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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.
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While Marsalis' verse falters, the music beams stellar with lyrical rhapsodies and compelling arrangements imbued with multifarious colors and orchestral textures.
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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.
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It’s music with taste and spacious arrangements, full of historical knowledge and Mr. Marsalis’s trademarks: hocketing between horns, supercharged trumpet growls, tambourine accents. But you may not whistle it when it’s over.
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The poetry aside, this is the Wynton Marsalis we’ve been waiting for.
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Under The RadarHe And She is smart and sweet, an audacious project of heart-soared magnificence. [Spring 2009, p.78]
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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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CariMJun 1, 2009