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This is a really interesting book and a must read. I am not too familiar with jazz but was turned on to this book by my brother who is a musician. It is the most interesting read I have had in a while. To my reading ears, the book is written in a style that greatly mimics jazz. I got all caught up in the rythmn and melody of the story as it twisted and turned. It's hard to put the experience of reading this to words other than to say it is definately worth reading and savoring.
From the first page: "As clearly as possible, this book's many transitions, like chord changes, indicate changes in experience, in how experience is conveyed musically and, on the page, narratively. The narrative's logic is one of feeling, not geography or chronology, and it develops accretively, elliptically."
A beautiful portrait of the artist, of the road, of what it means to make music, to be alive, to travel through different places with the same and different people.
"Once you've played the gig you have to leave, go home to the hotel, and feel fortunate to have played." p 28"If you want to be happy, go inside. Inside yourself. Inside the people you love. Inside your art. Inside seems much lonelier than outside. Don't be fooled. You go in far enough, it's always warm and good." p 101Some real poetic gems by Wynton in his journal-like pieces. Worth the read for these. The narrator, a writer who accompanied Marsalis on a tour, was too consciously in the story f...
I'm always up for the musician's view of the road, even if it is filtered through another writer. Thing is, Carl Vigeland let Wynton Marsalis do the talking and largely stayed out of the way of things, though it is written in the first person. Anything Wynton has to say about music is worth a read, too, since he's one of the foremost minds in any genre. Fascinating insights into the dynamics of a band on the road, like a highbrow "Almost Famous."
A great book about being on the road with a jazz group (as opposed to a Mexican group...) written in a lyrical style
Must read for all. A book about SOUL, not just music.
