Review of the Instructional Video Marsalis on Music: Tackling the Monster The video Marsalis on Music; Tackling the Monster is a very instructional video featuring Wynton Marsalis and Yo Yo Ma, which gives the viewer twelve efficient ways to practice and get better at any instrument. The twelve ways to practice are easy to understand, and if they are followed correctly they can greatly improve anyone’s playing ability. I was able to benefit from the Marsalis on Music video by applying the twelve
nominations, released ten recordings in ten years and was selected by Marcus Miller to "be" Miles Davis on his album Tutu Revisited. Marsalis has said that what Scott plays is not jazz. In return Scott has called Marsalis a traditionalist who lacks the ability to innovate. In reality both musicians have merit. Just like Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk, Marsalis and Scott are just two musicians arguing about new vs. old. In the end both will go down as curators of their own respective styles of
Wynton and Branford Marsalis are jazz musicians as well as siblings. Wynton plays the trumpet and Branford is a saxophonist. Both brothers grew up in, arguably, the same environment despite the one year age difference. Yet, these brothers have a very distinctive difference in speech and their language and word choices. Two interviews by Fresh Air are analyzed to evaluate the linguistics of each brother. I decided to go about this assignment by making a table (table 1.) and marking how many times
began the playing trumpet at age eight. As a child, Blanchard played trumpet alongside Wynton Marsalis in summer music camps. In high school, Blanchard started studying at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) under Roger Dickerson and Ellis Marsalis Jr.. From 1980 to 1982, he studied under Paul Jeffrey and Bill Fielder at Rutgers University while on tour with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. In 1982, Marsalis selected Blanchard to replace him in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Blanchard served
Marsalis’s brothers are; Branford Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mboya Kenyatta Marsalis, and Ellis Marsalis III. His child is Jasper Armstrong (son). Marsalis’s wife he had Jasper with is Victoria Rowell. The are not together anymore. Marsalis’s grandparents are Florence Robertson (Grandmother) and Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (Grandfather). Marsalis’s great-grandparents are Rosa Marsalis (great-Grandmother) and Simeon “Simmie” Marsalis (great-grandfather). Marsalis is the world’s first jazz
Bill Evans was one of the white jazz musicians who were accepted as powerful innovators (Gridley 1978). Since he was a little child, he was largely interested in music and started learning various instruments. He began learning about classical music more in depth as he got into college and later came to be called the “Chopin of the modern jazz piano” (Tirro 1993). He developed his own distinctive musical style while working as a sideman with Miles Davis, and working as a bandleader of three trios
In order for an art form to be classified as “dead,” it must not only stop being produced, but it must also stop being appreciated by both audience members and artists. An art form dies when people stop developing it. Latin, for example, is a dead language because even though people continue to study it, the language is no longer spoken, and it has not been “modernized” at all—it lacks everyday use and purpose. Jazz music, on the other hand, is not dead, and will most likely never die. This is partly
Peterson, jazz has always been American music. Just recently, jazz has shone a spotlight on an Asian man, Joey Alexander, the youngest of jazz musicians and a composer, who was nominated for a prestigious music award. Renowned jazz trumpeter, Wynton Marsalis invited Joey to play at Lincoln Center’s gala in 2014 after seeing him on YouTube. As the first of Indonesian descent, Joey has caused a sensation in the jazz world. On the other hand, Toshiko Akiyoshi is a talented jazz pianist from Japan who
Kaley Kenyon Music 362 Research Paper 2 5/3/14 Miles Davis and John Coltrane Miles Davis and John Coltrane are huge in the jazz world. They both have impacted jazz in many ways and are very well-known. Some may even say that they are the greatest jazz musicians that ever lived. They both have won Davis was born Illinois in 1926. He then grew up in East St. Louis where his trumpet career began. His first trumpet was given to him at age 13 and was privately taught by his father’s friend Elwood Buchanan
I do think that Jazz can help spread awareness about the other type of music because as Wynton Marsalis pointed out the only other type of music that is associated with America nowadays is pop music. It would be good for jazz to become dominant in other countries that are not exposed to that type of music on the daily basis such as pop. Some people want to become musicians, but in today’s world not everyone has the money to pay a music instructor. Some just do not have the voice to become singers
