Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto – programme note and profile (LSO)
Wynton Marsalis made his name as a classical trumpet virtuoso with a recording of the Joseph Haydn, Johann Hummel and Leopold Mozart trumpet concertos. That disc won a Grammy in 1984, along with another of Marsalis’ albums, the jazz smash Think of One. Four decades later he has written a Trumpet Concerto of his own, drawing on both classical and jazz idioms, along with just about everything in between.
Read the full programme note and profile on the London Symphony Orchestra website