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Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti CBE (born 20 July 1987) is an Italian-Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16.
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences.
Marsalis was born on August 26, 1960, in New Orleans. [1] He is the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand), a jazz singer and substitute teacher, and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor. [2] [3] His brothers Jason Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis are also jazz musicians.
Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos is a studio album of trumpet concertos by Joseph Haydn, Leopold Mozart and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, performed by Wynton Marsalis with the National Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Raymond Leppard. The album won a Grammy award in 1984 for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with orchestra.
It won two Grammy Awards in 1986: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist. [5] The album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2023 describing it as one of Wynton's "most beloved & artistically successful recordings, hearkening back to midcentury acoustic jazz but with a ...
The Ways of Warmdaddy is the second album by the American musician Wessell Anderson, released in 1996. [2] [3] The album title refers to Wynton Marsalis's nickname for Anderson; Anderson started with Marsalis's bands.
On Wynton’s self-titled debut album, Kirkland shared the piano duties with one of his musical influences, Herbie Hancock, [5] but was the sole pianist on Marsalis's subsequent releases Think of One, [6] Hot House Flowers [7] and Black Codes (From the Underground).
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis called Crouch "my best friend in the world" and "mentor". [27] The two met after Marsalis, at the age of 17, settled in New York City to attend the Juilliard School. [27] The two shared a close relationship, [27] Crouch having written liner notes for Marsalis' albums since his debut album in 1982. [28]