NEA Jazz Master Wynton Marsalis
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
Length: 04:29
In these Moments, we hear the great Wynton Marsalis open up about learning (and stealing) from his father, Ellis, and on an early exposure to integrated bands.
Wynton Marsalis: My daddy’s gig would be four black people, maybe five, maybe 15 white people. You know, that’s really the time during segregation, still the segregation was strong. And New Orleans was really divided. But he…Him and other jazz musicians was the first integrated environment you saw with adults. Where they were actually integrated, like they knew each other and their families knew each other, you wouldn’t see that in everyday life.
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In these Moments, we hear the great Wynton Marsalis open up about learning (and stealing) from his father, Ellis, and on an early exposure to integrated bands.
Wynton Marsalis: My daddy’s gig would be four black people, maybe five, maybe 15 white people. You know, that’s really the time during segregation, still the segregation was strong. And New Orleans was really divided. But he…Him and other jazz musicians was the first integrated environment you saw with adults. Where they were actually integrated, like they knew each other and their families knew each other, you wouldn’t see that in everyday life.
Transcript
WYNTON MARSALIS_TEACHER ELLIS_#200
(:90)
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT…
MUSIC: Magnolia Triangle
Wynton Marsalis: My daddy was the coolest teacher you ever had!
TRUMPETER WYNTON MARSALIS STUDIED MUSIC WITH HIS OWN FATHER – NOTED EDUCATOR, PIANIST, AND NOW NEA JAZZ MASTER, ELLIS MARSALIS. WYNTON NOT ONLY LIVES TO TELL THE TALE, BUT HAS EVERLASTING RESPECT FOR HIS DAD AS A RESULT…
Wynton Marsalis: You had never had a teacher like him that was that hip. His specialty was dealing with hard-headed kids. Cause he had so many of them in his house.
ELLIS MARSALIS IS FATHER TO BRANFORD, WYNTON, DELFEAYO AND JASON – ALL OF WHOM SOAKED UP HIS LESSONS…
Wynton Marsalis: He put a lot of emphasis on being able to hear. Like he had you listen to stuff. And he also put a lot of emphasis on you understanding something. So what he would do, you would play a piece of music. He’d say, ‘What did you h...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Triangle, Yesterdays, Bourbon Street Parade | Ellis Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis | WhistleStop, Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling, . | Sony Music Entertainment | 00:00 |
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Produced by the National Endowment for the Arts
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