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CRITICS' CHOICE; New CD's: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - New York Times
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July 7, 2008
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WILLIE NELSON and WYNTON MARSALIS ''Two Men With the Blues'' (Blue Note) Two musicians from different corners of the record store collaborated for two days of concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center last year, and this album is the harvest. Country and jazz? No, this record isn't about country and jazz; it's a lot more interesting than that.First it's about Willie Nelson fitting his wayward, contract-and-expand vocal phrasing into the sharp swing of Wynton Marsalis's small group, and the cool rhythmic discrepancies that come of it. Then it's about improvising:Mr. Marsalis's trumpet solos poised and gleaming, Mr. Nelson's guitar solos dusty and crotchety but full of early-jazz knowledge. (The ...
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