“I am Wynton Marsalis. I am a musician from New Orleans. My father is a musician and I have three brothers who are also musicians,” the iconic American trumpeter, bandleader, music teacher and scion of one of the most famous musical families in America introduced himself thus during a conversation with the BDLife in Nairobi early this week.
Marsalis and his ensemble, Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra, performed two shows in the city as part of the Bob Collymore International Jazz Festival Series. Nairobi was the second stop on their first-ever African tour, having performed at the Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg last weekend.
