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Uploaded by on May 28, 2009

Musician Wynton Marsalis joins sports columnist William C. Rhoden to talk about the differences between the hardcourt and the bandstand.

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  • this man is a fucking national treasure.

  • Basketball is more jazz than hip-hop because basketball, like jazz, depends on collective improvisation. In hip-hop, improvisation is far less important, and seldom occurs collectively. (Even when rappers improvise, they generally do so alone or to the accompaniment of a set arrangement; when a jazz musician solos, the other members of the band improvise their accompaniment.)

    Tthe analogy is rather forced, but I think a better question might be "How is basketball more jazz than soccer is?"

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  • NO KIDDING! Wynton is a lefty! I saw him shoot with his left. Just an observation.  @pzcato- I couldn't agree more with your comment.

  • GREAT response!!!

  • That couldn't have been said any better!!

  • I think they're taking the analogy a bit too seriously at times. How is Basketball more Jazz than Hip-Hop? Still, interesting and well spoken points.

  • Preach Wynton!

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