Last sunday I decided not to watch the Bengals game. I decided to do something else. I heard that one of the greatest living musicians was in town, Wynton Marsalis. He is an amazing trumpet player. You probably saw him on the news talking about Katrina. Hes from New Orleans. Here is why he is great

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Most musicians who are on the virtuoso level specialize in a specific kind of music. There are few exceptions allthough some do play in other genres. Eric Clapton is a good example of a crossover artist. Most world class musicians play classical OR jazz those being the most challenging(in my oppinion) to play. Wynton Marsalis plays both like he was born to.

I took my sister for her birthday. Got  mom and dad to go too. So I got the envelope from will call and noticed it had 6 tickets instead of 4. The two extra tickets were 8 rows back. Well we watched the first half from the balcony and the second half my sis and I went down and sat right next to John Lomax from channel 5. We had the seats right next to his box and he was the MC! So thank you dumb will call clerk. And thank you Wynton. The concert was awesome. My mother (who is a very accomplished pianist) proclaimed it "the best music she has ever heard". No alcohol involved.

Here is Wynton playing Hummel trumpet concerto in E flat 3rd movement. It gets insane at 2:43

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fRf1_K6mPo&feature=related

This is what I like to call a "slutty" jazz song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fRf1_K6mPo&feature=related

Here he is with local opera singer Kathleen Battle. SILF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdTJ1wi2IQ