Albert Murray would have turned 100 this year, and in October the Library of America will publish Albert Murray: Collected Essays & Memoirs. Over one thousand pages long, this volume contains Murray’s memoir, South to a Very Old Place; his social […]
Despite his international renown, Wynton Marsalis (left, back row of trumpeters) was as generous with his band members as he was with his musical bag of seasonal goodies, for the “Big-Band Holiday” concert at the Marcus Center for the Performing […]
Wynton Marsalis made himself the most visible jazz trumpeter since Louis Armstrong by marrying the literate to the soulful, not just in his playing but in his self-appointed role as a cultural ambassador. Armstrong played the latter role too, but […]
