Wynton Marsalis

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Close readings

Darrell Katz and the JCA, Ben Ratliff, Jeff Turton
The JCA has been at it since 1985, a collective of musicians who are primarily composers rather than players, in need of an outlet to hear their pieces.
By JON GARELICK | November 24, 2008

Cinematic

Empirical go to the movies, plus the Hot 8
Talking with Nathaniel Facey, the alto-saxophonist in the London band Empirical, you find it difficult at first to pin down where and how the quintet developed their unusual compositional style.
By JON GARELICK | July 28, 2008

Hybrid rhythmic engine

Nation Beat is a gas
Fusions are the lifeblood of music, but too often they come with a whiff of high-concept gimmickry.
By JON GARELICK | July 15, 2008

Fact and fiction . . .

The whole wide world is on screen at the 10th Annual Newport International Film Festival
Of the 16 narrative films on deck this year at the Newport International Film Festival, several could be termed “coming-of-age.”
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | May 30, 2007

Tales from the ’hood

Wynton takes some pot shots at pop culture
From the beat of the first hand-slapped tambourine, you know who you’re listening to.
By JON GARELICK | March 20, 2007

Brothers and other mothers

Jazz in concerts and clubs
The single hottest ticket among jazz fans this season will be for the Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Quartet.
By JON GARELICK | March 13, 2007

All them 88s!

A whole lotta pianists and more
From free to funky, it sometimes seems like a golden age of jazz piano.
By JON GARELICK | December 28, 2006

Crescent City queen

Irma Thomas comes to Tanglewood
It’s a little more than a year since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and Irma Thomas’s life, like those of most residents of the city, has yet to return to normal.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | August 30, 2006

Side by side by the waterside

A disparate diet of sounds at Newport
Gold Sounds were in the middle of a hellacious set of Pavement covers at the JVC-Newport Jazz Festival last Saturday afternoon when a woman who appeared to be in her 70s turned to me and said, “This is the sleeper of the day! I was going to get a lemonade and go back to Al Jarreau, but this is happening!” Slideshow: scenes from the JVC-Newport Jazz Festival
By JON GARELICK | August 15, 2006

In Wynton's silhouette

Apple gets jazzed up
Wynton Marsalis’s iTunes exclusive Live Session — featured in Apple’s recent “Silhouettes” TV ad — is proof enough that jazz is as downloadable as any hip DJ mash-up.
By ADAM GOLD | February 21, 2006

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