Wynton Marsalis

(1961–present)

Suggested Reading

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Blumenfeld, Larry. “Wynton Marsalis’ Enduring Opus.” The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574421122947652320.html 

 

Conroy, Frank. “Stop Nitpicking a Genius.” The New York Times Magazine, June 25, 1995. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/25/magazine/stop-nitpicking-a-genius.html?scp=3&sq=Wynton%20Marsalis+Frank%20Conroy&st=cse

 

Gourse, Leslie. Wynton Marsalis: Skain’s Domain, A Biography. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999.

 

Lichtenstein, Grace, and Laura Danker. “Keepers of the Flame—the Marsalis Family.” In Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans, 240–57. New York: W. W. Norton, 1993.

 

Marsalis, Wynton. Marsalis on Music. New York: W. W. Norton, 1994.

 

Porter, Eric. “The Majesty of the Blues: Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz Canon." In What Is this Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, 287–334. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

 

Wroe, Nicholas. “A Life in Music: Wynton Marsalis.” The Guardian, July 18, 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/18/wynton-marsalis-interview.

 

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