Happy birthday to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Managing and Artistic Director, Wynton Marsalis! A resounding virtuoso on the trumpet, a groundbreaking composer, a beloved bandleader, and a tireless educator and advocate for jazz, Wynton has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding and perception of this music. Amidst a lifetime of critical acclaim and awards for his musicianship, Wynton’s work to establish Jazz at Lincoln Center stands as perhaps his most profound legacy. Through creating the Ja

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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - All too soon. Soloist: Ben Webster, tenor sax. Recording date: November 7, 1971. Copenhagen, Denmark. First concert at the Tivoli Gardens released on the DVD "Live at the Tivoli Gardens." Ben Webster sits in. Personnel: Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Eddie Preston, Cootie Williams, t; John Coles, t, fl; Malcolm Taylor, Booty Wood, tb; Chuck Connors, btb; Russell Procope, as, cl; Norris Turney, as, ts, cl f; Harold Minerve, as, cl, f, pi; Harold Ashby, ts, cl; P