admirable series of discs. Yes, they record their share of classic jazz, but more […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 90: Art Blakey and the Young Lions (1981 – 1991)

    Dec 13th, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Art Blakey, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis, Donald Harrison Jr, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis

    Wynton Marsalis As the 1970s came to a close, many musicians searching for alternatives to jazz-rock fusion or free jazz found a home in straight-ahead acoustic jazz. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, whose Blue Note contract was not renewed in 1964, had spent a decade in relative obscurity, when he came roaring back with […]

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