Stories Between the Notes

Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — From Reconstruction to Convergence

Part II: How the Collapse of Creole Political Power Gave Birth to a Musical World

Apr 24 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

Jelly Roll Morton: A Four Part Series — The Creole World of New Orleans

Part I: The History Behind the Man Who Claimed to Invent Jazz

Apr 10 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

We Three: Phineas, Frank and Me

The story of my first encounter with the music of Phineas Newborn.

Oct 16, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

My Appasionata Summer

Beethoven, Hemingway, chess and the lessons that prepared me for my journey ahead

Sep 4, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

If You Were Here

Notes on a friendship

Aug 14, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

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, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

Bach taught me the most self evident truths about piano playing

Jul 24, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

The Entertainer & The J Master

One of the hallmarks of childhood is impatience.

Jul 10, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

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, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

A Tale of Two Wyntons

How the music of Wynton Kelly and Wynton Marsalis shaped my life before I ever knew it.

May 29, 2025 • Wynton Kelly Stone Guess

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