Here's a tune from Wynton's 2007 album called "Where y'all at". It's a rant about hiphop by the uptown yacht club trumpet maestro. The song's not bad, but a criticism on "Village Voice":http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0716,davis,76365,22.html goes "The whole thing becomes embarrassing only on "Where Y'All At?," when ego escalates into hubris and Marsalis tries to beat "big baggy-pants wearers...
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It has been a joy over these many years watching the Marsalis Brothers evolve and develope their individual styles. This nineteen ninety recording finds Wynton interpreting some selections from the Great American Songbook. His selections range from the oft-covered classics like "You Don't Know What Love Is", As well as truely inspired selections like Monk's "Crepuscule With Nellie', where h...
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As I write this, the new album from Wynton Marsalis, "From the Plantation to the Penitentiary", is being carefully placed on shelves and in displays at record stores across the US, getting ready to greet customers for the first time. Marsalis has been preparing for its official release by talking with newspapers, magazines, and network television about the message behind the music.There is a v...
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This is a great example of a live album that really conveys the upbeat mood of both musicians and an audience, a synergistic relationship in which the crowd actually enhances the flavor of the music. This is not glasses clinking and posers hooting to get their hipness on record, this is the sound of a good time. Amazon.comWynton Marsalis headlines this lively, Night of the Cookers-type gig, re...
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Chliin with Wynton * Wynton Marsalis - trumpet * Walter Blandding - tenor and soprano saxophone * Dan Nimmer - piano * Carlos Henriquez - bass * Ali Jackson, Jr. - Drums * Jennifer Sanon - vocalsFrom the files:Wynton Marsalis: From the Plantation to the Penitentiaryby Li OnestoLet's say you could live to be 200 years old, you came in, in 1800. You are 165 years old before you ...
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Probably the only time to post this. An interesting take on a holiday classic by the great Wynton Marsalis. Hope you like.
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It has been a joy over these many years watching the Marsalis Brothers evolve and develope their individual styles. This nineteen ninety recording finds Wynton interpreting some selections from the Great American Songbook. His selections range from the oft-covered classics like "You Don't Know What Love Is", As well as truely inspired selections like Monk's "Crepuscule With Nellie', where h...
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As I write this, the new album from Wynton Marsalis, "From the Plantation to the Penitentiary", is being carefully placed on shelves and in displays at record stores across the US, getting ready to greet customers for the first time. Marsalis has been preparing for its official release by talking with newspapers, magazines, and network television about the message behind the music.There is a v...
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