Wynton Marsalis

Segerstrom Center's 2013-14 season: 'Mormon,' 'Once,' solo divas

2013-03-23 14:00:00

“The Book of Mormon” and “Once,” Broadway musicals that dominated the two most recent Tony Awards, will come to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa during the three-venue complex’s 2013-14 season. Bernadette Peters...

Jazz's past and present will be celebrated this spring

2013-03-08 09:00:00

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Trumpeter and roving ambassador for jazz Wynton Marsalis brings his nimble big band to town with a wealth of talent and tradition in tow. Expect sharp suits and even sharper tunes delivered by a band dedicated to bridging...

Lady Liberty

2012-06-01 16:39:50

Book review: 'Half-Blood Blues' by Esi Edugyan

2012-03-04 00:00:00

Not unlike its counterpart rock 'n' roll, memorable jazz novels occupy a pretty slim shelf at the local bookstore. Though the music has been gracefully spun into fiction by Roddy Doyle, Michael Ondaatje and — most distinctively — Rafi Zabor in...

Wynton Marsalis named 'cultural correspondent' for CBS News

2011-12-15 16:33:01

Guitarist Charlie Hunter talks 'jam bands,' jazz and going it alone

2011-12-15 16:33:03

Mud Baron, an evangelical force in school gardens

2012-04-19 16:36:48

Critic's Notebook: Cutting-edge jazz is missing at the Hollywood Bowl

2011-07-17 00:00:00

Living in Los Angeles, one of the early joys of summer is running down the schedule at the Hollywood Bowl. Probably the most famed venue on the West Coast, the Bowl's sprawling, woodsy confines and nearly 18,000-person capacity can transform mere concerts...

Jazz review: Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl

2011-06-23 16:33:22

Weekend Talk Shows

2011-06-24 16:35:46

Culture Watch: Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80, 'From Africa with Fury: Rise'

2011-07-13 16:33:08

Talking 'punk jazz' and the Dead Kenny Gs with genre-defying saxophonist Skerik

2011-07-15 16:33:10

Wynton Marsalis on stage at the Jazz A Juan Festival held in Antibes, France in July 1997, the year he released "Blood on the Fields," the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Tickets start at $25. Information and tickets: and 860-987-5900.

2012-12-27 00:00:00

A charismatic tenor saxophonist and sublime clarinetist, Goines has been a noteworthy -- if somewhat ephemeral -- contributor to music in Chicago since he joined the faculty of the Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music in 2008.

2012-06-14 13:54:00