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Works by Wynton Marsalis

Marsalis on Music (1995) 87 copies
Baroque Duet [sound recording] (1992) — Trumpet — 34 copies
Baroque Music for Trumpets (1988) 33 copies
Joe Cool's Blues (1995) 22 copies
Carnaval [sound recording] (1987) 20 copies
Trumpet Concertos (1983) 19 copies
Two Men With The Blues (2008) 15 copies
Classic Wynton [sound recording] (1998) — Artist — 14 copies
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play The Blues (2011) — Artist — 13 copies
Portrait of Wynton Marsalis (1988) 12 copies
The Majesty of the Blues (1989) 10 copies
Wynton Marsalis (1982) 10 copies
House of Swing Live from the Lincoln Center (2004) — Artist — 8 copies
Hot House Flowers (1984) 7 copies
J Mood (1986) 6 copies
The magic hour (2004) 3 copies
Standards & Ballads (2008) 3 copies
Live In Cuba [sound recording] (2015) — Artist — 3 copies
Gold Collection 3 copies
The Abyssinian Mass (2016) — Artist — 3 copies
Christmas Jazz Jam (2009) 2 copies
Big Train (1999) 2 copies
Citi Movement (1993) 2 copies
Marciac Suite (2000) 2 copies
Reeltime (1999) 2 copies
Una Noche con Rubén Blades (2018) — Artist — 1 copy
Big Band Holidays — Artist — 1 copy
Big Band Holidays II (2019) — Artist — 1 copy
Handful of Keys (2017) — Artist — 1 copy
Black, Brown & Beige — Artist — 1 copy
Sherman Irby’s Inferno — Artist — 1 copy
Jazz (2002) 1 copy
The All American Hero (1988) 1 copy
One By One 1 copy
A Fiddler's Tale (1999) 1 copy
Think of One (1983) 1 copy
Jazz and Art — Artist — 1 copy
United We Swing (2018) 1 copy
All Rise (2007) 1 copy
He And She 1 copy
Trumpet Concertos [sound recording] (2001) — Artist — 1 copy
Think Of One 1 copy

Associated Works

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (2006) — Contributor — 94 copies
Swingin' with Duke Live from the Lincoln Center (1999) — Artist — 4 copies
Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams [1991 film] (1991) — Participant — 1 copy

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I should get the soundtrack too to get the most our of it.
 
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pollycallahan | Jul 1, 2023 |
p 17 2nd paragraph "being in time... When you are in time you know when to be quiet, when to assert yourself, and how to master the moment with an appropriate or unusually inventive response. Fast-thinking comedians can do that. So can athletes who make intelligent decisions that involve teamwork even though the pressure of the clock makes them want to do something solitary and, generally stupid."

p 75 "Too many young musicians today think learning to play scales on chords is jazz."
 
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pollycallahan | 3 other reviews | Jul 1, 2023 |
Marsalis è coerente e onesto per come si avvicina allo scrivere di jazz nello stesso modo tradizionalista e conservatore proprio del suo suonarlo. In ciò rientrano (e si può dire che ci stiano) alcune opinioni non troppo condivisibili su alcuni musicisti (vedi l'ultimo Miles) e su alcuni approcci (il free, il jazz rock). Il problema è che proprio per questa coerenza rispetto alle idee del personaggio il libro risulta poco riuscito, soprattutto per i neofiti del jazz (cui immagino si rivolga). Per loro il libro è solo apparentemente utile, perché se è vero che fornisce qualche indicazione utile (la ben fatta nomenclatura iniziale, l'abbozzo di una discografia legata a specifici musicisti nella parte finale), rischia anche di portare fuori strada proprio per via delle opinioni troppo parziali e nette che esprime. Quanto agli "esperti", non ci troveranno certo informazioni particolarmente nuove o utili, ma solo opinioni da condividere o meno. Per tutti, neofiti o "esperti", risulteranno noiose e mal riuscite le parti in cui Marsalis cerca di "filosofare" sul jazz applicato alla vita.… (more)
 
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d.v. | 3 other reviews | May 16, 2023 |
How do you convey the idea of sounds through only words? Marsalis, the renowned jazz musician and composer, makes a terrific effort here with an astounding collection of onomatopoeic verses describing the output of musical instruments and everyday sounds.

[Onomatopoeic things sound like or suggest just what they mean. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp.]

Two-page spreads contain large colorful fonts for the sounds depicted:

“Big trucks on the highway RRRRUMBLE.
Hunger makes my tummy GRrruMBle.”

The narrator, a young boy of color living in New Orleans, describes a typical day:

“Chrrrick chrrrick chrrrick chrrrick — buttering my toast. Krrrick krrick krrrick krrrick - quick where it itches the most."

The final spread features a veritable symphony of sounds in an implied loud and noisy crescendo.

Illustrator Paul Rogers uses joyful images to fill in some background for us and to add some jazz references for afficionados. In an interview about the book, Rogers said:

“The drawings are hugely influenced by the great Cliff Roberts, especially his illustrations for Langston Hughes’ First Book of Jazz from 1955. One of the early decisions I made was to have the story take place in New Orleans, Wynton’s hometown and a city we both love. This setting made it believable to have music on the street and all around the neighborhood.”

Evaluation: Kids aged 3 and up and/or their parents reading to them will have a blast sounding out the words in the book. They will also learn there is music everywhere - not just from instruments. Additionally, they will add to their vocabularies and word recognition skills.
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