Bibliograph

To a young jazz musician, letters from the road, Wynton Marsalis with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds

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To a young jazz musician, letters from the road, Wynton Marsalis with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To a young jazz musician

Oclc number

56608411

Responsibility statement

Wynton Marsalis with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds

Sub title

letters from the road

Summary

He writes that having humility is a way to continue to grow, to listen, and to learn; that patience is necessary for developing both technical proficiency and your own art rather than an imitation of someone else's; and that rules are indispensable because "freedom lives in structure." He offers lessons learned from his years as a performer and from his great forebears Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and others; he explores the art of swing; he discusses why it is important to run toward your issues, not away; and he talks about what to do when your integrity runs up against the lack thereof in others and in our culture."--BOOK JACKET

Table Of Contents

Prologue : The first movement -- The humble self -- A human thing -- Talking rules, singing freedom -- Playing this jazz -- Arrogance of position -- Who keeps the gate? -- Music and morals -- Moving it forward : the new, new thing -- Dancing with joy -- Lone man on the prairie

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