I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.
Wynton MarsalisEven in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
Wynton MarsalisInstead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.
Wynton MarsalisJazz music celebrates life! Human life; the range of it, the absurdity of it, the ignorance of it, the greatness of it, the intelligence of it, the sexuality of it, the profundity of it. And it deals with it. In all of its... It deals with it!
Wynton Marsalis