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1-Hallelujah I Love Her So 2-Come Rain Or Come Shine 3-Unchain My Heart 4-Cryin' Time 5-Losing Hand 6-Hit The Road Jack 7-I'm Moving On 8-Busted 9-Here We Go Again 10-Makin' Whoopee 11-I Love You So Much (It Hurts) 12-What'd I Say (2009 'Blue Note') (61:56/12) 'Recorded live at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY - February 9 & 10,2009' - WILLIE NELSON - voc/gtr, NORAH JONES - voc, WYNTON MARSALIS - voc/tpt, WALTER BLANDING - voc/ten, DAN NIMMER - pno, MICKEY RAPHAEL - hca, CARLOS HENRIQUEZ - bass, ALI JACKSON - drums.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis first worked together at The Allen Room at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center for two nights in 2007, and while at first it would seem to be an odd pairing, it really isn't: Nelson's singing and guitar playing have always fallen well to the jazz side of country all along anyway, and he's hardly been a garden variety hat act during his long career, while Marsalis has long worked to reintroduce jazz as a viable popular form in American music.
It's about synthesis, really, and so it makes perfect sense for Nelson and Marsalis to turn to the music of Ray Charles, one of the greatest assimilators of American pop music -- all forms of it, from gospel to blues, country, jazz, and R&B-for their encore shows at the heralded jazz house -- this time for two sold-out nights at Rose Theater in February 2009 with special guest Norah Jones.
Marsalis arranged the music as both an homage to Charles and as a loose song cycle about the ups and downs of love, and backed by his working quintet of tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding, pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist Carlos Henriquez, and drummer Ali Jackson, plus Nelson's longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael, it all feels wonderfully appropriate, with Charles' standards like "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Cryin' Time", "Hit the Road Jack", "Busted", "Makin" Whoopie" and his iconic signature hit, "What'd I Say" all sounding comfortable and fresh.
The only thing missing is Ray Charles himself, who undoubtedly would have had no trouble fitting into these shows. Radio now splits everything into little niches. That isn't what Charles was about. He saw music as convergence. This fine concert album plays in that same spirit. - S. Leggett
Two Men With The Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
The album debuts at # 2 of the Billboard Top Jazz Albums. Week of April 16, 2011.
It's about synthesis, really, and so it makes perfect sense for Nelson and Marsalis to turn to the music of Ray Charles, one of the greatest assimilators of American pop music -- all forms of it, from gospel to blues, country, jazz, and R&B-for their encore shows at the heralded jazz house -- this time for two sold-out nights at Rose Theater in February 2009 with special guest Norah Jones.
Marsalis arranged the music as both an homage to Charles and as a loose song cycle about the ups and downs of love, and backed by his working quintet of tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding, pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist Carlos Henriquez, and drummer Ali Jackson, plus Nelson's longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael, it all feels wonderfully appropriate, with Charles' standards like "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "Cryin' Time", "Hit the Road Jack", "Busted", "Makin" Whoopie" and his iconic signature hit, "What'd I Say" all sounding comfortable and fresh.
The only thing missing is Ray Charles himself, who undoubtedly would have had no trouble fitting into these shows. Radio now splits everything into little niches. That isn't what Charles was about. He saw music as convergence. This fine concert album plays in that same spirit. - S. Leggett
Two Men With The Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
The album debuts at # 2 of the Billboard Top Jazz Albums. Week of April 16, 2011.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Frankly it does exactly what it says on the cover. Willie, Wynton and Guest Norah and the assorted players give an album worthy of many a listen both as focused and as a bit of background listening.
Well worth the purchase.
Well worth the purchase.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
It's better the second time out - Nelson is looser, Great solos PLUS there's a lady in the vocal mix.
