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7. Feb. 2012 · In a wide-ranging lecture that spanned more than 150 years of American history — and in a loose, at times improvisational, but always seamless performance with his band — Marsalis explored “the mulatto identity of our national music.” In Americans’ willingness to mix genres while simultaneously cultivating distinct regional sounds, he said, they have used music both as a force for ...
24. Apr. 2011 · Wynton Marsalis - Music as Metaphor - Harvard Lecture (In Sequential Order) on Vimeo. Play. April 24, 2011. Sanders Theatre - Harvard University. In this chapter, Wynton introduces his 'Me vs. You' and 'Us vs. Y'all' vs. 'All of Us' contention, and argues that music has the significant power to bring us together and evoke moods and memories.
Wynton Marsalis is a world-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and a leading advocate of American culture. He presently serves as Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, and President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Marsalis has been called the “Pied Piper” of jazz and the “Doctor of Swing ...
In 1997, Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2001, he was appointed Messenger of Peace by Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, and he has also been designated cultural ambassador to the United States of America by the U.S. State ...
Marsalis on Music Tackling the Monster 1. What instrument is being played at the beginning of the video? 2. Wynton Marsalis and Yo Yo Ma talk about the “dragon” or the “monster.” To what are they referring? 3. Who wrote ˆMood Indigo”? 4. What four instruments play Mood Indigo? 5. Marsalis uses something to soften and change the sound ...
The Marsalis Family. Multi-generational jazz families were once the rule in New Orleans. The music’s early history is filled with such storied names as brass band leader Henry Allen, Sr. and his son, trumpet great Henry “Red” Allen, Jr.; drum pioneer Louis Cottrell, Sr. and his clarinet-playing offspring Louis, Jr.; Onward Brass Band ...
Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader, an educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He has created and performed an expansive range of music from quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras and tap dance to ballet, expanding the vocabulary for jazz and classical ...
