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To a young jazz musician : letters from the road

Author: Wynton Marsalis; Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music - and to leading a good life."

"Writing from the road "between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig," Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed to a young musician coming up - and to any of us at any stage of life.

He writes that having humility is a way to continue to grow, to listen, and to learn; that patience is necessary for developing both technical proficiency and your own art rather than an imitation of someone else's; and that rules are indispensable because "freedom lives in structure." He offers lessons learned from his years as a performer and from his great forebears Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and others; he explores the art of swing; he discusses why it is important to run toward your issues, not away; and he talks about what to do when your integrity runs up against the lack thereof in others and in our culture."--Jacket.  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Wynton Marsalis; Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
ISBN: 140006399X 9781400063994
OCLC Number: 56608411
Description: xix, 118 pages ; 22 cm
Contents: Prologue : The first movement --
The humble self --
A human thing --
Talking rules, singing freedom --
Playing jazz --
Arrogance of position --
Who keeps the gate? --
Music and morals --
Moving it forward : the new, new thing --
Lone man on the prairie --
Dancing with joy. Prologue : The first movement --
The humble self --
A human thing --
Talking rules, singing freedom --
Playing this jazz --
Arrogance of position --
Who keeps the gate? --
Music and morals --
Moving it forward : the new, new thing --
Dancing with joy --
Lone man on the prairie.
Responsibility: Wynton Marsalis with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds.
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"In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music - and to leading a good life."

"Writing from the road "between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig," Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed to a young musician coming up - and to any of us at any stage of life.

He writes that having humility is a way to continue to grow, to listen, and to learn; that patience is necessary for developing both technical proficiency and your own art rather than an imitation of someone else's; and that rules are indispensable because "freedom lives in structure." He offers lessons learned from his years as a performer and from his great forebears Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and others; he explores the art of swing; he discusses why it is important to run toward your issues, not away; and he talks about what to do when your integrity runs up against the lack thereof in others and in our culture."--Jacket.

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