Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
25 Jul-3 Aug'zoos
WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET Queen's Hall, Sun 3 Aug
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has worked in a host of settings, from duos through to big bands and full orchestras, but for these ears at any rate, the Septet has long seemed to lie at the core of his most exciting music. It is big enough to give him the kind of palette of musical colours and textures he relishes in a big band, but small enough to allow the improvisatory freedom sometime missing from his more formal projects.
His last Queen’s Hall appearance with his Septet in
‘Jazz music is perpetually modern‘
Orchestra attracted a massive turnout, presumably stoked by his high — if often controversial — profile in jazz in general, and his front-and-centre role in Ken Burns‘ massive television documentary, Jazz.
The trumpeter is regarded by many as stifling innovation. accused of following a hard and fast line that squeezes jazz into rigorous confines, delineated by blues and swing. His own take is rather different.
‘Jazz music is perpetually modern, and it evolves through a certain type of individuality which the musicians bring to it, not through continually adding some new trend every year. If we play New Orleans
MARK MURPHY The Hub. Sun 28 Jul
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