Jazz Listening Feed the fire “Feed the fire” by Geri Allen has amazing piano playing. Also a slow drum playing in the background while the piano was playing. The music seem like a piano competition with another group of jazz players in a club. There’s only drums and piano playing in the song. I do think I heard any string instrument at all. The piano playing seem really happy than sadness since the jazz players makes a smooth transition of the music. TUTU Miles Davis song “Tutu” starts out with
have Louis Armstrong to thank for that. After studying Louis Armstrong on a deeper level and really examining his life, role, and contributions to the world of jazz, it is amazing to see how profound his impact really was. I truly believe that Wynton Marsalis couldn’t have been more right when he said, “Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all
The concert is performed by the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The video of this concert is 90 minutes in length. The concert was an ensemble of various Dave Brubeck arrangements utilizing various jazz techniques and styles with mainly the following instruments: bass, piano, trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, flute, piccolo, baritone sax, drum, and tambourine. The performance included these 15 pieces: “Unsquare Dance”, “Three to Get Ready”
The interaction between Blues and Jazz can be discerned when the origins of both music are scrutinized. The development of one is hidden in the roots of one another and both use similar sound patterns for instance. In this paper the readers will be presented a brief history of Blues & Jazz within the similarities of the two. If we trace back to the history of Blues music, the impact of African-American tradition is seen quite apparently. Blues music evolved from the songs sung by West African
A famous trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer, Dizzy Gillespie was a pioneer of modern jazz and a key figure to music of the 20th century. Dizzy was responsible for being a major figure in the development of modern jazz alongside other famous musicians such as Miles Davis and Fats Navarro. Gillespie covered the genres of jazz, and bebop music. He was well known for his swollen cheeks and famous angled trumpet bell. Gillespie worked with the jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington
"The ultimate achievement for any culture is the creation of an art form" (Marsalis, Pg 3). Wynton Marsalis is a strong supporter of traditional jazz whose impression is that music should stay traditional. On the other hand, Herbie Hancock believes the opposite. For music to grow or become anything, the artist must experiment and try new things. Herbie Hancock's theories allow for the movement of jazz music from the traditional to a more progressive new form. He believes what makes history is
My appreciation for jazz began when I was just seven, listening to an old record player at my great grandfather's house. My great grandfather would always have me get a Louis Armstrong record and put it gently on the record player. He told me stories every time a song ended. After "What a Wonderful World", he told me that he had never heard singing brought to jazz until Louis Armstrong came around. He said that the way Louis sang was revolutionary, at the time. Then he had me go put on another record
key part of playing jazz. The most fundamental forms of jazz are pop songs and blues. Anot... ... middle of paper ... ... was one of the main musicians of the next period, free jazz. Larry Coryell was popular for fusion and jazz rock. Wynton Marsalis is a key figure of the present period, which is neo-traditionalism. These styles did not just end during their period. They persist and change throughout time. The media and fans of jazz are the ones that single out the styles, but they have
By the end of the 1970s he had 11 albums on the charts. The following sums up his contributions to music and influence in the 1980s. “In 1980, Herbie introduced the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to the world as a solo artist, producing his debut album and touring with him as well. In 1983, a new pull to the alternative side led Herbie to a series of collaborations with Bill Laswell. The first, 'Future Shock', again struck platinum, and
“Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about” (Wynton Marsalis). Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901. Armstrong was born into a poor Southern black family and suffered from many of the difficulties this community endured at the turn of the twentieth century. At a very young age, Armstrong’s biological father left his family and his mother was forced to work all the time, therefore, leaving Armstrong and siblings on their own. According to the Louis Armstrong