Close Enough for Jazz: Wynton Marsalis on the Colbert Report
Nice: About a week ago, world-class trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was on the Colbert Report, and here’s a video of it:
If you don’t care about them talking, forward to 5:10ish and listen to Steve Colbert and Wynton Marsalis in a duet version of the US national anthem.
By the way, that’s one fine horn Marsalis is playing there. It’s made by Dave Monette from Portland, Oregon. Incidentally, I was there once and got to play Wynton’s trumpet (the same kind only, obviously) and it’s the heaviest trumpet I’ve ever played: It felt like a solid chunk of metal. Believe me, making that sound good takes some serious skills. Needless to say, Marsalis has them.
(via allaboutjazz.com)
Not sure if Wynton should have gone up against this guy. Tension was a little high at times. The music critic line was good though. He definitely held his own. And yea, that trumpet seems like it would be very hard to play. Then again, Wynton could make a garden hose sound great though.