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MYSTERIOUS: Wynton marsalis - What They Never Told You

The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music

Editorial: The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh international festival will explore America’s creativity and cruelty, says director

August festival presents largest-ever jazz programme alongside full-scale operas and Scottish folk music

The Guardian - UK

Chineke! Orchestra: A Fiddler's Tale at Queen Elizabeth Hall review

4/5 The Chineke! Orchestra takes on Wynton Masalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale with witty and spiky results

Evening Standard

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Lulu to receive honorary doctorate for 'extraordinary' contribution to music

Lulu is to be awarded an honorary doctorate for her “extraordinary” contribution to music.

The National (Scotland)

Lulu to receive honorary doctorate after six decades in spotlight

The singer said she is ‘honoured’ to be recognised by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

The Independent UK

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says that America’s democracy is always ‘in swing’

Just like in improvised music, politicians are constantly balancing opposing forces.

Fortune

‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs

He halted his career after decades of hits, then a dream one night changed everything. From New York to swinging London and apartheid South Africa, he explains his epic journey

The Guardian - UK

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Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest

Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis are debuting a new live performance album of historic jazz records created in time for Juneteenth to protest racial injustice

The Independent UK

LSO/Pappano/Balsom review – elephant honks kick off Wynton Marsalis’s trumpet showcase

Soloist Alison Balsom delivered Marsalis’s playful new trumpet concerto with poise, expertise and wit – right down to the animal calls

The Guardian - UK

Bill De Blasio And Chirlane Mccray Attend A-List NYC Event.

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray attend A-list event post-separation, honoring Harry Belafonte with Spike Lee anecdotes and Wynton ...

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Chicago violinist Tai Murray makes Grant Park fest debut with Wynton Marsalis violin concerto

Marsalis’ Violin Concerto mixes jazz and classical idioms, with the composer also paying respect to Benedetti’s Scottish ancestry by researching some of the historic ties between Anglo-Celtic and African-American music.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago Jan. 26-Feb. 1: The Mix

A musical ‘Wuthering Heights’ and a Patty Griffin concert are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

LSO/Thomas review – African American composers in the spotlight

Joel Thompson and Carlos Simon mixed music with urgent speech while Wynton Marsalis’s concerto liberated the tuba from its bridesmaid role

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m not saying we won’t make mistakes’ – violin sensation Nicola Benedetti on becoming EIF’s first female director

She was leading an orchestra at the age of eight and won Young Musician of the Year at 16. What is the virtuoso’s vision for Edinburgh international festival? Audiences moved to tears and bagpipes going global

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Wynton Marsalis joins forces with Michigan Marching Band

Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are joining forces with the University of Michigan's marching band for a performance at Saturday's football game

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2022: Nicola Benedetti with the RSNO and Thomas Søndergård review - swinging stuff

The superstar violinist played Wynton Marsalis’ composition written for her, and he couldn’t have had a better advocate

Salon

Norah Jones talks "Come Away With Me"

The musician looks back with Salon at her insanely successful debut record: "No one expected me not to be myself"

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