Word: wynton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rose, and a version of Thelonious Monk's classic Blue Monk that Roberts brings off with such light witchery that the song sounds reborn. Truth (which also boasts five Roberts originals) has all the well-studied funk of the new jazz as performed by the likes of Wynton Marsalis...
Roberts is a pianist who shows a great deal of style and talent. He began his career when he took his place in Wynton Marsalis' quintet immediately after finishing college. The Jacksonville, Florida native appeared on a few of Marsalis' albums including J Mood, Marsalis Standard Time: Volume I and Live At Blues Alley before he decided to go solo...
...clearly designed "The Arrival," which is the first cut on this album to showcase the vast talents of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The meat of the piece is an offbeat dialogue between the dulcet tones of Marsalis' muted trumpet and the strong chords of Roberts' piano. The mood in this song is a light, happy one, reminiscent of Coltrane in parts. But the tone is definitely more mellow than some of the other cuts on this album...
...While 58 other schools already have jazz majors, the four-year institute will be the nation's first conservatory expressly dedicated to jazz. Named after the pianist-composer who died in 1982, it will serve 200 students chosen through competitions and interviews. Jazz Greats Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis have expressed interest in teaching there; Trumpeter Clark Terry will chair the academic council...
...leads the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble and the Asian American Art Ensemble, has been working with a group of students this week in a Workshop Series entitled "Jazz Improvisation, (Third) World Culture and So-Called Performance Art." Tonight is the culminating concert. And in November, Ellis and Wynton Marsalis are coming for a two-day deluge of workshops, master classes, and discussions. In the absence of advanced Jazz courses from the Music Department, workshops like Jane Ira Bloom's and the Marsalises have to work wonders. They seem...