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| 1. Ice Cream |
| 2. Forty - Four |
| 3. Joe Turner's |
| 4. The Last Time |
| 5. Careless Love |
| 6. Kidman Blues |
| 7. Layla |
| 8. Joliet Bound |
| 9. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (featuring Taj Mahal) |
| 10. Corrine, Corrina (featuring Taj Mahal) |
| 11. Stagger Lee (featuring Taj Mahal DVD only) |
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Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton are two of the finest musicians of their generation. They joined forces for the first time on Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center. Over the years, many greats have graced the stage at Lincoln Center but none as luminous as the combined talents of Wynton and Eric. This special version of the album that ensued includes a DVD of the show, with bonus track.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a fun record, probably all the more so for being a bit unexpected; old-style jazz and blues played by a great band who sound like they are enjoying every minute. Clapton is on fine form, singing and playing well... he always does better when he's part of a challenging project, when someone is pushing him. Good stuff.
Edit, after a few more listens/watches, few more observations. First, I don't get the hate some people have for the sound... it's a live album, it's not meant to sound like it was recorded in a lab. Sounds fine to me.
Second, it does come across as ever so slightly under-rehearsed; good! There are a few moments where things come a halt very briefly, and everyone looks round before carrying on. There's one instance where Clapton finishes a solo slightly before the band expects it, and he's not the only culprit. But does this detract from the fun? not a bit... adds to the spontaneous live feel, if anything. Watching the DVD is worthwhile here, because you get more sense of the interplay between them all. Both Clapton and Marsalis make funny, eloquent and honest speeches between songs, which aren't on the CD.
Lastly, I found it interesting that Clapton started coming out with some very Cream-like licks whenever he was getting into his lead work... and Cream was probably more of a jazz band (live, anyway) that a rock or blues band. I like to see Clapton work hard when he plays guitar, both solos and rhythm. Not because I'm a sadist, but because he's damned good at it. His guitar choice was great for this too, lightly overdriven Gibson... I was dreading the clean Strat approach, but we were spared that!
Edit, after a few more listens/watches, few more observations. First, I don't get the hate some people have for the sound... it's a live album, it's not meant to sound like it was recorded in a lab. Sounds fine to me.
Second, it does come across as ever so slightly under-rehearsed; good! There are a few moments where things come a halt very briefly, and everyone looks round before carrying on. There's one instance where Clapton finishes a solo slightly before the band expects it, and he's not the only culprit. But does this detract from the fun? not a bit... adds to the spontaneous live feel, if anything. Watching the DVD is worthwhile here, because you get more sense of the interplay between them all. Both Clapton and Marsalis make funny, eloquent and honest speeches between songs, which aren't on the CD.
Lastly, I found it interesting that Clapton started coming out with some very Cream-like licks whenever he was getting into his lead work... and Cream was probably more of a jazz band (live, anyway) that a rock or blues band. I like to see Clapton work hard when he plays guitar, both solos and rhythm. Not because I'm a sadist, but because he's damned good at it. His guitar choice was great for this too, lightly overdriven Gibson... I was dreading the clean Strat approach, but we were spared that!
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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4 stars on one listen to the CD and one watch of the DVD. My feeling is that one more listen it will be 5 stars. To be honest its not a combination of artists I thought I'd ever see. Wynton Marsalis is one of the finest Trumpet players on the planet, being an accomplished (thats an understatement) Jazz and Classical player. So to match him with Eric Clapton seemed a little odd. However as 'Bluenotes' excellent review explains better than I can they work together really well. The warmth and respect for each other seems natural and in no way forced.
The music in simplistic terms is mainly in the Trad Jazz tradition, as its mainly based on King Olivers 1920s band. With the exception of Clapton and his regular Piano player Chris Stainton the band is entirely Wynton Marsalis's. And what a band. I was fortunate enough to see the core of this band at Ronnie Scotts recently and they are absolutely brilliant. Eric Clapton isn't a Jazz guitarist but as he chose all but one of the songs (and the one he didn't choose was Layla), and most have a blues leaning he is really on home turf and contributes some fine solos, with Wynton Marsalis looking on approvingly.
Its great value for money to get the CD and the DVD, and certainly gets my recommendation.
The music in simplistic terms is mainly in the Trad Jazz tradition, as its mainly based on King Olivers 1920s band. With the exception of Clapton and his regular Piano player Chris Stainton the band is entirely Wynton Marsalis's. And what a band. I was fortunate enough to see the core of this band at Ronnie Scotts recently and they are absolutely brilliant. Eric Clapton isn't a Jazz guitarist but as he chose all but one of the songs (and the one he didn't choose was Layla), and most have a blues leaning he is really on home turf and contributes some fine solos, with Wynton Marsalis looking on approvingly.
