[Dixielandjazz] Wynton's New Gig

[Stephen G Barbone]

Congratulations to Wynton. I hope he plays / discusses that album with  
him and Eric Clapton.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

DECEMBER 15, 2011- NY TIMES - by james McKinley jr.
Wynton Marsalis to Join CBS


Wynton Marsalis, the virtuoso jazz trumpet player and longtime  
artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is adding another job to  
his resume: television commentator.
CBS News announced on Thursday that Mr. Marsalis would begin appearing  
on its morning shows as a “cultural correspondent” in mid-January.  
Though his precise role is unclear, the announcement said the 50-year- 
old jazz artist from New Orleans would offer “insight into a broad  
range of cultural and educational developments.”
Mr. Marsalis has ties to CBS news going back many years. He has  
appeared several times on “60 Minutes” and took part in a special  
memorial tribute to Ed Bradley, the CBS correspondent who died in  
2006. Mr. Marsalis also recorded the trumpet fanfare that opens the  
“CBS Sunday Morning” show.
David Rhodes, the president of CBS News, said Mr. Marsalis will also  
bring his expertise as an educator to bear on the weekend shows.  
Beyond being one of the most important trumpet players and jazz  
composers of his generation, Mr. Marsalis has become well known as an  
music educator through the programs he has started as part of Jazz at  
Lincoln Center, including programs to train jazz players on the high  
school and middle school levels.
For his part, Mr. Marsalis released a statement saying he was thrilled  
to work for CBS. “I look forward to sharing with viewers the  
incredible variety and richness of our national culture — from ballet  
to the blues, from barbecue to the backbeat,” he said.