Wynton Marsalis News

Illness has forced NATALIE COLE to pull out of her Wednesday night (09Jul08) performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Country star WILLIE NELSON will take....

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Veteran jazz pianist MARIAN MCPARTLAND was joined by stars including NORAH JONES and trumpeter WYNTON MARSALIS as she celebrated her 90th birthday on....

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Jazz icon WYNTON MARSALIS has attacked hip-hop culture, claiming the music is like "a 1840s minstrel show". The trumpeter hates the popularity of....

Read news story: MARSALIS SLAMS RAP

KATIE HOLMES' ex-boyfriend CHRIS KLEIN made his lobbying debut at a congressional hearing about arts education on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on....

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Jazz star WYNTON MARSALIS has launched a scathing attack on some of the biggest names in hip-hop - claiming the musical genre debases....

Read news story: MARSALIS ATTACKS BIG HIP-HOP NAMES

STEVIE WONDER has lent his support to hurricane-stricken New Orleans, Louisiana, at a star-studded concert to mark the first anniversary of the....

Read news story: WONDER MARKS KATRINA ANNIVERSARY

A New Jersey con man who stole money from jazz musician WYNTON MARSALIS was sentenced to 35 months in jail on Friday (14JUL06). JAY BAILEY took....

Read news story: MAN WHO CONNED MARSALIS SENT TO JAIL