Big Train

Wynton Marsalis

Publicado el 12/07/99 por Columbia
Artistas principales: Wynton Marsalis
Género Pop

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On 1999's Big Train, Marsalis tries on the mantle of Duke Ellington in the latter's centennial year and finds that it suits him. A 52-minute big band suite modeled after Ellington's long-form essays, it purports to evoke the moods, sounds and feelings of a cross-country train trip with selections named after a train's various cars. Like an Ellington suite, the sections run together; after the striking "All Aboard," you're in Ellington country, right down to the plunger mute wah-wah riffs. "Union Pacific" paraphrases "Rockin' in Rhythm"; the ballad "Sleeper Car" evokes Johnny Hodges and Tricky Sam Nanton quite explicitly. Inevitably, there's a track called "Night Train"; thankfully, its bossa nova flavor has nothing to do with Duke's piece. Marsalis has mastered the Ellington idiom, writing and organizing the piece skillfully and getting the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra to play with precision and emotion. Yet the one thing that Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) could do and Marsalis has yet to demonstrate is the ability to come up with a big, memorable tune; there's craft, emotion, and swing, but little else to take home with you. If you didn't know that this work was about trains, you might not guess it; you can't really feel the rocking, chugging, streamlined motion of the rails in this work. There is fine soloing all around in the hard bop tradition from Wessell Anderson, Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon, Ted Nash and Walter Blanding, Jr., though the liner fails to note which of the multiple tenor, alto, trombone players are soloing on which tracks. But overall, this is one of Marsalis' better extended form essays.

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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All Aboard (Album Version)

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Riley Mullins, Trumpet - Walter Blanding Jr., Alto Saxophone - Walter Blanding Jr., Tenor Saxophone - Walter Blanding Jr., Soprano Saxophone - Walter Blanding Jr., Clarinet - Wynton Marsalis, Composer - Wynton Marsalis, Lyricist - Wynton Marsalis, Performer - Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Flute - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Alto Saxophone - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Soprano Saxophone - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Clarinet - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Bass Clarinet - Ted Nash & His Orchestra, Piccolo - Joe Temperley, Baritone Saxophone - Joe Temperley, Soprano Saxophone - Joe Temperley, Bass Clarinet - Patrick Smith, Mixing Engineer - Patrick Smith, Recording Engineer - John Matousek, Mastering Engineer - Aaron Spencer, 2nd Engineer - Wayne Goodman, Trombone - Rodney Whitaker, Bass - Jesse Eaton, 2nd Engineer - Wessel Anderson, Alto Saxophone - Wessel Anderson, Soprano Saxophone - Wessel Anderson, Clarinet - Darby Darby, 2nd Engineer - Doug Wamble, Guitar - Doug Wamble, Banjo - Seneca Black, Trumpet - Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone - Victor Goines, Soprano - Victor Goines, Alto Saxophone - Victor Goines, Tenor Saxophone - Victor Goines, Clarinet - Victor Goines, Bass Clarinet - Delfeayo Marsalis, Producer - Roland Guerrero, Percussion - Ronald Westray, Trombone - Farid Barron, Piano - Herlin Riley, Drums - Marcus Printup, Trumpet - Ryan Kisor, Trumpet