To Jeff Hamilton, the disturbing comment that was posted here a couple weeks ago was by someone who had access to my account, and was not written by me, Ahmad Thomas Johnson. I admire your playing very much and your success. I would NEVER comment anything so disrespectful about anyones playing. I respect you and your talent very much. once again my apologies for the confusion. With much love & respect, Ahmad T Johnson.
I love how you hear the joy that the band had in it. You can hear Dan try to turn the piece and Wynton blows through it to trade four with the drummer. This is my favourite rendition of the piece. The JLCO is the best orchestra in the world.
When you are a master at your craft, you basically have fun! What a performance!! Love that french/new Orleans/Jazz vibe from the first part of the song(at least what it felt to me), it didn't sound like "portrait of Louis Armstrong" other live performances. Then after wynton killed it, what a surprise! Two other trumpeters traded solos on the second part that that's actually the beginning of the song. Loved it!! 🎺🎺🎺👏👏👏👏👏👏🎶🔥🔥🔥✊
00:49 watch the kid directly behind Marsalis suddenly perk his head up. I think he might have been texting, or whatever, and Marsalis had eyes in the back of his head, and he does that when he knows kids aren't paying enough attention. He has a way of waking people up.
Duke Ellington and Louis Amstrong were my favorite they were the Kings of King the best klassic Jazz ,musasen this perormense is amazing. Thanks for sharing with us.
If you listen to the original New Orleans Suite, from were this piece come, you will understand that the "portraits" are more evocations of a feeling. For Louis Armstrong, Ellington made an evocation of joy. This piece is joyful.
I'm 15, and I agree. I play jazz on my trumpet, and have been playing for 6 almost 7 years. This was the first mainly brass section focused song I can remember hearing, and it has stuck with me forever as inspiration to constantly improve my playing. I wish more of my peers would recognise the bliss and beauty that is jazz.
I disagree. I think jazz music is there for whoever is ready to appreciate it. I prefer young kids to listen to all other genres first, get tired of it and then discover the world of jazz and fall in love with it.
Dear mr. Marsalis. There are too many people spreading bad words over you and your way treating jazzmusic. I think its incredible valuable work youre doing to give us this music the way it sounded when it was invented.
If you listen to the original New Orleans Suite, from were this piece come, you will understand that the "portraits" are more evocations of a feeling. For Louis Armstrong, Ellington made an evocation of joy. This piece is joyful.
Neither Cootie not Wynton ever brought Pops melodic inventiveness to this piece. Pops was never gimicky nor dull. When his chops were right, his sense of melodic form went SO far behind getting the changes right. Amazingly this was true even in the Ella albums doing tunes that were very far from his usual performing repertory.
