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Perugia (Italy) summer 1993. Wynton Marsalis was there for Umbria Jazz, with his septet. In this video clip he and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon duel from the windows of their hotel rooms.
oh good, another Wynton hater. Tell me, how do you breathe with all that jealousy choking you? The man is successful, talented, well-known, good looking, and can play his horn. Folks just don't like it when a black man has all that going for him.
hahaha, i love ...( 1 year ago by supadik89)
hahaha, i love wynton. i just thought some of that stuff he played was a little to modern to be labeled jazz. im dead serious....
well-known, good looking... yes those are certainly the qualities i value in what i listen to.
both of you totally ...( 1 year ago by davetrombone1)
both of you totally missed the point of this video. of course its labeled jazz, they both played based on the blues form, and it was call and response, a conversation, tracing its roots to african spirituals which are the fundamentals of jazz music. and fmz contralto, supadik doesnt care if they are black give the race issue a rest
honestly i was just ...( 1 year ago by supadik89)
honestly i was just making reference to wyntons own comments about artists such as cecil taylor not being 'jazz'
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this is jazz at its most pure form! this is music that everybody, even a child, can understand!
think anything you want, but it is definetly jazz... it's not Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" style jazz, it's New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton type of jazz...
Like Wynton says, it's like a parade, and everybody loves a parade!
Yeah Richard!( 1 year ago by VoteForMiles89)
Yeah Richard!
Where did he say ...( 1 year ago by dec10)
Where did he say that? In his book "Letters to A Young Jazz Musician," he says he took his kids to see Cecil at the Vanguard. He says Cecil has "a sprawling, super-elite style," but he doesn't say it isn't jazz.
GOTDAMN THATS THE ...( 10 months ago by trickycuzz)
GOTDAMN THATS THE LIFE....BATTLIN FROM THE HOTEL ROOMS?!?!....HUGH HEFNER AINT GOT IT THAT GOOD..well maybe its a tie
This Is Jazz !( 9 months ago by BrunaoJazzistico)
This Is Jazz !
awesome!!( 8 months ago by nomadicjazz23)
awesome!!
i love this( 8 months ago by bazookasax)
i love this
looooved it!( 7 months ago by crisionescu)
looooved it!
omg this is sooooo ...( 7 months ago by musicfreak115)
omg this is sooooo so so so so inspiring!! iam only 17 and play trumpet and i happen to have met both of these guys and i gotta say that they are a good example of why i want to do music for a living! and its even more funny b/c i just had a clinic with wycliffe yesterday!
yeah, i met wynton ...( 7 months ago by yonopuedo90)
yeah, i met wynton this past summer and in a week, wycliffe's coming to our school to do a clinic/show with our bands. i'm pretty excited.
Wow this is just so ...( 7 months ago by blaz19921992)
Wow this is just so amazing!
is he coming to ...( 6 months ago by musicfreak115)
is he coming to your school b/c your school got into essential ellington?
no, at our school ...( 6 months ago by yonopuedo90)
no, at our school we have a guest artist series which consists of a guest artist playing with our jazz ensembles and a different artist playing with our percussion ensembles. our guest percussionist this year is steve houghton, if you've heard of him, but they haven't play had their concert yet. it was a great time playing with wycliffe though!
oh i c..yea ...( 6 months ago by musicfreak115)
oh i c..yea wycliffe is somethin else
I wish these guys ...( 6 months ago by Magrakamajiora)
I wish these guys would move next to my house and do this lol
at 2:20 Wycliffe's ...( 6 months ago by hurrikand14)
at 2:20 Wycliffe's triplets = wow.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! ...( 2 months ago by halomachine1977)
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
truly limitless ...( 2 months ago by customflht)
truly limitless talent ,,,,,
wycliffe is a ...( 2 weeks ago by amrein)
wycliffe is a animal,two real great jazz players
I doubt whether ...( 3 days ago by supadik89)
I doubt whether dec10 will ever read this, I just thought you might want to know that Cecil Taylor was refused a gig at the Lincoln Centre because he wasn't considered to be "jazz."
