Wynton Marsalis [Standard Time - Volume One]I haven't had any Jazz on my Blog for ages, even though i've now got 21 Jazz entries, this is my first mention of Jazz for over four months, i don't know why, i love Jazz, it's that relatively i haven't got a lot of Jazz discs, probably roughly 75 discs, Jazz oozes improvisation and spontaneity, it's almost made up by the musicians as they go along, in this sense there's nothing like Jazz, and it's a joy to listen to a band 're-create' music on the go.
Wynton Marsalis is now 48 years old, with a huge discography, he's approaching Keith Jarrett status, to collect all his albums would mean pushing aside many other artists in the quest to listen to Marsalis, rather i like dipping into his discography, and in my mind his 'Standard Time' series that he is pursuing, has got off the tracks somewhat, but the first disc is the best, and maybe he ought to have stopped at two or three.
Here's Wynton marsalis playing Caravan live on YouTube.
