Wynton Marsalis - Tomasi Trumpet Concerto

As controversial as he is popular, Wynton Learson Marsalis is one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music. Currently the Musical Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis has received many awards for his musical proficiency. These awards run the gambit of Grammys to a controversial awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his three and half hour jazz oratorio CD box set Blood on the Fields, the first jazz album to win this award. Born in a musically oriented family in the New Orleans jazz scene at a young age Wynton was exposed to many legendary jazz musicians. Some of these musicians were Al Hirt, who gave Wynton his first trumpet when he was 6 years of age and Danny Barker, a legendary jazz banjoist who lead the Fairview Baptist Church band which Wynton was playing in when he was eight. Wynton was very active musically during high school and was a member in many New Orleans musical organizations such as the N.O. symphony brass quintet, the N.O. community concert band, N.O. youth orchestra, N.O. symphony and a popular local funk band called the Creators. In 1978 he had a two-year stay at the Juilliard School of Music before joining the Jazz Messengers to study under master drummer and bandleader, Art Blakey. Not long after that he toured with the Herbie Hancock quartet before forming his own band. After many concerts and workshops Wynton rekindled widespread interest in an art form that had been largely abandoned. He has invested his creative energy and status in being an advocate for a relatively small era in the history of jazz. His advocacy in this area has garnered much controversy for his "classicist" view of jazz history considering post-1965 avant-garde playing to be outside of jazz and 1970s fusion to be barren. This viewpoint was promoted strongly in Ken Burns' documentary Jazz; a documentary Wynton was artistic director and co-producer. However despite his controversial views few disagree that his musical abilities in both jazz and classical music are high impressive and worthy of the high praise it often receives.

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• Wynton
• Learson
• Marsalis
• Classical
• Trumpet
• Tomasi
• Concerto

[jelenka1]

Thank you sooo much for posting this beautiful piece! His sound just makes me melt.. :D

'Big hug'

[malawolf85]

No problem =^.^= This is my favorite trumpet concerto and his recording of it is by far the best out there.

[godlovespigs]

oh damn... this just reminded me that I actually suck at the trumpet and need to practice A LOT

[MrSonare]

@OlgaKopylova essentially, all a wind instrument is is an extension of your voice

[Gozaburo1]

@so1many1taken1names I am referring the entire concerto, as I outlined in my first comment. You can train anyone to play technically, you can find musicians a dime a dozen who can play incredibly technical pieces. But there is a reason only a few of them make it big in the music industry, like Wynton. Its because they have a feel for

music and can insert themselves emotionally into the piece. So yes, it is difficult to play this piece this well, which is the proper way to play it.

[so1many1taken1names]

@Gozaburo1 lol if u think its the most difficult u musnt b that good. unless our talking musicaly. in that case it would b up there. but technically i think tomasi's "triptyque" 3rd mvt is very technically demanding. cornet pieces require alot more than trp pieces so if u r looking for technique then go to the back of the arbans and play the solos. they require heaps of maturity and musicality and technique. soo there u go

[so1many1taken1names]

@MultiAC130 they do have sheet music for Bb and just get ur C trumpet man. i mean if u r serious about trp u will need it anyway so u may as well get it now. u will need it for AMUS or equivelant

[theNATTTTTT]

@godlovespigs agreed

[Johnnycoolistine]

lol



[MultiAC130]

I wish they made sheet music for this piece that was written for Bb trumpet I really dont want to transpose it or buy a C trumpet I mean I'm only a freshman in high school

[ballsrburning]

@OlgaKopylova probably becuase he is primarly a jazz player which is all about phrases.

[jsteuernol]

I love this piece! Wynton does a fantastic job!