# Wynton Marsalis

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14| Fame is the least humanizing kind of love.

Can true, full, and nuanced love truly exist across parasocial relationships? Ismatu Gwendolyn reflects on the dehumanizing nature of fame (no matter how small the audience) and reflects on their own conceptions of love (or lack thereof) as they accidentally became an influencer. read the full news…

Soundtrack to the Struggle: Blood On the Fields

It’s 1994 and it’s opening night for Wynton Marsalis’s Blood on the Fields – an extended jazz oratorio on the condition of American slavery. The narrative unfolds and the music courses through elements of work songs, call and response, blues, ragtime, and jazz. The audience realizes that Blood on t…

21| on loving my parents again and again (read: on learning to love myself)

musings once entitled, “a therapist reflects on the whiplash of finally having relationships with my parents i am grateful for, despite it all.” In which I watch the love I have for my parents bloom and die and bloom again. Full transcription available at ismatu.substack.com Jazz of the episode: Ci…

a former stripper, current workaholic finds balance.

No stripping did not ruin my relationship with men but you should hear how many hours in a row I can work nonstop hahahahah <3 on treating myself as a body that breathes and moves slowly. Much love. Jazz of the Episode [incomplete list]: Hour of Parting x Sun Ra Send In The Clowns x Pat Martino Le…

Surprise! I am just like my father.

In which we: unpack the “is she mad?” mentality, contemplate informed consent for a podcast space, and be explicit about the care infrastructure and needs of Ismatu Gwendolyn. Thanks for listening <3 Read the full transcription, annotated, at ismatu.substack.com. Jazz of the Episode: My One and O…

you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress).

In which we engage the following theses: (1) the ruling class benefits from illiteracy. (2) short-form video entertains more than it sticks. (3) reading is a discipline distinct from listening, watching, or other forms of literacy. It’s a skill that needs to be honed separately. (4) Absolutely no …

Selina Ott: The History Making and Award Winning International Trumpet Solo and Recording Artist

In 2018, Austrian trumpeter Selina Ott made history by becoming the first woman to win first prize in the 70-year history of the prestigious ARD International Music Competition in Munich. That landmark achievement launched a remarkable career that has taken her to concert halls around the world, pe…

236. THREE TUNES WITH RICH(suicide machines) Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis / Green Jellÿ / Dboy

This episode covers 2/3's Adventure (Live) by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Three Little Pigs by Green Jellÿ Three Piece Band (Live) by Dboy Website: https://redcircle.com/shows/two-tunes-podcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/twotunespodcast?igshid=13gpurxc3bf2q Discord: …

Gerry Brown and Jeff "Tain" Watts discuss groove (part 1 of 2)

Gerry’s guest for this two-part episode is the great Jeff "Tain" Watts. Tain’s drumming has appeared on multiple Grammy Award winning jazz and opera albums, including Wynton Marsalis’s Black Codes from the Underground and Branford Marsalis Quartet’s Contemporary Jazz. In this first part, Gerry and …

March 12, 2026 - Dhruv Khullar on "The Pitt," conductor Cristian Măcelaru, and Maureen Abood's "Lebanese Baking"

In his New Yorker essay “What The Pitt Taught Me About Being a Doctor,” Dhruv Khullar reflects on how the HBO drama captures the human strain of practicing medicine inside a broken health-care system. He joins The Culture Show to discuss why the show resonates — and what it reveals to him about his…