Wynton Marsalis

He And She

Label: Blue Note / EMI
Release Date: March 24, 2009

Official Site: www.wyntonmarsalis.org
Social Site: www.myspace.com/wyntonmarsalis
Label Site: www.bluenote.com

Core Info

- 22 tracks of Wynton's signature jazz style as well as spoken word / poetry
- Album centered around the compelling theme of the relationship between man and woman
- Wynton's fifth Blue Note Records release
- Wynton is a Pulitzer Prize winner, the first time for a jazz recording
- Wynton is a 9-time Grammy Award® winner across multiple genres

As the title to Wynton Marsalis' fifth Blue Note release indicates, He and She is about that eternally compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a man and a woman. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and band leader, however, hasn’t merely crafted a love story, but a life story – a bittersweet rumination about the evanescence of life as well as the elusiveness of romance.

Time is very much at the heart of He and She: the swift passage of time over the course of one’s life, the mood-altering shifts of time in the duration of a song. It’s an ambitious effort, combining spoken word and music, and Marsalis has given his quintet some formidable charts. The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing. There’s ease and elegance and more than a little wisdom in these grooves.

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	Wynton Marsalis - Info Sheet (PDF)
	He And She - Cover Art (Web-Res)
	Promo Photo 1 (Web-Res, Credit: JoAnne Savio)
	Promo Photo 2 (Web-Res, Credit: JoAnne Savio)