Wynton Marsalis official web site

Today at 7:00 PM and tomorrow at 11:00 AM Wynton will speak on XM Satellite Radio.
In this hour long radio documentary hosted by Keith David, Wynton walks us through the album and gives us a clear eyed and uncompromising look at the cracks in America’s facade of prosperity & happiness.

“From the Plantation to the Penitentiary“, Wynton’s new album for Blue Note is now in stores.
You can buy the CD version on Amazon.com.
You you prefer digital files, you can buy the new album directly on iTunes Music Store.
On iTunes Store you can also buy the single version of two tracks: Supercapitalism and Where Y’All At?
You can download the digital booklet (PDF - 1.4 mb) with artworks and lyrics here for free.

Personnel include: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Waltrer Blanding (tenor and soprano sax), Dan Nimmer (piano), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Ali Jackson (drums), Jennifer Sanon (vocals).

Where Y’all At is one of the seven tracks of the new album entitled:
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary. It will be in stores from March 6. Now you can see the live performance of this beautiful songs, as recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Wynton recorded them in London on August 4, 2006. Enjoy the music and Wynton singing ! (download Where Y’all At lyrics)

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Here…Now is the first web-only album released by Wynton Marsalis.
Starting from today you can freely download the fourth track: Style
The complete album and the mp3 tracks (192 kb/s) are freely downloadable from this site or from our iTunes Music Store Podcast.
If you use iTunes to get our podcast, simply update your subscription and you’ll receive the new song automatically.

Album title: Here..Now
Recorded at: Sear Sound, NYC - 2001
Engineer: Patrick Smith
Producer: Delfeayo Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
Wessel Anderson - alto sax
Victor Goines - tenor, soprano sax
Ronald Westray, Vincent Gardner - trombone
Richard Johnson - piano
Gerald Cannon, Kengo Nakamura - bass
Ali Jackson - drums

Track Listing (right-click the link to save the file on your hard disk)

1 - Chorale (1:02 min)
2 - Speed (4:51 min)
3 - Strength (6:34 min)
4 - Style (1:00 min)
5 - Glamour (2:23 min)
6 - Pain (4:16 min)
7 - Heaven (3:54 min)

The fifth track entitled: Glamour, will be downloadable from April 1, 2007

On Blue Note web site is now available a preview of Wynton’s new album: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary.
Is it possible to preview the complete tracks and see a video interview with Wynton about the CD.
You can also pre-order the new album on Amazon.com. It will be in stores on March 6, 2007

Track Listing:
1) From The Plantation to the Penitentiary
2) Find Me
3) Doin’ Our Thing
4) Love And Broken Hearts
5) Super Capitalism
6) These Are Those Soulful Days
7) Where Y’All At?

The single version of Where Y’all At is now available as single buy download from the Japanese iTunes Store (open a link directly on iTunes).

Where Y’all At? is the last song from Wynton’s new album entitled: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary

On Amazon.com is already possible to pre-order the new album entitled:
From the plantation to the Penitentiary
Wynton’s new album will be available officially on March 6, 2007

Track Listing

1. From The Plantation to the Penitentiary
2. Find Me
3. Doin’ Our Thing
4. Love And Broken Hearts
5. Super Capitalism
6. These Are Those Soulful Days
7. Where Y’All At?

Album info from Blue Note:
By turns soothing, urgent, playful, and angry, From the Plantation to the Penitentiary distills Marsalis’ recent observations on our modern American way of life as he’s traveled the nation as a performer, teacher, and private citizen. Through the sultry alto of 21-year old singer Jennifer Sanon, he gives voice to the “tattered ragmen” of America in “Find Me,” rebukes our misogynistic entertainment industry in “The Return of Romance,” and denounces the uncontrolled financial exploitation of modern America in which “there’s never enough” in the frantic “Super Capitalism.” The most striking track on the album is “Where Y’all At?,” a rare spoken-word vocal performance by Marsalis, in which he demands to know what’s happened to all the responsible leaders in America.