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Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Play the Blues Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center
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Artist...............: Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton
Album................: Play the Blues Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center
Genre................: Blues Vocals
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2011
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode)
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Standard, (avg. bitrate: 199kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/play-the-blues-live-from-jazz-at-lincoln-center-eric-clapton/22568588
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: CD 

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                       Tracklisting
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   1. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Ice Cream              [07:38]
   2. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Forty-Four             [07:12]
   3. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Joe Turner's Blues     [07:48]
   4. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - The Last Time          [04:18]
   5. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Careless Love          [07:43]
   6. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Kidman Blues           [04:20]
   7. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Layla                  [09:08]
   8. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Joliet Bound           [03:50]
   9. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Feat. Taj Mahal - Just A Closer Walk With Thee[12:20]
  10. Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Feat. Taj Mahal - Corrine, Corrina[10:21]

Playing Time.........: 01:14:42
Total Size...........: 106.55 MB

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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.

Product Details
Release Date: 9/13/2011
UPC: 081227975913
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Catalog Number: 528530