The Photo That Changed My Life

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WYNTON MARSALIS

As the managing and artistic director of New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center releases the double album and DVD of The Abyssinian Mass—his first recorded work in six years (with the J.A.L.C. Orchestra)—he reflects on the profound message of a single image

FIRST-PERSON

This photo celebrates freedom. I was probably 14 when I first saw the picture, and it has always said to me that we can deal with the changes and challenges of life with the supple yet hrm art of syncopation, with feeling, and through the elegance of dance."

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