This just came in from the Barbican:

FREE TICKETS for LondonJazz readers to the Wynton Marsalis keynote address this Friday.

Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer and artistic director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra gives a keynote address at the Barbican Theatre at 1pm on Friday 18 June as part of the Barbican’s Jazz Leadership Day.

This talk – illustrated with musical contributions from Wynton Marsalis and his Quintet – is free to LondonJazz readers. Just come to the Barbican by 12.45pm on Friday and ask for a ticket at the Barbican’s advance box office desk – or ask a Barbican host. More information here:

The keynote address will last approximately one hour. Gowns strictly optional.