Wynton Marsalis Brings Romantic Jazz Tunes To The People With 'Standards & Ballad's

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Columbia/ Legacy) - Wynton Marsalis, the prodigiously talented trumpeter known for his championing of traditional jazz and jazz education, has a new release, 'Standards & Ballads,' coming from Columbia/Legacy on January 22, 2008.
The CD includes 14 classics such as Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust," theGershwins' "Embraceable You," Rodgers & Hart's "Where Or When," Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry," Vernon Duke's "I Can't Get Started," and nine more, including Duke Ellington's "Flamingo."

Marsalis is also embarking on a nationwide "Ellington Love Songs" tour, featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and some of the Duke's most romantic compositions.

The first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize, Wynton Marsalis has released nearly 50 albums since 1981. 'Standards & Ballads' is one of his most accessible, featuring tender renditions and beautiful arrangements of some of the best-known love songs of all time.

Hear a stream of "Stardust" at
https://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=4XQMT9E1bR7POCdFM6r8dXsZp2BaHHWF&UserName=Unknown (Windows Media) or
https://release.theplatform.com/content.qtl?pid=0asdOOHQIANWJqWUh6_lHmhxKyj1R7uX&UserName=Unknown (QuickTime)

Tour dates are:
01/16 Ann Arbor, MI Hill Auditorium
01/18-19 Chicago, IL Symphony Center
01/19 Bloomington, IL Bloomington Center for The Performing Arts
1/20 Notre Dame, IN DeBartolo Center
1/21 Minneapolis, MN Orchestra Hall
1/24 Santa Cruz, CA Civic Auditorium
1/25 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Center
1/26 Berkeley, CA University of California
1/27 Stanford, CA Memorial Auditorium
1/28 Manila, CA Van Duzer Theatre
1/29 Davis, CA Mondavi Center
1/31 Costa Mesa, CA Orange County Performing Arts Center
2/01 Los Angeles, CA Walt Disney Concert Hall
2/02 Malibu, CA Pepperdine University
2/04 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center
2/05 Tucson, AZ Centennial Hall - University of Arizona
2/06 Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque Convention Center - Kiva Auditorium
2/08 Kansas City, MO Folly Theater
2/09 St. Louis, MO Sheldon Concert Hall
2/10 Columbia, MO Jesse Auditorium - University of Missouri
2/12 Iowa City, IA Hancher Auditorium
2/14-16 New York, NY Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center
5/07 Washington, DC Kennedy Center