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Blue Mitchell

by Robert Spencer
March 8, 2004

All About Jazz contributing writer C. Andrew Hovan said it best: “Those of you that are longtime jazz fans, take a few minutes and see how many jazz trumpeters you can name in the next minute. All done? I'm sure many of you remember Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Louis Armstrong, and Buck Clayton, just to name ...

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Bobby Watson

by AAJ Staff
March 7, 2004

In 1977, quite a few eyebrows were raised when drummer Art Blakey, the nurturer of many jazz greats, started touting the country kid in overalls with the alto saxophone as his latest great discovery. Eyebrows remained up in amazement as Bobby Watson let loose with a Parkeresque run of notes. Watson's sweet, full tone evokes both ...

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Wynton Marsalis: The Magic Hour

Read "The Magic Hour" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
March 2, 2004

Those with an interest in polemics will interpret the title of the first tune on The Magic Hour, “Feeling of Jazz," to be another example in Wynton Marsalis' campaign to define just what is and is not jazz. Given that the lyrics performed by Dianne Reeves read like a dictionary entry for jazz circa 1935 (or ...

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Article: Interview

Wynton Marsalis Speaks Out

by Franz A. Matzner
February 27, 2004

Trumpeter, composer, educator--Wynton Marsalis requires no introduction. Since beginning his career, he has received an almost endless stream of accolades, his share of criticisms, and an ever-growing level of recognition from within and without the jazz community. The first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, Mr. Marsalis has also garnered ...

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Experience Jazz Like Never Before

By Wynton Marsalis

Label: Columbia
Released: 2003

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The Magic Hour

By Wynton Marsalis

Label: Columbia
Released: 2003

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Still Evolved

By Ted Nash

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: The Shooting Star 2. Jump Start 3. Still Evolved 4. The Competitor 5. Bells Of Brescia 6. Point Of Arrival 7. Ida's Spoons 8. Rubber Soul.

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Dr. Strangehead, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ken Burns

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
September 30, 2003

Properly, the Roundheads were supporters of Parliament during the English civil war. They were opposed by loyalists to King Charles I, known as Cavaliers. I was a supporter of Parliament right up until Bootsy Collins left the group, but as a native Virginian, I am also inclined to support the Cavaliers. Never mind that I live ...

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Wynton Marsalis And The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Marsalis Plays Bolden: The 'Lost Napkin' Suite

Read "Marsalis Plays Bolden: The 'Lost Napkin' Suite" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 2003

After more than seven years of painstaking research and decryption, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra have recorded and released Wynton's epic six-movement suite based on music written by the legendary New Orleans cornetist Buddy Bolden. Working solely from the tattered remnants of a napkin on which Bolden is said to have scrawled ...

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