Marsalis also took the stage himself, performing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and presenting the 2026 Award for Artistic Excellence to Ghanaian djembe player Weedie Braimah. Spanish ...

Trumpet player, composer, jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis, one of the country's leading cultural figures, is again meeting the moment with music, this time pointing to the founding principles of our ...

If anyone deserves the sobriquet of “the Pied Piper of Jazz,” it would be Wynton Marsalis. As the current managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and leader of the Jazz at Lincoln ...

The Weidner will present the 2026-2027 VIRTUOSI LIVE! Series, headlined by JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with Wynton ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Wynton Marsalis, founder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and ...

NAPA, Calif., January 22, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Festival Napa Valley is celebrating 20 years of music, joy, and generosity, and who better to help mark the milestone than jazz legend Wynton Marsalis?

One day years ago, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was hanging with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles when the two older musicians started to talk about their long and diverse careers. “Ray, you know, you ...

Filmmaker Craig Jenest’s new prodco Twelve Bar has unveiled plans for its first premium doc project, covering the career of acclaimed jazz musician Wynton Marsalis (pictured top). Marsalis (w/t) will ...

The 2022-2023 Tri-C Performing Arts series will open with a performance by jazz great Wynton Marsalis, who’ll perform in Cleveland for the first time since 2015. The concert takes place at 8 p.m.

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to arts education and funding is preparing the public to become “more ignorant,” according to Wynton Marsalis. Appearing on “CBS This Morning” Monday, the ...