Jazz for Young People: What is New Orleans Music? | 2006

Famed trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center Director Wynton Marsalis returns to his hometown of New Orleans for this entertaining lesson about New Orleans Jazz. Wynton and his band talk about the roots of Jazz and demonstrate the various forms of Jazz. LPB taped this special in April 2006 at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center.

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This program from July 23, 2006, features Wynton Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, leading a Jazz for Young People concert on New Orleans jazz at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Marsalis teaches the students about the elements of New Orleans-style jazz, including: collective improvisation; the roles of the drums, bass, trumpet, clarinet, trombone, and piano in a song; call-and-response; the groove; and the breaks. Marsalis and his band illustrate these lessons through performances of “The Second Line,” “They All Ask’d For You,” “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It,” and “St. Louis Blues.” The band includes: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Irvin Mayfield, trumpet; Vincent Gardner, trombone; Victor Goines, clarinet; Ali Jackson, drums; Dan Nimmer, piano; Carlos Henriquez, bass; and Ricky Gordon, percussion.

Видео Jazz for Young People: What is New Orleans Music? | 2006 канала Louisiana Public Broadcasting