Wynton Marsalis

Barbican, LondonIt hasn't exactly hijacked the headlines, but London is in the middle of a jazz invasion. Wynton Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra has brought a football squad of players, trainers and minders to launch the Barbican's first five-day international residency, with concerts, jam-sessions, workshops and more.On an opening night devoted to pre-second world war swing, the band unfolded early charts by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Don Redman and others with its familiar sep...

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