Think of One

Artist: Wynton Marsalis
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643864121
EAN: 0074643864121
ASIN: B0000025UQ

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Weird stuff for a 17 year old to listen to, ca. 1983

Tracks:

Knozz-Moe-King
Fuchsia
My Ideal
What Is Happening Here (Now)?
Think Of One
The Bell Ringer
Later
Melancholia

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Customer Reviews:

Nice Trad Jazz.......2005-06-09

I like some of these songs such as "Fuchsia", "What Is Happening", and "Think of One". Trad jazz isn't my favorite kind of music (though I do like it much more live/improvised in person), but I like this album and his J Mood album. The musical ability is apparent, and the recording brings out the tonal qualities of his trumpet.

The first feeble bleatings of a jazz "purist".......2004-08-06

I remember when this recording came out and Wynton Marsalis was being hailed as the second coming of jazz. I picked it up right away. I was mystified by the souless mimicry of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Miles' 2nd great quintet--this punk was supposed to be the savior of jazz? Listen as Wynton negotiates technically difficult arrangements, stopping on a dime! Marvel at his ability to explore the full range of dynamics within two bars!! Gape in wonder at the fussy arrangement of Think of One that strips the tune of any semblence of swing!!! I get it, Wynton--you've mastered the trumpet, technically speaking, which is no mean feat. And you can read music. Bully for you. The only trouble is that you have nothing meaningful to say. Ordinarily, I'd feel sorry for you, having wasted all those hours of practice, except that you trashtalk musicians whose dirty drawers you aren't worthy of washing. People like John Coltrane, Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock...I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. This music is jazz by and for people who think that the best way to honor the past is to preserve it like a roach in amber, thus killing it.

Divine.......2004-07-26

Wynton is an Artist whose music shouldn't be encapsulated by such a narrow term as music. Time and time again, as on this second album, Wynton allows us to embark upon sojorns through eternity with him. He recants his souls' reverie against the ageless canvas that is hidden beyond black holes and distant universes. He is a dreamer who has never forgotten a single moment of any lifetime. He is an embracer of his art, his purpose and his eternity and his music is a reflection of this.
This album, Black Codes, The Midnight Blues and countless others prove out this simple thought about a simple man and his music who embraces eternity and generously shares it with all who are willing to hear. If you don't hear all of that when you listen, then you aren't listening...

The Forerunner of the Traditional Jazz Renaissance.......2004-01-26

Hard to believe now, but 20 years ago most commercially successful jazz could either be classified under trendy funk (anyone remember Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"?), electronic noodlings aimed toward a mass audience (Weather Report, Return to Forever) or MOR/adult contemporary piffle (Spyro Gyra). Coincidentally, it was at that point that I reached back toward the pioneers of the `50s and '60s -- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and McCoy Tyner. Imagine my delight when a friend of mine told me of an artists who had the same influences -- and not only was he still recording, he was only in his early 20s!

Wynton Marsalis put himself on the map with this, his second album. From the atonal "Knozz-Moe-King" to the lament "Melancholia," Marsalis covers a wide range of styles, yet stays within himself. (Subsequent releases would frequently show even broader ambitions, but occasionally his reach would exceed his grasp.)

This album is the first one to pick up for those interested in hearing how jazz stepped back from the dead end of fusion back toward its roots.

Fantastic work by a young artist.......2001-08-20

Wynton was still in his twenties when he made this album, but he certainly got it right. Terrific solos (by him and other members of the band), fantastic composition, and wonderful production make this an important recording to own. My favorite tune? Melancholia. The shortest tune, yet the one that touches my soul the most.

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