60-Minutes in Cuba with Wynton Marsalis

By Circles Robinson

Wynton Marsalis in Havana. Photo: Irina Echarry

HAVANA TIMES, Jan. 4 — In contrast to politicians, “culture brings people together,” noted Wynton Marsalis, 49, in an interview with 60-Minutes aired Sunday about his recent trip to Cuba heading up the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

The master of the trumpet, composition and arrangement from New Orleans is shown performing at Havana theaters, on the street and also in workshops held at Cuban music schools in early October.

For a full viewing of the interview conducted by Morely Safer with Wynton Marsalis in Havana click here.

To see a Havana Times review of Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Cuba, click here.

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