S.T.H.O.L.T.B.I.D.
(songs to hear one last time before i die)
-Wynton Marsalis Septet
I apologize for any disparaging thing i've ever said about wynton. Maybe i'd always been disinclined to favor him, because he came off as a poseur seeking miles' "greatest trumpeter" mantle. That perception may have zero basis in reality. Still, it always seemed there wasn't much soul beneath his technical wizardry.
I apologize...because of this song he wrote and performed. It's a full expression of music's magic...it lifts and transports you and drops you down, then flies you away again...once or twice you may even find yourself upside-down, laughing. The intricacies of rhythm, the interplay of instruments in his arrangement...just breathtaking. One can only cry at being alive to appreciate this. Thank you, wynton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaGA-lZ7Jlk
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