Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis's exploration of socio-cultural and political issues has yielded some of his most inspired and provocative work over the last four decades including the GRAMMYⓇ Award-winning Black Codes (From the Underground) in 1985, Blood on the Fields ─ the first jazz composition ever to win a Pulitzer Prize─ in 1996, All Rise in 2002 (performed by Symphonic Orchestras the world over to great acclaim), and From the Plantation to the Penitentiary in 2007, which according to one reviewer, "reveals some important truth about this country with a lot of anger and heart. " On August 21, 2020, Blue Engine Records will release The Ever Fonky Lowdown, the latest Marsalis composition to directly address the irresistible cocktail of deception, racism, greed, and gullibility that subverts the global fight for human rights and corrupts the possibilities and promise of democracy in America and around the world.
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Wynton Marsalis's exploration of socio-cultural and political issues has yielded some of his most inspired and provocative work over the last four decades including the GRAMMYⓇ Award-winning Black Codes (From the Underground) in 1985, Blood on the Fields ─ the first jazz composition ever to win a Pulitzer Prize─ in 1996, All Rise in 2002 (performed by Symphonic Orchestras the world over to great acclaim), and From the Plantation to the Penitentiary in 2007, which according to one reviewer, "reveals some important truth about this country with a lot of anger and heart."
On August 21, 2020, Blue Engine Records will release The Ever Fonky Lowdown, the latest Marsalis composition to directly address the irresistible cocktail of deception, racism, greed, and gullibility that subverts the global fight for human rights and corrupts the possibilities and promise of democracy in America and around the world.
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by Rachel Stone - Aug 21, 2026
Vocalist Ekep Nkwelle announced her debut album Caged Bird, inspired by Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," alongside the first single "Early One Mornin'."
by Rachel Stone - Aug 21, 2026
Pianist and composer Mathis Picard will release his debut album with THE SOUND ORCHESTRA, blending jazz tradition with rhythms from Madagascar, Afro-Cuban music, and 1970s funk, alongside new single Portrait of Lizzy.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 21, 2026
Latin GRAMMY-nominated harpist Edmar Castañeda will lead his quartet in a performance at McCarter Theatre's Berlind Theatre, blending Colombian music traditions with contemporary jazz.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2026
The South Jersey Jazz Society will present its Jazz@ThePoint festival honoring Louis Armstrong, featuring headliners Wycliffe Gordon and Jon Faddis at Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point, NJ.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 19, 2026
The Monterey Jazz Festival will feature Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter's first-ever duo performance, along with Charles Lloyd, Shemekia Copeland, Brian Blade and Linda May Han Oh, plus emerging artists making festival debuts.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 18, 2026
Wilmington drummer and bandleader Jonathan Whitney will release a new album honoring enslaved people and freemen tied to the Cooch's Bridge Revolutionary War site in Delaware.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2026
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark has opened registration for its TD Jazz for Teens program, offering jazz instruction and performance opportunities for student musicians ages 13-18.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2026
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced Season 2027, featuring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, works by Mahler, Britten, Elgar and Walton, and performances led by Chief Conductor Jaime Martín.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2026
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a lineup including VINCE GIORDANO & THE NIGHTHAWKS, David Marino, and JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY over a two-week run.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2026
SFJAZZ will open its 2026-27 season with a September lineup marking centennials for Ray Brown, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, featuring Christian McBride, Nduduzo Makhathini, and Paul Cornish.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 5, 2026
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has revealed its upcoming Fall/Spring season, including a reunion concert of the 2016 Broadway production of Shuffle Along, plus more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2026
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater in New York revealed a monthlong slate of jazz performances, including Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, Monty Alexander, and the MIKI YAMANAKA TRIO.
by Joshua Wright - Aug 4, 2026
Vocalist Michelle Lordi and bassist Matthew Parrish have released a new live album recorded at a Detroit jazz venue, capturing their collaborative performance.
by Joshua Wright - Jul 24, 2026
George Benson has signed to Candid Records, which announced a reissue of his album 'Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole,' revisiting the guitarist's homage to the jazz legend.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 24, 2026
Kicking off the 2026-2027 season, the first set of shows will go on sale at the Wharton Center next week, including Beetlejuice, An Evening With Sutton Foster, Endea Owens and the Cookout, and The Notebook.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2026
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club will present a Tony Bennett Centennial Celebration as part of its Songbook Sundays series, featuring Debby Boone, Billy Stritch, Gabrielle Stravelli, and David Marino.
by Franco Milazzo - Jul 18, 2026
If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a different flag. The Proms this time around will commemorate the 250th anniversary of United States declaring bye-bye to Blighty and plotting its own course into history. Before the strains of “Jerusalem” fade away for another year, the Royal Albert Hall will see both the LA Philharmonic and New York’s Met Orchestra take the stage and Marin Alsop will conduct a night of Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Yuja Wang gives Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto its first Proms outing on the Last Night, there are world premieres from Wynton Marsalis and Jessie Montgomery plus a centenary celebration of Miles Davis’ work.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2026
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 14, 2026
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its upcoming Rosen House Concert Series, featuring 21 performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, and global music, plus a new Juilliard Extension collaboration.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 13, 2026
Pianist Cecile Licad will release a new two-disc album, Scott Joplin—King of Ragtime, on Danacord Records, featuring 22 works drawn from her extensive recital performances of Joplin's music.
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