Wynton Marsalis News

Portland Ovations presents American composer and violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor and his string quartet on Friday, March 4th at Merrill Auditorium.

Imagem Music, home to such talent as Phil Collins, Steve Robson, Jens Gad and Rebecca Jordan, has signed a worldwide, multi-year administration agreement with singer/songwriter Anna Nalick.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is proud and pleased to announce that its Founding Director Robert Brustein has been awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama today at a ceremony in the White House.

The National Medal of Arts is awarded to individuals or organizations who 'are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.' Named a National Historic Landmark in 2003, Jacob's Pillow is the first dance presenting organization to receive a National Medal of Arts.

Nu Jazz Entertainment--a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz--announced the January 2011 release of the critically acclaimed album, Ellis Marsalis: An Open Letter To Thelonious, from the NEA 2011 Jazz Master , as the first traditional Jazz release in the new iTunes 'LP' format on iTunes, with bonus audio, bonus high-definition videos, bonus photos, bonus liner notes and bonus literary content.

Peter Martin Music: Live! returns to The Sheldon stage with the Peter Martin Quartet featuring Reuben Rogers, bass; Greg Hutchinson, drums; and vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Vibes player Warren Wolf is one of the most sought after young musicians on the East Coast jazz scene. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Wolf toured with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the age of 9, wrote his first composition at age 10, and was playing jazz professionally by the time he was 12. Since then, Wolf has studied and performed with jazz masters such as Roy Haynes, Lewis Nash and Milt Jackson and is currently touring with Christian McBride and Inside Straight.

Portland Ovations presents American composer and violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor and his string quartet on Friday, March 4th at Merrill Auditorium.

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Imagem Group, the world's largest independent music publisher, has announced today that Natasha Baldwin, Group Vice President Synchs and Creative Services, has been made a full board member. Natasha began her career producing TV commercials before joining the Boosey & Hawkes music publishing production library team as a music consultant in 2001. In 2008 she became Group Head of Music Consultancy responsible for the company's entire synchs business worldwide.

The Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway made her Royal Room debut in January 2002 and is returning for her sixth engagement at The Colony. One of the finest singer/songwriters of our time, the statuesque performer dazzles music lovers as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, and quick-witted actress. Her talents have made her equally at home in jazz and pop as well as on stage, in the recording studio, on TV and in film. She is best known for starring in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme to the internationally successful TV series, The Nanny.

While it's common now for mature pop artists to attempt to put their own stamp on the American Songbook, Nelson practically invented the approach.

Raised in St. Louis, and with strong roots in the New Orleans jazz scene, Peter Martin is an accomplished pianist, producer, arranger and composer, and has traveled the world and played with today's finest jazz musicians, from Diane Reeves to Wynton Marsalis. Through the recurring Peter Martin Music: Live series, Martin showcases jazz masters past and present in an intimate and casual setting.

Trumpet master Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra return to Salt Lake City for one night only to bring some swinging heat to a cold February night. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Monday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m

This very special evening, hosted by Doris Anne and Tim Sadler, with critically acclaimed Jazz and Blues artist Catherine Russell.

At the very popular Molly Spillane's Pub, Mamaroneck Mayor Norman S. Rosenblum introduced Festival Director Patrick Sciarratta and Artistic Director Mark Morganelli to an enthusiastic crowd of leaders in business, government, hospitality and the arts to outline their plans for a mammoth jazz festival the first of its kind for the village.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announces the Hollywood Bowl summer 2011 subscription series for its 90th season at the historic venue.

On January 27, Mamaroneck Mayor Norman S. Rosenblum, Festival Director Patrick Sciarratta and Artistic Director Mark Morganelli and Festival Board Members Mark Ettenger, Mike Hines, Peggy Jackson, Laurence Krashes, Gerry Ryan will outline plans for the 1st Mamaroneck International Jazz Festival on the Sound at a Launch Cocktail Reception at Molly Spillane's Pub, 211 Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York from 6pm to 9pm.

For the last ten years, bassist/composer Robert Hurst's commitments and accomplishments as in-demand sideman, film composer, and university educator have left the music world anticipating new recordings from him as a leader. He delivers this month with the simultaneous release, on January 25, of two new and very different CDs on his Bebob imprint-'Bob Ya Head,' an intriguing foray into world music and electronica (with Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson, Marcus Belgrave, and Karriem Riggins), and 'Unrehurst Vol. 2,' a 2007 all-acoustic trio date recorded at Smoke in New York City (with Robert Glasper and Chris 'Daddy' Dave).

Imagem Music, the world's largest independent music publisher, has announced an agreement with Brett Gurewitz and his iconic label Epitaph Records to become the administration partner for the company's publishing division, FIG Music.

Trumpet master Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra return to Salt Lake City for one night only to bring some swinging heat to a cold February night. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Monday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m