Wynton Marsalis at Harvard: At the Speed of Instinct
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2h 38m
Wynton Marsalis Harvard Lecture #4: At the Speed of Instinct
Choosing Together to Play and Stay Together
Delivered April 17, 2013
Wynton Marsalis discusses and demonstrate the techniques, concepts, methods, opportunities and objectives that encourage spontaneous, intelligent and cohesive group decision-making in jazz music. Also illuminates how each member of the quintet asserts, accompanies and adjusts to balance the freedom of improvisation with the sacrificial demands of finding and maintaining our common rhythm, known as swing.
Personnel:
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
Walter Blanding - tenor sax
Ali Jackson - drums
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Marcus Roberts - piano
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