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Marsalis, himself a jazz trumpet icon, Irvine with a jazz ensemble and pianist Cecile Licad to play live as a silent film ...
Wynton Marsalis made history when he became the first musician to win classical and jazz Grammy Awards in the same year. He tells the BBC’s Katty Kay about jazz’s unique connection to liberation and ...
Wynton Marsalis shares his thoughts on the transcendent genius of Louis Armstrong, how New Orleans made jazz possible, silent films and more.
In this week’s episode of the Gay City News podcast “Thank You For Coming Out,” creator and host Dubbs Weinblatt (they/ them) ...
From July through June 2026, the new season will showcase works by John Coltrane, the South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim ...
Essentially Ellington once again brought the world’s best high school jazz musicians to New York. Over the last 30 years, the event has reshaped how jazz is taught.
New this year, Zurich has pledged an additional $25,000 to First Tee – Greater New Orleans to help empower local kids and teens through golf and $50,000 to the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music ...
The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country —  and around the world —  to win the ...
A quadruple threat as a saxophonist, flutist, composer and band leader, James Moody left an enduring artistic legacy that is still being celebrated 15 years after his death.
Judy Blume’s bold but sensitive love story ‘Forever’ gets a smart and affecting adaptation from Mara Brock Akil.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lied Center has released its line up for the 2025-26 season, featuring a variety of music and theater. The season’s list features more than 30 events.
The rootsy soundtrack to the hit vampire film set in a '30s-era Mississippi juke joint is a streaming smash in an era of ...