On March24, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsaliswill release his fifth Blue Note recording, Heand She - an ambitious new album of 22 tracks that combines spoken word andWynton's signature Jazz style.
The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing centered aroundthe compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a manand a woman.
Before heading into the studio, the Wynton Marsalis Quintet traveled to theIron Horse in North Hampton, MA to perform the new material in front of a liveaudience. The quintet subsequently cut the tracks live over a two-day period.The minimally edited result became He andShe.
Marsalis ended his last Blue Note studio album, From the Plantation to the Penitentiary, with a stunning spokenword piece, though on He and She,Marsalis's voice is more prominent throughout, prefacing just about every trackwith his poetic words.
He And She is due out March 24th on Blue Note Records.
Preview the new album here:
http://www.wyntonmarsalis.org/discography/jazz/he-and-she/