Wynton Marsalis , artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is a musician and composer. He lives in New York
City. Carl Vigeland has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, DoubleTake, Fast Company, and Golf Digest. The
author of three previous books, he lives in Massachusetts.
Vigeland, Carl :
Wynton Marsalis , artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is a musician and composer. He lives in New York
City. Carl Vigeland has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, DoubleTake, Fast Company, and Golf Digest. The
author of three previous books, he lives in Massachusetts.
Review
"An intimate, compelling, and enlightening look at a creative life and how it birthed some of the most
vital modern jazz rendered in the last twenty years."
--New Orleans Times-Picayune
"Best of all are the little details that bring us closer to the artist."
--USA Today
"A towering monument to the music and the people who make it."
--CNN.com
"Provides a very real, personal glimpse of Marsalis, as both musician and man...Readers will come away with
a feeling for life on the road."
--Library Journal
" A pleasurable and enlightening account of Marsalis's septet's travels around the globe....True believers
and the 'jazz is dead' crowd alike may find themselves charmed by the warmth, humor and insight..."
--St. Petersburg Times
"The jazz life on the road as glimpsed by a very acute and attentive observer, and bracingly frank contributions
from Marsalis himself ....Trustworthy and in the pocket."
--Buffalo News
Publisher Web Site, December, 2002
Summary
Marsalis, Wynton : Lincoln Center
Wynton Marsalis , artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is a musician and composer. He lives in New York
City.
Vigeland, Carl :
Carl Vigeland has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, DoubleTake, Fast Company, and Golf Digest. The author
of three previous books, he lives in Massachusetts.
