Wynton Marsalis

Jazz great Wynton Marsalis teamed his Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Salsa great Ruben Blades in a unique event and live recording “Una Noche con Rubén Blades”. These two legendary stars delivered great Salsa and Jazz. The question…

Latin music must be up to something good when a prominent jazz artist like Wynton Marsalis and a prominent radio station like NPR take note of the work of Latin Jazz musicians. Marsalis solicited Cuban musicians Pedrito Martinez and…

My friend Bart Goft sent me a link to an interview Ruben Blades just did with NPR, and I also found a review of his recent performance with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. I'm a fan of Ruben Blades and thought…

I recently had the opportunity to attend a concert by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Band. More than Wynton's musical prowess as a trumpet player, the one thing that stood out of the concert for me was how Wynton makes music…

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis visited Cuba to participate in a Jazz musical exchange with Cuban musicians. This has to be good news for Latin music everywhere, especially for Latin Jazz. I'm…