which, sorry Wynton, is not "the same" as gumbo) to a lilting waltz ("White Yulan—First Flower of Spring"), but the general mode was swing—and despite the reams of fresh sheet music in front of them, ...

Jonathon Heyward led the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in a program including works by Marsalis, Carl Nielsen and Jean ...

Renowned American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis believes the universal language of jazz can bridge divides with a ...

Renowned American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis was recently in China for a series of performances before an appreciative crowd. He says the universal language of jazz can help bridge the ...

CD1: Cherokee; The Egyptian Blues; Embraceable You; Black Codes From The Underground; Harriet Tubman; Monks's Mood; And The Band Played On; The Cat In The Hat Is Back. CD2: Uptown Ruler; Down Home ...

Billie Holiday was peerless when it came to conveying the emotion in a song In the 1940s, the swing era gave way ... To many Americans, Wynton Marsalis is jazz To many Americans, Wynton Marsalis ...

Wynton Marsalis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and trumpeter, born on 18 October 1961 in New Orleans, US. Over the years, Marsalis has crafted a musical career that has spanned genres, ...

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! SiriusXM officially kicked of the holiday season on November 1 with the launch ...

The incomparable Wynton Marsalis generously agreed to compose ... The joyous big band swing tunes of the 1940s – such as Goodman’s “The Wang Wang Blues,” Count Basie’s “Basie Boogie ...

For more than a decade, this appealing brand of swing jazz was the most popular ... The rise of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis coincided with this celebration of the past. Young musicians now studied ...

Our top five picks include performing arts shows as part of HKPAX, a new ballet and a concert featuring American jazz legend ...

Performing arts shows are in full swing this week with the first staging of the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX), while there is also classical music, ballet and a concert with a jazz legend ...