Sweet Swing Blues on the Road - Softcover

Wynton Marsalis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560251557 ISBN 13: 9781560251552

Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998

Synopsis

More than 150 black-and-white photographs complement an account by the great musican and composer of a year on the road, documenting a grueling odyssey of travel, performances, rehearsals, and more, as he reflects on creativity, contemporary music, culture, and the role of the artist in American society. Original. IP.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Jazz and classical musician Marsalis's free-ranging text includes characterizations of the musicians in his septet, breezy descriptions of places where they perform and snippets of their lively banter, while Stewart's 140 b&w photos offer a behind-the-scenes look at the performers, their families and their audiences. The book conveys the nervous energy and fast pace that characterize the lives of musicians on the road and includes trenchant accounts of conversations with young followers who want to become musicians. Marsalis's advice is always the same: practice. The self-consciously hip writing, however, becomes incoherent when he discusses his views on romance, politics and the history of jazz. The book will appeal primarily to those who consider Marsalis, a trumpeter and artistic director of Manhattan's Jazz at Lincoln Center, an icon. Author tour.
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From Library Journal:

Popular jazz musician and composer Marsalis details his travels around the world with his band, giving his views on the trumpet, romance, and the role of the artist in American society.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1560251557
• ISBN 13: 9781560251552
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188