He And She - Wynton Marsalis
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  • Summary: The concept album about the relationship between a man and a woman is the jazz trumpeter's fifth release on Blue Note.
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  1. On this return to simpler times and the childish wide-eyed beauty of youth, Marsalis has struck a chord with those awkward, precious times in a way that adults can appreciate.
  2. He And She is smart and sweet, an audacious project of heart-soared magnificence. [Spring 2009, p.78]
  3. The soloing on this album, themed on the relationship between man and woman, is immaculate. Marsalis's achilles heel is his preacher's instinct, so there's plenty of spoken material....Once you get past all that, the trumpet-playing--pure in the upper register, with directness weighed against Miles-like muted ambiguity--is gorgeous.
  4. The compositions are magnificent, and the performance sparkles....Marsalis has interspersed the songs with snippets of poetry, which he wrote and recites. I'm not qualified to critique poetry, but I can tell you this: You're not going to want to hear this stuff every time you play the disc.

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  1. CariM
    9
    Really like the music. I'm not a big fan of poetry, though and I agree with the one critic who opined that you don't want to hear the poetry everytime you listen to the CD. So I just downloaded the songs I really liked - smile. Expand