Wynton shreds on Letterman

[BruceH]

There were a whole string of these using shredder guitar heros until they got yanked because one of the guitar heroes got offended.

What about the trumpet heroes?

[Late]

Laughing is good for the abs.

Wynton, thank you for the six-pack.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

pfffst. todd rundgren rocked the show back in '86, all of you shold just watch that

[JSngry]

pfffst.

[Enterprise Server]

Well, I'm going against the grain of all you Wynton disciples in this thread. I couldn't get excited about it (the video). Sorry. I think Wynton was much more interesting when he first began with Art Blakey and his first three or four Columbia recordings. But I think his brother Brandford, is much more musically creative and interesting. But unlike the Wynton haters, I think the man can play. I don't see him as technically deficient. But it is the material he steadfastly refuses to move beyond that hamstrings him. I love the classics but his attempts to reinvent the art of Ellington, Armstrong, Henderson, Parker, et al, has become somewhat tedious. Every since he hooked up with Stanley Crouch, he has fallen into the quicksand of static conservative traditionalism......IMO.

[Aggie87]

Well, I'm going against the grain of all you Wynton disciples in this thread. I couldn't get excited about it (the video). Sorry. I think Wynton was much more interesting when he first began with Art Blakey and his first three or four Columbia recordings. But I think his brother Brandford, is much more musically creative and interesting. But unlike the Wynton haters, I think the man can play. I don't see him as technically deficient. But it is the material he steadfastly refuses to move beyond that hamstrings him. I love the classics but his attempts to reinvent the art of Ellington, Armstrong, Henderson, Parker, et al, has become somewhat tedious. Every since he hooked up with Stanley Crouch, he has fallen into the quicksand of static conservative traditionalism......IMO.

I think you might have missed something here.

I don't think there's a single Wynton disciple in this thread.

[7/4]

It appears that Wynton got you or we got you or something like that.

dB

[Late]

A year later, and now — for the first time ever, I think — the original version of So What is finally on the internet. I have to say, I am very impressed. I can't understand why this particular take ended up being the alternate (for "The Sound of Jazz" television show), but, hey, at least we have it to treasure now.

If you are a Miles fan, this is a "must see."

[rockefeller center]

A year later, and now — for the first time ever, I think — the original version of So What is finally on the internet.

[Big Wheel]

I think this comment on that clip wins the Internet today:

...judging by the intonation on the bass- I'd swear it was Ron Carter!

[Jazzmoose]

I've never seen any of these things before; we don't get them in our cave, but that Wynton one makes my head hurt when I open my eyes.

[ejp626]

Well, this will probably get yanked to politics, but someone has shredded Yo-Yo Ma playing at Obama's inauguration:

. What really sells it is the hideous clarinet playing -- and someone in the crowd hacking up a lung.

[Teasing the Korean]

My two favorite shredding videos are the Santana and Eddie Van Halen.

[Late]

This one makes me cry.