Wynton Marsalis

Exclusive Song of the Day: "Mantra #5," Joshua Redman

Star saxman Joshua Redman heads east.

April 27, 2007
Francis Davis takes on Wynton Marsalis

A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album.

April 17, 2007
America's new jazz museum! (No poor black people allowed)

Jazz musicians warn against the Disney-fication of New Orleans.

By Larry Blumenfeld October 12, 2005
Sharps & Flats

Steeped in Crescent City musical voodoo, Los Hombres Calientes reconfigure jazz in the city where it was born.

By Philip Booth November 16, 1999
Letters to the Editor

Why must Marsalis suffer to be considered good? Plus: A vote for Sega is a vote for Microsoft; comics creator Stan Lee's disputed legacy.

Letters to the Editor August 24, 1999
Sharps & flats

Wynton Marsalis was born with a silver trumpet in his mouth. Maybe that's why his jazz compositions are so stiffly academic.

By Seth Mnookin August 17, 1999
Happy End of the World

By Michelle Goldberg September 17, 1997
Black Beauty: Live at Fillmore West

By Ezra Gale September 16, 1997
Blood on the Fields

By Andy Gilbert July 10, 1997

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