Wynton Kelly's Liner Notes

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Frank Stewart on Phineas Newborn
Reflections from the pianist's stepson
Oct 23 • 
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Start Here

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Start Here: Discover Wynton Kelly’s Liner Notes
A Backstage Pass to the World of Music through Conversations, Stories and Analysis
May 28 • 
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Stories Between the Notes

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We Three: Phineas, Frank and Me
The story of my first encounter with the music of Phineas Newborn.
Oct 16 • 
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My Appasionata Summer
Beethoven, Hemingway, chess and the lessons that prepared me for my journey ahead
Sep 4 • 
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If You Were Here
Notes on a friendship
Aug 14 • 
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Echoes from Santiago de Cuba
Back in 2001, my dad went to Havana, Cuba with his friend and photographer Frank Stewart to lay the groundwork for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra…
Aug 7 • 
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Playing Bach
Bach taught me the most self evident truths about piano playing
Jul 24 • 
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The Entertainer & The J Master
One of the hallmarks of childhood is impatience.
Jul 10 • 
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Hot Bean Strut: The Spark
The story of my first jazz obsession and how it sparked a lifelong journey through rhythm, language, and culture.
Jun 5 • 
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A Tale of Two Wyntons
How the music of Wynton Kelly and Wynton Marsalis shaped my life before I ever knew it.
May 29 • 
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Trading Twelves

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Frank Stewart on Phineas Newborn
Reflections from the pianist's stepson
Oct 23 • 
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Congo Square: Remembering Jazz at Lincoln Center's Return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Andre Kimo Stone Guess on producing the Congo Square concert, the first major musical event in New Orleans after Katrina.
Sep 26 • 
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Higher Ground: Remembering Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Katrina Benefit 20 Years Later
I sat down with my father Andre Kimo Stone Guess to discuss how the Higher Ground concert came together in the wake of Katrina.
Sep 18 • 
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A Conversation with Vera Fonte
Pianist, professor, and researcher Vera Fonte on her piano education and path that led her to her PhD.
Aug 21 • 
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Form and Function

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Composer of America, Not Just American
From Congo Square to the Caribbean, Gottschalk reminds us that America has always been connected.
Oct 3 • 
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Monk's Masterclass in Comping
Melody, form, and silence in “Stuffy Turkey”
Sep 11 • 
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Bethena
A look at one of Scott Joplin's most novel and personal compositions
Aug 28 • 
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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Op. 10, No.2
Don't judge a piece of music by its popularity or ascribed importance or lack there of.
Jul 31 • 
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Sinners and the Blues
An Analysis of the Blues as Storyform
Jun 19 • 
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