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| Artist : Wynton Marsalis |
| Album : He And She |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
| Label : Blue Note |
| Year : 2009 |
| Genre : Jazz |
| Rip date : Mar-26-2009 |
| Store date : Mar-24-2009 |
| Size : 102,5 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Poem 1 00:13 |
| 02 - School Boy 06:49 |
| 03 - Poem 2 00:27 |
| 04 - The Sun And The Moon 06:31 |
| 05 - Poem 3 00:10 |
| 06 - Sassy 05:17 |
| 07 - Poem 4 00:17 |
| 08 - Fears 03:32 |
| 09 - Poem 5 00:16 |
| 10 - The Razor Rim 12:05 |
| 11 - Poem 6 01:02 |
| 12 - Zero 02:18 |
| 13 - Poem 7 00:36 |
| 14 - First Crush 01:52 |
| 15 - First Slow Dance 04:38 |
| 16 - First Kiss 03:21 |
| 17 - First Time 04:47 |
| 18 - Poem 8 01:06 |
| 19 - Girls! 05:47 |
| 20 - Poem 9 00:59 |
| 21 - A Train, A Banjo, And A Chicken Wing 08:13 |
| 22 - He And She 05:01 |
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| 75:17 min |
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| Wynton Marsalis, ever the protagonist and explorer, brings his love of |
| the spoken word and the adolescent relations of the male and female |
| persuasion during He and She, a collection of instrumental mainstream |
| jazz pieces with poetry as preludes. Inspired by the tone of the Jon |
| Hendricks epic Evolution of the Blues Song, Marsalis uses math |
| equations, the sun and the moon, and the budding affection of youth to |
| frame his music ù mostly jazz waltzes ù into thematic conclusions based |
| on getting along, and why the genders think differently. New pianist Dan |
| Nimmer is a welcome addition to the quintet, while drummer Ali Jackson |
| really shines and reliable saxophonist Walter Blanding asserts his |
| increasing powers. Where the concept of these recordings is somewhat |
| static and the music predictable according to the previous precepts of |
| the trumpeter/composer, there's a lot to listen to and enjoy, even a bit |
| of stepping out from the hard bop to post-bop comfort zone Marsalis has |
| been mired in for over two decades. "School Boy" reverts to the old- |
| timey vintage stride-infused sound the trumpeter occasionally taps upon, |
| "Fears" is actually a free-form-based piece driven by the bass of Carlos |
| Henrφquez, "Zero" floats on the wings of birds, and "A Train, a Banjo |
| and a Chicken Wing" is a typical bluesy, plodding, New Orleans late- |
| night stalk taken in carefully calculated, not giant steps. Of the |
| waltzes, "The Sun and the Moon" is evocative via Nimmer's tinkling piano |
| with muted trumpet and tenor sax, "Sassy" features the stop-start |
| techniques Marsalis has always favored with Blanding's tenor morphing |
| into furious soprano sax, and "Girls" is pretty and innocent as you'd |
| expect. There's a four-part suite dedicated to autobiographical |
| schoolboy firsts, with "First Crush" a near bolero with distinct fluid |
| dynamics, "First Slow Dance" a melting, innocent tune parsed by Nimmer, |
| "First Kiss" a counterpoint tangent, and "First Time" a definitive tango |
| anchoring scattered and dizzying complex flurries of expansive |
| emotionalism. Each poem tells its own story of youthful speculation, |
| self-doubt, and realization, as you hear Marsalis talking about playful |
| connections, "riding the rim bare," "everything and nothing," the |
| madness of a young girl's developing misunderstood mind, and the |
| variation of one-plus-one equations equaling two, three (you and me and |
| us equals three), and zilch. On this return to simpler times and the |
| childish wide-eyed beauty of youth, Marsalis has struck a chord with |
| those awkward, precious times in a way that adults can appreciate. |
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