Comments on: Photo and review about Wynton playing at Barbican

By: careba

careba — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:34:08 +0000

ENJOY! C.

By: Sean Corby

Sean Corby — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:10:29 +0000

I wrote a letter to the Independent ‘congratulating’ Mr Sholto Byrnes on finally being blessed with the ability to hear Wynton and the band as they are meant to be heard.

Funny,because nothing’s changed.At the Barbican they sounded like they have done whenever i’ve heard them- soulful, swinging, precise and honest.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:48:10 +0000

In terms of defining the styles of Jazz, this is basic philosophy of music. We establish the elements, ascertain their qualities, and evaluate their presence in a piece of music. This is aesthetics. With that process established, we are then able to identify and catagorize works of art into stylistic genres. It is simple. How much time is spent disputing the qualities of Impressionism, Cubism, and Minimalism? They are clearly different.

This is when performance as a medium becomes so ephemeral. When a dance ceases to be performed, it becomes extinct, as does music. At this stage in technology, we have recordings and such, but I find them substitutes for the live experience, and rarely do recordings capture the intensity factor, or the love of the music, essential to the dynamics of a live event.

As a performance hall, I hardly would classify the Rose Theater as a museum, nor the rest of the Jazz at Lincoln Center facility. All too often, these critics, and the subsequent voices spouting their viewpoints, have not witnessed enough live phenomena of the trumpeting Marsalis, with his many line-ups, on the stage.

By: Jason P.

Jason P. — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:52:04 +0000

karen read a comment on Barbican concert on:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:39:50 +0000

Finally old Sholto from the Independent showed some respect to “Maestro Marsalis”, but not without opening with his typical cut-throat rhetoric. Someone ought to correct him on his use of the acronym for the JLCO, we’ve switched over here on the shores of New York, home of 60 Columbus Circle.

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:09:25 +0000

What a night, July 25th 2007, Colston Hall, Bristol.
Being a trumpet player and seeing Wynton for the first time was amazing! Fantastic show, what a line up!

What made the night was listening to the majority of the band jam with Andy Hague’s lot (a friend of mine) after the gig, and getting to meet some of the worlds best players who were generally cool to chill with.

Big thanks to all who were there, it really was awesome, come back soon….please!!