At the New York Philharmonic, concertos by Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis offered contrasting musical ideas: lyrical cohesion and vibrant pluralism.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and artistic director — and jazz legend — Wynton Marsalis, on Sept. 18–20 ...

Rooms have been buzzing with the sound of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis' smooth trumpet playing for over half a century now. The world-renowned musician — a nine-time Grammy Award winner and Pulitzer ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, jazz experienced a powerful revival. After decades of fusion, funk, and experimentation, a new ...

Last week, Ellis Marsalis Jr. was honored in New York at the gala for Jazz at Lincoln Center, which was founded three decades ago by his son Wynton Marsalis. Wynton is in New Orleans this week to ...

SAN DIEGO – Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

New Orleans natives and jazz icons Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste dropped by CBS This Morning yesterday to talk about the legacy of composer and pianist John Lewis, but the conversation eventually ...

A jazz festival and charter, The Jazz Cruise featured Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans native and NEA Jazz Master. He and his octet came aboard the Celebrity Millennium during the ship’s port visit to ...

In the summer of 2008 multiple Grammy award winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis and his quintet teamed-up with French accordionist Richard Galliano at the annual Jazz in Marciac festival in southern ...

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis is no stranger to the classroom. The winner of nine Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the National Medal of the Arts estimates that he’s taught at more than 1,000 schools over ...