Wynton’s five favorite jazz recordings
Last Saturday, the Wall Street Journal (weekend edition) asked Wynton Marsalis what his five favorite jazz recordings are:
* John Coltrane Quartet - Crescent (1964)
* Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin (1958)
* Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
* Duke Ellington - The New Orleans Suite (1970)
* Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950)
Karen said
on May 13, 2009 @ 9:06 am
Ah, the New Orleans Suite… 1970 was a year for the birth of fine things…
Diana said
on May 15, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
Wynton and the JALC Orchestra did an outstanding rendition of Duke Ellington’s “The New Orleans Suite” at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of both - truly an indescribable treat to hear it live!
Rafael said
on November 19, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
Very interesting choices, although somewhat expected. But choosing Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)kinda bugged me, as some consider this record bleak and uninteresting. I’ve listened to it many times and I feel that it has a different quality from the other Monk’s works from that period: some rhythmic patterns that seems to have surely influenced Andrew Hill and sometimes a frenetic phrasing reminiscent of Bud Powell.
I’d like to see the man’s toughts on Lennie Tristano, too. (I apologize if he have alredy talked about it somewhere… Just couldn’t find it)
Peace!
Mark said
on December 2, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
At the Monterey Jazz Festival this year, Wynton said he had a chance to hear Duke play “The New Orleans Suite” live because of his father but skipped it to watch a Raider game, something he said he now regrets.