Wynton Marsalis News

The New York Philharmonic is to be honored today with a 2012-13 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, earning the Leonard Bernstein Award for Educational Programming, at the League of American Orchestras 68th National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

The London Daily Telegraph crowed that the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by the great Wynton Marsalis, is "the finest big band in the world today."

Actress and singer Fantasia Barrino announced on The Today Show her plans to join Broadway's Cotton Club Parade this fall.

What joy to discover a new jazz musician with talent, one "on loan from God," as they say.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Count Basie Orchestra, once upon a time, crisscrossed the United States, spreading the gospel of American big band jazz among other jazz groups.

Sun. June 16 DMX with Too Short, Mystikal, Juvenile, 8Ball and MJG at the Fillmore Detroit AMP Live 2013 with Carly Rae Jepsen, Cher Lloyd, Emblem 3 and Zedd at Meadow Brook Toby Keith with Kip Moore at DTE Energy Music Theatre Mon.

Humboldt State University's CenterArts recently announced the more than three dozen performers and speakers which will take part in its 2013-2014 season.

Led by legendary trumpeter, composer, and multitalented cultural phenomenon Wynton Marsalis , the versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the 25th anniversary of JLCO with Philadelphia performance tonight, June 15 at 8 p.m. in Verizon Hall.

The prolific Harry Connick Jr. has more or less placed aside his usual jazz leanings for an album of all-original singer/songwriter tunes.

"Passionate." "Emotional." "Devoted." Like a lot of jazz performers, saxophonist Sherman Irby tends to use the language of love when he discusses his music.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will help kick off the grand opening celebration of the Saenger Threatre on Canal Street with two shows on September 28. The facility, closed since Hurricane Katrina, has undergone $52 million worth of renovations.

Jazz at Lincoln Center concludes a milestone 25th anniversary concert season with Swinging With The Big Bands , special concert events in The Allen Room continuing June 13 at 7pm & 9pm.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center program is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and its managing and artistic director, Wynton Marsalis, is making a stop in Akron to celebrate.

Singer Cecile McLorin Salvant is poised to become the next big thing in jazz. Only 23, she echoes a lineage of greats from Bessie Smith to Betty Carter.

I was appalled when I read the headline regarding Katherine Knowles' ouster as the CEO of the Zeiterion Center for the Performing Arts.

The New Orleans crooner/pianist gets personal on Every Man Should Know , a dozen tunes that embrace pop, country and soul and barely brush against the jazz he championed early on.

Last weekend, the New York Philharmonic performed a joint concert with the Jazz Orchestra of Lincoln Center, bringing Wynton Marsalis and his latest symphony, a history of jazz in six movements, into the concert hall.

Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Jorge Luis Pacheco will perform at the Galer Estates Winery on Wednesday to benefit the Chester County Art Association renovations.

From the once thriving Indiana Avenue music scene to the early influential jazz recordings out of Richmond, the Hoosier state has always boasted a vibrant jazz scene.