3 April 2011
Format:Audio CD
Last year's release of the "Two Men With The Blues" - a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - on both CD and and DVD received lots of media attention. It was an interesting concept but didn't quite work perfectly for me. This follow-up release - which was actually released on DVD in 2009, but making its AUDIO appearance in 2011 - works much better. And, no its not because of the addition of singer Norah Jones. Nelson seems much "looser" (if that's the proper term) than on the "Blues" release. Just listen to him on "Unchain My Heart" where he actually sounds aggressive - not an adjective often applied to Nelson's laid-back style of singing. That track is one of the highlights for other reasons. Drummer Ali Jackson (a long time member of Marsalis' band) has a great percussion solo - followed by a nice trumpet solo by Marsalis - that precedes Nelson's vocal refrain. If the album had just this track and the closer - "What'd I Say" with vocals by Nelson, Jones and Marsalis - it would be worth getting. Not everything is as perfect. Nelson and Jones duet on "Cryin' time and both their vocals sound weak. But one weak track out of 12 - and all have a length that allows for instrumental solos - is not bad.
The CD is a tribute to the songs associated with Ray Charles, with more emphasis on the jazz and R&B than on his "country music period", and all the hits are hit - along with a few more obscure Charles recordings like "I Love You So Much".
This should appeal to both jazz and Nelson's "classic country"/pop music fans.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic
The CD is a tribute to the songs associated with Ray Charles, with more emphasis on the jazz and R&B than on his "country music period", and all the hits are hit - along with a few more obscure Charles recordings like "I Love You So Much".
This should appeal to both jazz and Nelson's "classic country"/pop music fans.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
"Great Celebration Of Ray Charles's Hits!"
29 Mar 2011
Format:Audio CD
This is a fantastic CD collaboration & release by the legendary country music icon Willie Nelson & jazz maestro/trumpeter/saxophonist Wynton Marsalis featuring the multi-Grammy award songstress Norah Jones, titled 'Here We Go Again'. This great jazz album is a celebration of the late great bluesman, Ray Charles's great hits : their musical presentation/interpretation/artistry is fantastic (great jazz grand-piano & trumpet/saxophone combination with great vocals by Willie Nelson as well as by Norah Jones!). This CD (12 tracks) opens with great track "Hallelujah I Love Her So" with Willie Nelson on vocals & Wynton Marsalis on trumpet, great combination. Other great tracks include "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (featuring Norah Jones), "Losing Hand", "I'm Moving On" (rather racy-tempo track), "Making Whoopee" (featuring Norah Jones), & "I Love You So Much It Hurts". Solid tracks include "Unchain My Heart" (racy-tempo track with wonderful high pitched vocals by Willie Nelson), "Cryin' Time" (a wonderful country ballad with great deep Willie Nelson voice & Norah Jones vocal combination!), "Busted", "Here We Go Again" (featuring Norah Jones) & "What'd I Say" (beautiful piano/trumpet/flute combination, featuring Norah Jones). There is no weak track from this CD to really talk of. The CD has great quality sound & all-round well produced. On overall, this is a fantastic celebration of Ray Charles's great blues hits in the best way possible by these musical greats (Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones on 6 tracks), a highly recommended CD.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
From Three Comes Magic
13 April 2011
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No three musicians could be more different than Wynton, Willie, and Nora. Yet, when they come together on this CD, the results are nothing less than magic. Before I first played the CD, I really didn't know what to expect. Then, from the first track, I knew this CD is special, and it just got better and better. There's so much to praise about this CD that it's difficult to know where to start, so here are the major areas that make this CD magic: (1) Performers -- fresh and alluring solos, duets, and trios, (2) Instrumentation -- supurb improvisations from the sax, trumpet, harmonica, drums, piano, and bass, (3) Set list -- excellent selection of tunes, styles and rhythms (remembering Ray Charles) and, (4) Production -- great job from Blue Note for its high sound quality and balance from a live performance. This CD truly needs to be a serious contender for an award; in fact, it needs to win one. We desperately need more of this kind of collaboration as, in this case, the results are indeed magic.
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