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Wynton Marsalis: Skain's Domain: A Biography Hardback - 1999

by Leslie Gourse

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In the first, full-length biography of this masterful trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, author Leslie Gourse reveals the private side of one of the most talented and controversial figures in music today. Written with the participation of Wynton Marsalis, and based on hours of interviews with the artist, his family, friends, and musical associates, this book explores the musician and his development into a celebrated performer and a composer of incredible depth and range.

More than just a musical prodigy, Marsalis has long been a major player in music education and an active participant in the often heated debates over the future of jazz. His strong opinions and efforts to carve a place for jazz within the classical music establishment have made him a controversial figure in music and culture debates for the past many years.

Presenting a thorough and evenhanded look at Marsalis's life and career, Gourse discusses his childhood in New Orleans, his relationship with his musical father (Ellis Marsalis, a noted jazz and his interplay with his brothers, musicians Branford and Delfayo. The reader then follows him to New York and his training at Juilliard, from his first band work with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers to the media frenzy over his early Grammy-winning classical and jazz albums. Taking the story up to the present day, Course discusses the founding of the Lincoln Center Jazz Institute and the controversies surrounding Marsalis' stewardship of that institution.

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For young pianist Nathan Rosenberg, it was already enough of a thrill to be playing solo at a birthday party for writer Kurt Vonnegut in late January 1998.

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  • Title Wynton Marsalis: Skain's Domain: A Biography
  • Author Leslie Gourse
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Schirmer Trade Books, New York
  • Publication date August 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780028648637 / 0028648633
  • Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.45 x 1.08 in (24.31 x 16.38 x 2.74 cm)
  • Reading level 950
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Jazz musicians - United States, Jazz - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99027954
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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