Dan Gould Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 OK, here's the companion poll. Which CD is Wynton's biggest faux pax, his biggest embarrasment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Damn voting 'radio buttons' won't let me vote for all of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Kudos to Dan for this diffcult choice of selecting only 10 Wynton albums for this poll. The 3 "Soul Gestures in Southern Blue" volumes would have been natural candidates as well, and some of his ballets and thematic compositions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Dan, of all the things you have done on this board, this iss the meanest! If ever multiple selection was called for... BTW, I chose the derailed Big Train, but I could have gone down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I voted for "Midnight Blue". Though Wynton's trumpet playing is often quite beautiful on the CD, overall I find the CD to be insufferably dull. At 77 minutes, it's way, way too long. I'm asleep before I've listened to half to it. Snoozeville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I voted for "Blue Interlude" as I couldn't stand that cd. I will admit however some ignorance regarding how good/bad many of the others may be. I, er, haven't felt an overwhelming motivation to check out the full recording portfolio of Wynton Marsalis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryan Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 (edited) Chalk up another one for THE MIDNIGHT BLUES (mainly because it's the only Wynton disc that I own). I agree with John's assessment: too long and a serious lack of variety. A major 'sameness' to almost every tune. If I want to listen to something in this vein, I'll usually spin Roy Hargrove's MOMENT TO MOMENT, which has a similar lack of variety (although, admittedly not as bad as MB); the major difference is Roy's playing, which I dig FAR more than Wynton's. Edited May 23, 2003 by pryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 My wife bought me Big Train as a gift when we saw Marsalis and the LCJO a few years back. The fact it was a gift is the only reason it still sits on the shelf. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Funny, but I was listening to the Midnight Blues Cd this morning before I posted these polls. As I recall I got it because at the time I was courtin' my wife and was more open to the potential value of "mood-setting" albums. When I popped it in I thought, well if this doesn't grab me this will go in the "to sell" pile but I actually found it solidly on the "not bad" side. Yes, there's a sameness and it didn't need to be 70 minutes long, but I still enjoyed it, and that was sitting alone in an office blazing with flourescent lights, not alone with my sweetie in a darkened living room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I went with "Jelly Lord." A mistake if there ever was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I haven't heard any of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I haven't heard any of them me neither, am I missing something? No And I can't think of a single W. Marsalis release that doesn't apply to. For every recording he made that is "good" there are tons of recordings by other trumpet players that are infinitely better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I couldn't get through the first disc of Blood on the Fields, but more for the operatic-styled vocals than for Marsalis' playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Wow, I actually have to skip a poll! I only have one Marsalis disc, his first. It's pretty good in spots, with some great work by the sidemen and such, but nothing that made me want to get any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Tune In Tomorrow is actually quite good, IMHO. I voted for Blood On the Fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdd Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Tune in Tomorrow and Live at the Vanguard shouldn't be on this list in my opinion as they are both OK. I guess I'll vote for Blood on the Fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 When I first heard Wynton live I thought this guy can really play. But after listening to two or three of his earlier recordings under his own name I couldn't find much in his playing that hadn't been done before by Miles, Woody Shaw or Freddie Hubbard. And why are some of his compositions so "difficult/clever"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 I would have voted for "Citiscape" if it was here-zzzzzz!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 I did not vote. I've pretty much given up on Wynton and only have heard four of these. Could not choose between the 4 I know - and that's not because I enjoyed any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mnytime Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 There are several to choose from but for me the worst is the Monk, which is the dullest and most lifeless I have heard of Monks music. It's like they have the sheets for the music but they really didn't "know" the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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