Wynton Marsalis on Letterman

Wynton Marsalis on Dave Letterman, playing "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" with a string section. This was sometime in 1998, to promote his CD The Midnight Blues: Standard Time Volume 5.

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Music

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• Wynton
• Marsalis
• jazz
• trumpet
• live
• strings

[bobilleg74]

A jazz performer on a mainstream chat show? You just wouldn't see this happen on British TV. It is totally ignored in favour of samey chart bands. This is one thing I admire the Americans for: They respect their musical heritage.

[Briankozmo]

@bobilleg74 this hardly happens.

[ThePianoMan173]

@Kkerr72 Well, I was expressing my own opinion. I like Wynton's calssical, and I actually like his new jazz style, just not young Wynton. For the record, the musician I quote is Keith Jarrett; just an FYI. I didn't say it wasn't impressive, I said I didn't like it. It's too flashy, too many meaningless notes. To me this solo sounds contrived. By the way I am a musician myself. I've also mad emoney playing. Am I Wynton? No, but I am entitled to my own, educated opinion.

[Kkerr72]

@ThePianoMan173 Are we listening to the same clip? How can you call this anything less than virtuosic? No soul? What do you even know about soul? It sounds like you don't have your own opinions and are just leeching off of someone you admire. Grow a spine and realize this is amazing.

[ThePianoMan173]

While I can appreciate the talent involved here, I have to say I'm not much of a Marsalis fan. To quote another musician he sounds like a talented high school player. There is no soul, there is just straight up technicality. He doesn't even produce engaging rhythms in his solos, just scales, and splashy effects, put together randomly. Could he play soulfully? Probably. But I never hear him do so. And for all the people who say he is a pioneer; I will disagree. This is just my opinion, b

[12343astronomer]

i hate improve it's really hard

[afox1995]

@walkingon2001

His horn is a Monette Raja, the mouthpiece is seamlessly built in to the horn

[supahsekzy]

@bobilleg74 ......Kind of. Not really actually. You wanna see real admiration for American musical heritage? Go to Japan.

[razuul12]

@bobilleg74 i'm not sure I agree with you now though. now its all bieber, gaga and other shitty artists. don't get me wrong, im not knocking marsalis at all, but Americans/Canadians respecting there musical heritage is def not happening anymore

[penutbito]

@zusmanovsky didnt want those monette bastards to sue. wait who am i kidding, they are way too lazy

[zusmanovsky]

Marsalis is a person from future era, but he does not know about it.