Studio RCA Studio A Artist Wynton Marsalis Label Columbia Records | Length 59:57 Release date 13 June 1989 Genre Jazz | |
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Released June 13, 1989 (1989-06-13) Recorded 27 October & 28 October 1988 Works by Husa, Copland, Vaughan Williams, and Hindemith
(1989) The Majesty of the Blues
(1989) The Majesty of the Blues
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(1989) Producers Steven Epstein, George Butler Similar Wynton Marsalis albums, Jazz albums | ||
Wynton marsalis the majesty of the blues the puheeman strut
The Majesty of the Blues is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1989.
Contents
The majesty of the blues
Background
The first two selections on the album are played by the Wynton Marsalis Sextet, and the remaining three tracks (side B on the original LP release), a set entitled "New Orleans Function", features the sextet along with additional New Orleans musicians in a style strongly influenced by the traditional New Orleans brass band.
This section mirrors a traditional jazz funeral, with a dirge-like first selection ("The Death of Jazz"), then a spoken word section ("Premature Autopsies", an essay by Stanley Crouch performed by Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr.), preached like a minister saying the final words at the graveyard, and finally a second line number ("Oh, But on the Third Day – Happy Feet Blues").
Track Listing
All songs written by Wynton Marsalis, except for the sermon, written by Stanley Crouch.
The Wynton Marsalis Sextet
The New Orleans Function
Composed of the Wynton Marsalis Sextet and the following:
Technical Personnel
Songs
1The Majesty Of The Blues (The Puheeman Strut)The Wynton Marsalis Quintet15:03
2Hickory Dickory DockThe Wynton Marsalis Quintet9:06
3The Death Of JazzThe Wynton Marsalis Quintet12:39