Swinging into the 21st

Swinging into the 21st

by Wynton Marsalis
Swinging into the 21st

Swinging into the 21st

by Wynton Marsalis

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Overview

The 2012 Columbia box set Swinging into the 21st collects all of trumpeter/bandleader Wynton Marsalis' ten albums released in 1999. An ambitious project approved by Columbia due to Marsalis' highly respected career and longstanding association with the label, Swinging into the 21st featured a mix of large- and small-group sessions in various cross-genre settings from classical and ballet to big band, all connected by the theme of jazz. In that sense, each album was a logical extension of Marsalis' career and musical inclinations up to that point and, as such, generally featured the more traditional New Orleans-based jazz approach he began to favor in the early '90s. This is true even when exploring such divergent musical entities as Thelonious Monk on Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk and Jelly Roll Morton on Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord. Also included here is The Marciac Suite, At the Octoroon Balls: String Quartet No. 1, A Fiddler's Tale, Reeltime, Big Train, All Rise, and a single disc of selections from the box set Live at the Village Vanguard. The best cuts from the Swinging series were the small-group sessions where Marsalis and his septet got to stretch out with longer solos and inspired group interplay, as on the rollicking New Orleans second-line number "Juba and a O'Brown Squaw" from Live at the Village Vanguard and "King Porter Stomp" from Mr. Jelly Lord. Also engaging are the slightly more modern tracks, including two roiling, cubist Thelonious Monk numbers, "Hackensack" and "Green Chimneys," which Marsalis worked up for Marsalis Plays Monk. While his small-group recordings are certainly a highlight here, Marsalis' extended large-ensemble pieces such as the bluesy "Loose Duck" from The Marciac Suite and the lyrical violin-led ballad "Morning Song" are superb orchestral jazz recordings that, as with all of Swinging into the 21st, showcase the urbane and always swinging mind of Marsalis. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date: 06/12/2012
Label: Sony Music
UPC: 0886979442825
Rank: 116935

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Pt. 1: Narrator: "It Always Starts..."
  2. Fiddler's March
  3. Scene 1: Narrator: "Her Name Is Beatrice Connors."
  4. Fiddler's Soul
  5. Narrator: "She's Floating on a Dream Cloud..."
  6. Fiddler's March (Reprise)
  7. Scene 2: Narrator: "Now That He Has Her Going..."
  8. Reprise 2 (End of March)
  9. Scene 3: Narrator: "Beatrice Connors Is Now..."
  10. Pastorale
  11. Devil: "More Words on Fame"
  12. Fiddler's Soul (Reprise)
  13. Part 2, Scene 4: Narrator: "Keeping One Hundred Dollars...
  14. Happy March
  15. Scene 5. Narrator: "The Illness of the Land..."
  16. Little Concert Piece
  17. Narrator: "Musicians, You Must Play..."
  18. Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
  19. Narrator: "The Music Causes the Savior"
  20. Devil's Dance
  21. Narrator: "The Music Was Too Strong..."
  22. Little Chorale
  23. The Devil's Song (BZB Speaks)
  24. The Great Chorale
  25. Narrator: "But Beatrice Connors..."
  26. The Blues on Top

Disc 2

  1. Thelonious
  2. Evidence
  3. We See
  4. Monk's Mood
  5. Worry Later
  6. Four in One
  7. Reflections
  8. In Walked Monk
  9. Hackensack
  10. Let's Cool One
  11. Brilliant Corners
  12. Brake's Sake
  13. Ugly Beauty
  14. Green Chimneys

Disc 3

  1. Come Long Fiddler
  2. Mating Calls & Delta Rhythms
  3. Creole Contradanzas
  4. Many Gone
  5. Hellbound Highball
  6. Blue Lights on the Bayou
  7. Rampart St. Row House Rag
  8. The Fiddler's March
  9. A Fiddler's Soul
  10. Pastorale
  11. Happy March
  12. Concert Piece
  13. Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
  14. The Devil's Dance
  15. Big Chorale
  16. The Blues on Top

Disc 4

  1. All Aboard
  2. Observation Car
  3. Union Pacific Big Boy
  4. Smokestack Shuffle
  5. Northbound-Southbound
  6. Dining Car
  7. Night Train
  8. Engine
  9. Bullet Train
  10. Sleeper Car
  11. Station Call
  12. The Caboose

Disc 5

  1. Home: Beyond This Rage
  2. Church: Renewing Vows
  3. Church Basement: Party
  4. Street: Make Room for Me
  5. Home: Give Me Your Hand
  6. Introduction
  7. Acknowledgment
  8. Tango
  9. First Blues
  10. Awakening
  11. Celebration
  12. Second Blues
  13. Recognition and Reconciliation

