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Jazz at Lincoln Center

By RYAN RITCHIE

Published on January 10, 2008

Somehow Wynton Marsalis became the official spokesperson for all things jazz. Like his rock counterpart Bono, this gets really annoying. Any time a filmmaker, biographer or reporter needs a quote about the genre, there's Marsalis hyperbolizing about someone most people have never heard of. The New Orleans-born musician even appeared twice on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood . This overexposure lends skeptics to believe the trumpet player is less a musician and more a commercialized commodity sent by the powers that be to talk about what has unfortunately turned into a dying scene. But unlike the U2 front man, Marsalis can talk a good game and deliver the goods. His previous performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center found him with a smaller group than the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra he's bringing this week, but the results should remain the same. Simply put, Marsalis can flat-out blow!
Thu., Jan. 31, 8 p.m., 2008