Here is an interesting artist that's new to me, and I wanted to share his music.
I’m more partial to this guy. Love it when he sings the blues in french. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQkhA6zOCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtvUKUWp06g He music is closer to the delta. Cheers |
NOLA music is all over the map; for me personally, we're back where we started; Jon Batiste plays what's most appealing to my taste in music which also incorporates New Orleans piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC1EEmJlo4 No matter how good Wynton Marsalis can blow the trumpet, he's composed very little that appeals to my taste. While he can play everybody else's music, where's his? What can you present that might cause me to reconsider? When I hear this music I visualize New Orleans; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx23PzFb1RU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI |
Wynton started out with Blakey's Messengers, and everybody said he was arguably the worlds best trumpet player. That could still be true because he also plays classical music. While he might be the best jazz trumpet player, that did not include being the best jazz musician. After Wynton left Blakey, and was on his own, the shortcomings in his jazz composing talents became apparent. But he also plays classical, and that bumped his stature up with the establishment. https://wyntonmarsalis.org/videos/view/ms.-b.c.-art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers-live-at-seventh-a... There, Wynton is playing the hippest of the hip jazz, and he's blowing it out of the park. Criticism of Wynton from Aficionados and other jazz musicians did not come along until after he left Blakey. That's when we discovered he wasn't as good at making his own music as we thought he would be. That's it in a nutshell. |
Wynton is a highly educated musician, that made him perfect for Lincoln Center. He started off in the big league of jazz musicians, not just any musicians, but the big league of jazz musicians, and he blew like big league musicians. After he left Blakey, there were extremely high expectations; it was expected that he would compare to musicians like "Lee Morgan", Donald Byrd, and Freddie Hubbard, but his albums didn't rise to the occasion. The problem was that more was expected than he could deliver. Now if you read the newspaper, he always got good press, but if you talked to aficionados, and the top jazz musicians, he wasn't in the "creative" running with the likes of Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd. Fortunately for Wynton, since he could also play Classical, that really put him in good with the establishment; one that really never understood hardbop or modern jazz noway. The bottom line is that more "creativity" was expected of Wynton than he was able to deliver. When you compare Wynton to Lee Morgan or Donald Byrd, you'll see where many other top jazz musicians are coming from. The establishment said it was jealously, but they're the last people to ask any questions about hardbop or modern jazz. There was no jealously, just statements of fact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8MXT5f7gw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpFtZ9KmvI |