Disc 6

  1. Red Hot Pepper
  2. New Orleans Romp
  3. King Porter Stomp
  4. The Pearls
  5. Deep Creek
  6. Mamanita
  7. Sidewalk Blues
  8. Jungle Blues
  9. Big Lip Blues
  10. Dead Man Blues
  11. Smokehouse Blues
  12. Billy Goat Stomp
  13. Courthouse Bump
  14. Black Bottom Stomp
  15. Tom Cat Blues

Disc 7

  1. Rosewood
  2. Mr. Mann
  3. Sylvester's Rag
  4. Gentler Times
  5. Gossipin' Hens
  6. Sunday Blessing
  7. I Hear a Knockin' [Quartet Version]
  8. Go, Possum, Go
  9. Eyes Around the Corner
  10. Sing On
  11. Morning Song
  12. I Hear a Knockin' [Solo Version]
  13. If I Hold On
  14. Elgin Mills
  15. Rattlesnake Tail Swing
  16. Dark Heart Beat
  17. Fire in the Night
  18. Porch Whiskey
  19. To Higher Ground
  20. After the Dead
  21. Rosewood

Disc 8

  1. Welcome
  2. The Cat in the Hat Is Back
  3. Embraceable You
  4. Reflections
  5. Buggy Ride
  6. I'll Remember April
  7. Misterioso
  8. Flee as a Bird to the Mountain
  9. Happy Feet Blues
  10. Cherokee
  11. Juba and a O'Brown Squaw
  12. Local Announcements

Disc 9

  1. Loose Duck
  2. The Big Top
  3. Jean-Louis Is Everywhere
  4. Mademoiselle D'Gascony
  5. Armagnac Dreams
  6. Marciac Fun
  7. For My Kids at the Coll¿¿ge of Marciac
  8. Marciac Moon
  9. D'Artagnan
  10. Guy Lafitte
  11. B Is for Boussaget (And Bass)
  12. In the House of Laberriere
  13. Sunflowers

Disc 10

  1. Movement 1: Jubal Step
  2. Movement 2: A Hundred and a Hundred, a Hundred and Twelve
  3. Movement 3: Go Slow (But Don't Stop)
  4. Movement 4: Wild Strumming of Fiddle
  5. Movement 5: Save Us
  6. Movement 6: Cried, Shouted, Then Sung
  7. Movement 7: Look Beyond
  8. Movement 8: The Halls of Erudition & Scholarship

Disc 11

  1. Movement 9: El "Gran" Baile de la Reina
  2. Movement 10: Expressbrown Local
  3. Movement 11: Saturday Night Slow Drag
  4. Movement 12: I Am (Don't You Run from Me)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wynton Marsalis   Primary Artist,Soloist,Trumpet,Conductor
Marcus Roberts   Primary Artist,Piano
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra   Primary Artist,Soloist
Ronee Martin   Primary Artist,Vocals
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center   Primary Artist
Victor Goines   Primary Artist,Soloist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Clarinet (Bass)
Eric Lewis   Primary Artist,Piano
Bobette Jamison-Harrison   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ted Nash   Primary Artist,Sax (Soprano),Clarinet (Bass),Flute,Piccolo,Soloist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Wynton Marsalis Septet   Primary Artist
Esa-Pekka Salonen   Primary Artist
Kay Bowen   Primary Artist,Vocals
Valerie Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Orion String Quartet   Primary Artist
Claude Williams   Primary Artist,Fiddle
Morgan State University Choir   Primary Artist
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Paul Smith Singers   Primary Artist
The Northridge Singers of California State University At Northridge   Primary Artist
Shirley Caesar   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marcus Printup   Primary Artist,Soloist,Trumpet
Mark O'Connor   Primary Artist,Violin,Mandolin
Miriam Richardson   Soloist,Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Gideon Feldstein   Clarinet (Bass),Clarinet,Sax (Baritone)
Sam Karam   Clarinet
Norman Pearson   Tuba,Soloist
Bob Trowers   Trombone
Andrew Farber   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Walter Blanding Jr.   Soloist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Carlito Henriquez   Bass
Elliott Jackson   Soloist,Baritone (Vocal)
Kenneithia Redden-Mitchell   Soloist,Soprano (Vocal)
Kevin McAllister   Soloist,Baritone (Vocal)
Michael White   Clarinet
Sequina DuBose   Soloist,Soprano (Vocal)
Peter Martin   Soloist,Piano
Daniel Phillips   Violin
Marthaniel Roberts   Piano
Jamil Sharif   Trumpet
Ida Kavafian   Violin
David Taylor   Trombone
Todd Williams   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Timothy Eddy   Cello
Byron J. Smith   Choir Conductor
Farid Barron   Piano
Kenneth Alston   Soloist,Tenor (Vocal)
Issachah Savage   Soloist,Tenor (Vocal)
Paul Smith   Choir Director
Todd Phillips   Violin
Nathan Carter   Choir Director
Pernell Saturnino   Congas,Latin Percussion
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson   Soloist,Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Edgar Meyer   Bass
Eric Reed   Piano
Walter Blanding   Sax (Tenor)
Doug Wamble   Banjo,Guitar
Joe Temperley   Soloist,Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone),Clarinet (Bass)
Russell Malone   Guitar
Delfeayo Marsalis   Trombone
Milan Turkovic   Bassoon
Ryan Kisor   Soloist,Trumpet
Karen Briggs   Violin
Stephen Riley   Sax (Tenor)
Harry Connick, Jr.   Piano
Wycliffe Gordon   Tuba,Trumpet,Trombone
David Shifrin   Clarinet
Riley Mullins   Trumpet
Cynthia Hardy   Soloist,Alto (Vocals)
Roland Guerrero   Percussion
Ben Wolfe   Bass
Russell Gunn   Trumpet
Jason Marsalis   Drums,Soloist
Jaz Sawyer   Drums
Cassandra Wilson   Vocals
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Ron Westray   Soloist,Trombone
Rodney Whitaker   Bass,Soloist
Wessell Anderson   Clarinet,Sax (Alto),Sax (Sopranino)
Mark Schatz   Bass,Banjo
Lucien Barbarin   Trombone
Steve Tenenbom   Viola
Kimati Dinizulu   Washboard,Percussion
Reginald Veal   Bass,Trombone
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Herlin Riley   Drums,Tambourine
Bob Findley   Trumpet
Danilo Perez   Piano
Don Vappie   Banjo,Guitar
Stefon Harris   Marimba,Percussion,Vibraphone,Bass Marimba,Drums (Snare)
Sherman Irby   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Roger Ingram   Trumpet
Seneca Black   Soloist,Trumpet
Wayne Goodman   Trombone
Cyrus Chestnut   Piano
Vincent Gardner   Soloist,Trombone

