Improvisations of the Mind: A Celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Liberties Journal

Wynton Marsalis interviews Liberties Journal of Culture & Politics editors Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus. Wynton will be joined by a bass and drums for music at the beginning and at the end of the evening, and will include a new piece: “Fanfare for Liberties.” Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras, tap dance to ballet, Wynton has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. In 1987 Wynton Marsalis co-founded, and became Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center and Music Director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Under Wynton’s leadership, Jazz at Lincoln Center has developed an international agenda presenting rich and diverse programming that includes concerts, debates, film forums, dances, television and radio broadcasts, and educational activities. Leon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties. The former literary editor of The New Republic, Wieseltier’s essays on culture, religion, and history have been published in many international journals and magazines. In addition, his books include Kaddish and Against Identity, and he has published many translations of Hebrew poetry into English. In 2013 he won the prestigious Dan David Prize for outstanding achievement in the humanities Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of Liberties, the co-host of the monthly DC Salon at Liberties, and is currently at work on a biography of the artist Chaim Soutine. Liberties Journal of Culture & Politics is an independent journal of ideas that publishes serious, stylish, and controversial essays about significant issues in culture and politics in America and the world. Liberties Journal Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C., launched Liberties in the Fall of 2020 with Leon Wieseltier as editor and Celeste Marcus as managing editor. Bill Reichblum is the publisher. Liberties publishes quarterly in the Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT83IOUtKdPUL9hOzYjxbcQ?sub_confirmation=1 @politicsprose Visit us online at: http://www.politics-prose.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoliticsProse Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politicsprose Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politicsandprose/ Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@politicsprose Follow Us On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsprose?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter: https://politics-prose.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=804c700632a508a8e792e69cf&id=6a0dbf1855&SIGNUP=HomepageFooter Become a store member and save: https://www.politics-prose.com/membership Audio Archive: https://archive.org/details/@politics_prose_bookstore Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. #books #booktube