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Wynton Marsalis is already the most renowned jazz musician of his generation. Now, he's trying out a new musical style: mixing classical with the blues. On Nov. 19, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will premier Blues Symphony, Marsalis' first work composed exclusively for orchestra. It celebrates the blues through moments in American history and, in Marsalis' words, "incorporates the call-and-responses, train whistles, stomp-down grooves, big-city complexities and down-home idiosyncrasies of Afro-American and American music." Ahead of the symphony's premiere, the jazz master spoke with TIME about working with an orchestra, the significance...
Susan Marine, director of the Women’s Center, described Dobkin as “a pioneer in the folk music scene and as a woman musician in general...
...Musician Dave C. Ylvisaker, who only met Hill once a decade ago, still remembers his “vibe...
Frankie J, a musician who occasionally plays in Brattle Square, recalled Hill stopping by a performance two months ago, in which Hill took over the microphone briefly...
...Barack Obama. Along with many other people, I had some fun with it, talking about that we're now going to give out the Nobel Peace Prize not for what someone has done but for what we hope they do. If this is the case, since I'm a musician, I'd like to go ahead and get a Grammy. I haven't been on Broadway, but I did see Jersey Boys a couple of weeks ago. I think a Tony would be nice. From this latest book, I appreciate my Pulitzer in advance...