Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis has performed at major venues and festivals around the world, but he has never appeared at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival — until now. He and his ...

Renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Marsalis at the Jazz at Lincoln ...

Wynton Marsalis, the founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), was the guest of honor and performed at this year’s annual gala, Rhythms That Move the World. The event was held on April 15 at JALC’s ...

Wynton Marsalis got a taste of what his farewell from Jazz at Lincoln Center may look like before he takes his final bow as leader of the org next year. The jazz great, who founded JALC, was lauded ...

Wynton Marsalis could have soared as a trumpet phenomenon. But his passion has always included elevating and sharing the music he grew up in a family of musicians — learning early on that you have to ...

After almost 40 years heading up Jazz at Lincoln Center, jazz icon Wynton Marsalis recently announced he'll be stepping down next year. “It’s one of those things where he talked about it for years, ...

Wynton Marsalis, jazz musician and Juilliard School Director of Jazz Studies, speaks ahead of his weekend shows at Rackham Auditorium Wednesday evening. Caleb Rosenblum/DAILY. Buy this photo.

Wynton Marsalis left his native New Orleans decades ago to build a name for himself in New York. He did more than build a name. He built Jazz at Lincoln Center, an orchestra, educational program and ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Wynton Marsalis, founder ...

This jazz icon is leaving on a high note. Wynton Marsalis, the legendary founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is expected to step back from his leadership role after nearly four decades at the helm of ...

The end of an era. Wynton Marsalis, founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, announced that he is stepping down as artistic director of the organization he founded nearly 40 years ago. What started as a ...

Wynton Marsalis is leaving Jazz at Lincoln Center after nearly 40 years as its artistic and managing director. The organization announced Marsalis’ departure today (January 27), confirming that the ...