Moving To Higher Ground By Wynton Marsalis Penguin Books New Zealand In addition to demolishing mediocre, uniformed critics, moving to higher ground is a meaningful contribution to music scholarship.” –toni morrison “i think it should be in every bookstore, music store, and school in the country.” –tony bennett “jazz, for wynton marsalis, is nothing less than a search for wisdom. Some rush, some slow down, some play right on the beat. but all shift back and forth, trying to find and maintain some common ground. youʼre in time when your actions are perceptive and flexible enough to flow inside that ultimate constant—swing. being in time has many practical applications outside of jazz.
Moving To Higher Ground Wynton Marsalis Gasmpar Wynton marsalis in this beautiful book, the pulitzer prize winning musician and composer wynton marsalis explores jazz and how an understanding of it can lead to deeper, more original ways of being, living, and relating for individuals, communities, and nations. marsalis shows us how to listen to jazz, and through stories about his life and. Jazz as an art–and as a way to move people and nations to higher ground–is at the core of this unique, illuminating, and inspiring book, a master class on jazz and life by a brilliant american artist. advance praise for moving to higher ground “an absolute joy to read. intimate, knowledgeable, supremely worthy of its subject. In this beautiful book, pulitzer prize—winning musician and composer wynton marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. In addition to demolishing mediocre, uniformed critics, moving to higher ground is a meaningful contribution to music scholarship.” –toni morrison “i think it should be in every bookstore, music store, and school in the country.” –tony bennett “jazz, for wynton marsalis, is nothing less than a search for wisdom.
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