This 17-track CD Jump Start and Jazz is a fresh, exciting exhibit of Wynton Marsalis' expertise as a composer. Jump Start and Jazz are two vibrant [more]

Ever since his arrival on the jazz scene in 1980, Wynton Marsalis has been considered one of the major jazz trumpeters. Because he takes his role [more]

When he first emerged in 1980 as an 18-year old phenomenon with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Wynton Marsalis stood out from the crowd in both his musicality [more]

Branford Marsalis's debut as a leader is ambitious yet consistently successful. On "Scenes of the City," his narrative is in the same spirit of some of Charles Mingus's [more]

Pianist Ellis Marsalis, despite his connections to Ornette Coleman in the 1950s and his home base being New Orleans, is actually at his best when playing lightly swinging bop in a [more]

For this CD, Wynton and Ellis Marsalis perform music both old and new that is heard on the {#Peanuts} television specials. Wynton's septet (altoist Wessell [more]

On Loved Ones, a set of music on which each of the 14 selections include a woman's name in its title, Ellis Marsalis takes five piano solos and has nine duets with his son [more]

The music on this three-CD set (released in 1997) won a Pulitzer Prize, but it's not without its faults. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis tells the [more]

The Midnight Blues is the fifth installment in his ongoing Standard Time series, where he offers his own interpretations of classic American pop, jazz and [more]

A combination of live studio tracks, this effort is especially fine because the mood and spirit of the music is so consistent. The disc also features the talents of yet another gifted [more]

Recorded during Duke Ellington's centennial year, this solo piano date by Ellis Marsalis is a tasteful tribute to Ellington. Marsalis expertly performs 15 songs from Duke's repertoire [more]

As if releasing eight single albums in 1999 weren't enough, Wynton Marsalis capped this deluge of material at the end of the year with a seven-CD mini-box of live [more]

This album was much anticipated, for it would be Branford Marsalis's first since the death of his longtime pianist Kenny Kirkland. Happily, it is a knockout. While no one can [more]

Originally conceived for Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic in 1999 as a new millennium piece, this outlandishly scaled, exuberantly eclectic, 106-minute monster work for chorus, [more]

There are undoubtedly many jazz fans who've been curious about Wynton Marsalis' classical recordings. Recognizing Marsalis' canon would benefit from an introductory volume, Sony [more]

In this tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, at last there is a large sampling of the Wynton Marsalis who can get large crowds at outdoor jazz festivals like the [more]

Like any other classical star, Wynton Marsalis felt the urge to re-record the basic repertoire for his instrument after awhile -- and so, he goes at the Haydn, Leopold Mozart, [more]

Wynton Marsalis is by far one of the most accomplished trumpet players and composers of this new jazz era. His prior scores for Garth Fagan [more]

Two of the finest trumpeters in jazz history are featured on this two-CD set. Freddie Hubbard emerged from Indianapolis in 1960, becoming [more]