Technical Credits

Philippe Gerard Dupuy   Photography
Jalmoose Rowe   Mixing
Risa Noah   Design
John Matousek   Mastering
Bill Easystone   Assistant Engineer
Suzi Civita   Supervisor
David Ellis   Photography,Art Direction,Illustrations
John Harris   Technical Support
Lisa C. Soto   Paintings
Drue Kataoka   Logo,Artwork
Edith Bolton   Project Coordinator
Jono Gasparro   Project Coordinator
Nana Watanabai   Photography
Ross D'avignon   Project Director
Will Hoffman   Design,Art Direction
Dave Marguette   Assistant Engineer
Che Williams   Archival Assistant
William McNeil   Technical Engineer
Alquier   Photography
Jesse Eaton   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Mark Gebauer   Technical Supervisor
Michael Cyr   Pro-Tools
Michel Carossio   Photography
Seth Rothstein   Project Director
Jen Wyler   Assistant Engineer
Stephanie Hollyman   Photography
Earl Martin   Assistant
Mark Betts   Technical Supervisor
Roderick Ward   Technician
Robert F. Wolff   Editing Engineer
Patti Zimmitti   Contractor
Brad Cobb   Technician
Steven Epstein   Producer
Todd Williams   Composer
Michael Dorian   Pro-Tools
Jeff Francis   Assistant Engineer,Technical Supervisor
Edward O'Dowd   Booklet Design
Jalmus   Editing
Jay Sylvester   Assistant Engineer
Peter Germansen   Technical Editor
Robert Wolff   Editing Engineer
Kiku Yamaguchi   Art Direction
Dennis Darby   Technical Assistance
Ruth DeSarno   A&R
Barry Fawcett   Electrician
James Biggs   Assistant Engineer
Gus Skinas   Engineer
Thelonious Monk   Composer
Aaron Spencer   Second Engineer
Genevieve Stewart   Project Coordinator
Rich Wheeler   Stage Manager
Daryl Dickerson   Tape Operator
Joyce Ryan   Personnel
Jeff B. Francis   Technical Supervisor
Janusz Kawa   Photography
Darby   Assistant Engineer,Technical Assistance
Lise Richardson   Music Editor
Roy Clark   Assistant
Robert "Kooster" McAllister   Second Engineer
Delfeayo Marsalis   Editing,Assembly,Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Les Stephenson   Engineer
Ron Carbo   Copyist
Frank Stewart   Cover Photo,Photography
Wynton Marsalis   Story,Composer,Liner Notes,Art Direction
Michael Panico   Archival Assistant
Erwin Gorostiza   Design,Art Direction
Ron Garrett   Technician
Tom Tierney   Archival Assistant
Todd Wachsmuth   Assistant
Ron Martinez   Stage Assistant
Richard Corman   Photography
Peter Dilg   Engineer
Gregg Pagani   Assistant
Don Raye   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Dennis Jeter   Project Coordinator,Production Coordination
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Mark Wilder   Engineer
Tim Geelan   Engineer
Todd Whitelock   Mixing,Engineer,Editing Engineer
Brian Dixon   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Patricia Johnson   Composer
Stanley Crouch   Composer,Lyricist
Patrick Smith   Mixing,Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Andre De Shields   Narrator
Richard King   Engineer
Ray Noble   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
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