Wynton’s new album reviewed on the web
The most important media channels and newspapers are producing some reviews about Wynton’s new album to be out tomorrow: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary.
Here you have some links: article by SignOnSanDiego, audio interview by the Philadelphia Inquirer, article by the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times
Karen said
on March 7, 2007 @ 8:41 am
I am just wondering what happened with the title “Love and Broken Hearts”? While the working title, “The Return to Romance” reflected the content of the song, I’ve yet to connect the new title with the feeling generated and the point of the lyrics. And now we have the SanDiego review calling the piece “Love and Broken Bones” (well, let’s hope not).
gloria said
on March 7, 2007 @ 10:11 am
Was the working title different?! Obviously San Diego’s entry contains a typographical Jungian slip!
It’s interesting to read the commentary these music critics manage to write.
The album is brilliant. That’s all they need to say. Glo!
Jason P. said
on March 7, 2007 @ 10:39 am
the Boston Globe did a snobbish review…
Read what Jon Keller has to say about it:
http://wbztv.com/kellerblog/local_blogentry_065101914.html
gloria said
on March 7, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
The Boston Globe did a tone-deaf review while admitting “we know that he is one of the great cultural entrepreneurs.” The culmination of the article, “In summary, the knowns remain known” exceeds the reader’s expectation of a music critic. I’d agree with Mr. Keller. Thanks, Jason.
whitney said
on March 7, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Regarding the interview. The word “Jazz” came from the history of congo square hello San Deigo.Not all hip hop is
bad hello calling earth. I have hip hop on my jazz CD and
the young kids like it. They do like a fat sound and alot
of Rhythm with some Swiss beats.
whitney said
on March 7, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
I agree with Wynton totally. Has anyone notice when these
kids call out their messages theres is a melodic melody? When we speak we have a tone a note! BUT sometimes though the lyrcs are like built up ear wax!
Isn’t it true that when hip hop was first presented to the industry in a positive way they were told it wouldn’t sell and they wanted something more “diverse the better”??????? So the kids starting writing about there lives and what they were really going through negative side a callin out for help to be saved from the corruption. But then the yang got out of pocket to a description in some lyrcs and videos that is not educational nor respectful to one self. Man is always trying to make something better than what it is but sometimes you really don’t have to because you will reach a point where you can’t find the beyond level to go to.
whitney said
on March 7, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
Sorry folks I am on a roll! Jennifer sings in PITCH. Which
alot of young singers need to adhere to! One song can be delivered in many different ways. The interpertation of one tune can be sought after by amny different artist and I may like them all or I may not BUT are able to understand her? YES, is there somthing positively cryptic in her sweetness to the estranged fruits of Marsalis’s lyrics? to Me Yes in a good way. Did you listen more than once to the tune? Why? Look at the overall picture our
artist has painted for us as a whole group. Im glad she doesn’t sound like any one else. Even though at time I here some young ELLA. Keep up the good work Jennifer don’t
be too much in a hurry to change your sryle!
Karen said
on March 7, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
What’s with this comment, “It’s fogeyism pure and triumphant”, in the Boston Globe, about Wynton’s lyrics referring to Romance? Is it that the human condition of innocence and sweetness is what is being disregarded by this reviewer? Perhaps his taste for consumerism tainted with porn and self-defacement is truly what his aesthetic has become in this age. But what American-myth loving girl or woman doesn’t have these secret yearnings for the chaste promises of “Happily Ever After” that our Disney culture instills in our young dreams with Cinderella and Prince Charming? So how do we reconcile our Disney dreams with the “Modeling” opportunities available to the women these days to booty grind on cars and cameras, where we get to earn the CV credit of “Video Ho”? Does is make me a Fogey or a “dried up Fig” (that’s what Cambridge Press calls our Wynton in it’s “Companion to Jazz”), if I refuse to degrade myself and my art as a dancer by playing a video ho?
gloria said
on March 7, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
Hi,Whitney, I didn’t realize there was actually an evolution of rap music (and increasingly violent lyrics) but it makes sense now that you mention it.
I also thought of a young Ella Fitzgerald while listening to Jennifer Sanon; striking parallels in their melodious intonation and clear articulation of lyrics. Beautiful and sincere! Good luck with your recording, it can take extra time for it all to come together just right, don’t rush it!
Karen, at the beginning of the video age, I heard a producer state that ‘if women were willing to degrade themselves, then big business may as well make money from it’… There is no reason to “reconcile” anything! This critic is only complying with the media influence, while representing the only aesthetic that he knows, which is pretty limited at best.
Luigi said
on March 9, 2007 @ 9:48 am
I agree with you Whitney.
I love Jennifer voice and way of singing
whitney said
on March 9, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Luigi
When you are in New York city and have the opportunity to be around or work with Wynton Marsalis and JALC orchestra
trust me you Learn Alot! you can’t help it! He does it in such a natural way.
Jennifer has matured rapidly since she has been with Wynton. When you sing with a band like that and work with a master as Wynton, trust me you will be greater than what you were.
I learned alot from Wynton I have worked with some greats.
I was able to write the tune WHAT JAZZ IS and I credit Wynton Marsalis for alot of it!
If I were to say anything bad about his new cd because in life there is always a ying and yang. I would say in one of the tunes I could defintely tell when it was live and when it was memorixe (smile)all in the same tune.it seemed part of the mix was done in one day and the other part done a different day. as far as the levels. I would have like to have heard the band a little more. I like the live sound though. But I am being picky
Luigi said
on March 14, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
You’re right Whitney !
I know it perfectly…every time (since 1994) i’m with Wynton i learn a lot.