Its great value for money to get the CD and the DVD, and certainly gets my recommendation.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
United by dalliances with purism as young men and an abiding love of classic blues and jazz, Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis are a more comfortable fit than it may initially seem. Both musicians are synthesists, not innovators, stitching together elements from their idols in an attempt to preserve the past while bringing it into the present, so their sensibilities are aligned and, in 2011, they're amenable to a partnership that explores their common ground.
So, Clapton and Marsalis held a series of concerts at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center in April of 2011, the guitarist selecting the songs (apart from "Layla", performed upon the request of bassist Carlos Henriquez), the trumpeter picking the band and working up the arrangements, using King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band as his template yet finding room for piano and, of course, guitar.
Clapton's choice of songs leans heavily toward the '20s -- so much so that the dip into postwar electric blues via Howlin' Wolf's "Forty Four" feels a bit of a shock -- and the arrangements are faithful to classic New Orleans jazz yet loose, never quite hidebound to tradition and finding plenty of space for every one of the players to roam; Clapton and Marsalis surely solo plenty, but so do trombonist Chris Crenshaw, clarinetist Victor Goines, and pianist Dan Nimmer.
There's not much ego on display -- even the inclusion of "Layla" doesn't feel forced, thanks to Marsalis' inventive New Orleans funeral arrangement of this overly familiar tune -- but the joy is palpable and the chemistry natural.
Compared to Wynton's duet albums with Willie Nelson, this is both more traditional and riskier, and compared to Clapton's latter-day duets with B.B. King and J.J. Cale, this finds the guitarist none too deferential.
These are consummate musicians united by playing music they love, and their passion resonates so strongly it's hard not to enjoy Clapton and Marsalis playing the blues. S. T. Erlewine
Best tracks: "Ice Cream", "Careless Love", "Layla", "Corrine, Corrina".
The Definitive Collection
Riding With the King
The Road to Escondido
Two Men With The Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
Here We Go Again
So, Clapton and Marsalis held a series of concerts at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center in April of 2011, the guitarist selecting the songs (apart from "Layla", performed upon the request of bassist Carlos Henriquez), the trumpeter picking the band and working up the arrangements, using King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band as his template yet finding room for piano and, of course, guitar.
Clapton's choice of songs leans heavily toward the '20s -- so much so that the dip into postwar electric blues via Howlin' Wolf's "Forty Four" feels a bit of a shock -- and the arrangements are faithful to classic New Orleans jazz yet loose, never quite hidebound to tradition and finding plenty of space for every one of the players to roam; Clapton and Marsalis surely solo plenty, but so do trombonist Chris Crenshaw, clarinetist Victor Goines, and pianist Dan Nimmer.
There's not much ego on display -- even the inclusion of "Layla" doesn't feel forced, thanks to Marsalis' inventive New Orleans funeral arrangement of this overly familiar tune -- but the joy is palpable and the chemistry natural.
Compared to Wynton's duet albums with Willie Nelson, this is both more traditional and riskier, and compared to Clapton's latter-day duets with B.B. King and J.J. Cale, this finds the guitarist none too deferential.
These are consummate musicians united by playing music they love, and their passion resonates so strongly it's hard not to enjoy Clapton and Marsalis playing the blues. S. T. Erlewine
Best tracks: "Ice Cream", "Careless Love", "Layla", "Corrine, Corrina".
The Definitive Collection
Riding With the King
The Road to Escondido
Two Men With The Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
Here We Go Again
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I bought the dvd/cd version and must admit if it wasn't for the dvd i probably wouldn't have purchased.
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Published 2 days ago by j.shirran
Love it!
I'm loving this record. And if this one - and Clapton's last solo album - indicate the direction he's moving into then I'm fully supportive! Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mr. A. Gower
My new favourite album!
Bought this album with no real expectations, but I can't stop listening to it. As another reviewer has said, you can feel the fun and chemistry between the band and this comes out... Read more
Published 2 months ago by lee bee
Marsalis Clapton
For anyone who likes either of these two superb artists, this is a real gem of a performance. I particularly liked the DVD and the quality of the playing was what one has come to... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dr
Epic
For me, it really is as simple as that. On the face of it this album seems like an odd mix of talent but it works really well. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Cj Walton
Lincoln (Centre) Assassination!
This is a complete and utter waste of time and smacks of Clapton sitting at night and trying to remember with whom he hasn't played and doing something about it before it is too... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Malibu Sue
This Makes It Official, Jazz Is Dead
Marsalis drags Clapton down the well trodden blind alley of hackneyed New Orleans revival. There are brilliant original recordings of this music available, for example The Complete... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Numinous Ugo
Clapton cd
Never been a great Clapton fan but this is the best cd I have purchased for a very long time, it's fun to listen to, great music, like Chris Barbers Jazz Band on wacky backyard.
Published 3 months ago by brenda
Marsalis and Clapton
This was a real surprise I haven't listened to New Orleans Jazz for years but this was like a breath of fresh air. Read more
Published 4 months ago by NAT C
Not a blues album
Those expecting a typical blues album from Eric with a trumpet tootling away are going to be disappointed. Read more
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