Trumpet duel ´90: Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval, James Morrison & Jon Faddis.

[@armenk8293]

To 80% of the people in the comments section: They are all playing with their own style. No one is "better" than the other, and none of them are trying to show off because they have no need to prove themselves - these four are among the most respected musicians in the world. They all trade and introduce their own sound which makes this fascinating to watch and listen to. We don't need wars in the comments section about who is "better" and who is "worse," because at this level it is entirely subjective to the listener. If you prefer fast lines spanning from low F# to the double register, great. If you prefer slower moving lines with a more tender sound, also great. It is perfectly okay to state your preferences, but there is no need to hate on anyone for playing with their own style. We are all here because we enjoy listening to music, and many of us are trumpet players ourselves. There is no need for any hate here. Let's just enjoy watching these four legends create music.

[@cmorales5]

Armen K well.... music gusto is subjective. No doubt they are all great. Nevertheless, it’s not a sin to make a “judgement “ as of who you liked the most. Nobody here is trying to belittle anyone, at least not me! Having said that, I liked Morrison the best. Amen!

[@AnthonyGargini]

Wrong. Morrison won

[@victoralvarez8873]

I totally agree !! Thank you.

[@victoralvarez8873]

I agree either the overall comments about all four and no need for war. Let's just enjoy this foursome.

[@rich8037]

So true, and they all show signs of having a great deal of respect for each other.

[@TheDanSebastian]

Wynton, singing. Others, at the olympics. What a class in elegance and not getting bullied into leaving the fundamental element that makes this music eternal, SOUL.

[@russellziske7385]

I think Faddis has more soul than Wynton.

[@joshfraser5828]

I think Morrison has more soul than any of them

[@otisrush8110]

You can hear it,,sounds like German chocolate cake 😎👆

[@clawboss2028]

@@russellziske7385 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@clawboss2028]

@@joshfraser5828 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@matteowatteo1296]

Really loved this. 4 great players, 4 distinctive styles. Arturo always plays like he's getting paid by the note.

[@eric_in_florida]

by the high note lol

[@crippledknt]

Be glad your not paying per note it would be higher then the national debt!

[@retrorex]

Look, gang, these are the four greatest trumpet players alive today. We should be grateful that they're all roaming the earth at the same time. At various times, I've seen all four live in concert, and I like ALL FOUR equally! But Morrison was by far the best in concert. If you get a chance to see James Morrison live, DO IT!

[@bonifaceseane6143]

Hi mate what's the name of the song and album this is a masterpiece by 4 great artists I need to get it

[@cmorales5]

retrorex you know... I heard all of them and I agree with you. I think Morrison was the Gold Medal in this encounter. All of them great of course!

[@donatodalrymple5294]

Don't forget Phil Driscoll 😉

[@JohnHalbleib]

@@bonifaceseane6143 It’s Blues in F for most of it which is not a song technically but at the end they play Billie’s Bounce by Charlie Parker (which is a bebop blues in F).

[@barrbarr31u]

I love watching John Faddis play. He makes it look so effortlesss and his technique is flawless.

[@cmorales5]

Its the mouthpiece!! 😆

[@tricogaster]

🤣

[@charlesseiderman29]

What a lineup! Can't understand why people who comment have to compare, and be judgemental. They're ALL great!

[@bfoster68]

I love them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They each have their own style and own them

[@MrQmason]

exactly, Will....... more people should appreciate that point.

[@clawboss2028]

They are all great. Wynton is the best at playing the blues, hands down.

[@Guasu82]

Que chille😮

[@stevefreedom2469]

That was the greatest trumpet music I've ever heard! Every single one of them was incredible! I just learned so much just from watching this. All four of them were truly Masters.

[@qas2762]

I love how James, Autoro, and Jon are blasting high notes and Wyntons just acting cool in the mid to to low register. Then at 13:35 he’s says enough is enough.

[@Superkjeg]

Yeah exactly

[@datmeme8967]

He's more in the lineage of Louis Armstrong. The others are chasing Dizzy Gillespie.

[@clawboss2028]

Ah yes, Autoro Sanvol, my favourite trumpeter

[@jamesl2471]

Yeah right, then Arturo be like; "Hold my mouthpiece".

[@mackenziesineus8119]

Let's be real now, he didn't expect that they was gonna Carry on bad like that, we know he is great.😊

[@theJ.G.]

Nobody: Arturo Sandoval: *loud, fast trumpet noises on a chill blues background*

[@trevianhipp9250]

That's just his style I guess.

[@Playthellgb42]

AMEN!!!!

[@Jamiewaltjr]

It’s his style. Plus he’s a Latin artist

[@orlyaguilar152]

@@Jamiewaltjr He is Cuban, he played in Irakere too.

[@AComplexMex]

@@orlyaguilar152 his range above maynard tho, he's played a triple g like wtf

[@WestCoastJazzForever]

James Morrison!!!! His playing is really off the chart amazing, not only from a sound, power & compression stand point, but also, he is playing with heart & soul... Wow.

[@Xaviervidal92]

Arturo soloing at 13:35 without a mouthpiece is literally the most trumpet player thing of all time

[@j.r.1030]

I laughed so hard when Faddis looked over and saw that 😂😂

[@Godtoh11]

These gentlemen are amazing I could not imagine going after any of them and each round they got better and better. Just Brilliant.

[@rennyrosas2723]

4 great musicians. 4 great sounds! Luv it!!!

[@nycboyforlife]

I hate it when people compare. Everyone of these geniuses bring their own style to the table.

[@Matraka2000]

If you play the trumpet this is the highest quality ever alive playing. We all dream playing like that …we keep dreaming and practicing…jaja

[@timcrespin3030]

James Morrison get props for the most velvet-sexy voice throughout the registers.

[@b.stubbs6359]

Tim Crespin yes i agree. The Australian is the best by far. I’ve played on many occasions, he’s a lovely man

[@Michaelson100]

I'll give you props on that but the tongue control of Faddis is out of this world

[@TheZigzagman]

@Chris F. Class, my man. That's why.

[@dougputhoff3215]

Great observation….couldn’t agree more

[@robertrestomusic]

All sound great! Arturo is a friend of mine. He's a great guy and I know he has such admiration for the other guys as well.

[@paulpagels7429]

Jon Faddis has such a beautiful sound! ❤

[@fezzik7619]

Saw Faddis 25 years ago in Portland, ME with an 80 year old Clark Terry. Amazing show. My best friend is a professional trumpet player. We snuck back stage and they talked shop for a bit. Mr. Faddis was a very cool and laid back guy.

[@johnphillips7941]

What a great chance to see CLEARLY everyone's embouchures & hand positions (each little detail counts!) Thanks so much, Joseph! John.

[@jimbeem470]

OMG, we heard this so often from an old VHS recording... Never got boring :-))))))))

[@wyndhl9465]

Young Wynton's solos are lyrically well-structured and professorial - standard approach. Arturo demonstrates speed, triple and double- tongue techniques with Maynardian altissimos. Tommy swings progressively; speed, triple and double-tongue techniques with Maynardian overtones in context are manifested by him. Jon is well-disciplined and effective as he summarizes the marvelous efforts of the other performers. What a virtuosic treat!

[@dreswan1]

Sounds like you know your stuff!

[@johnnylow643]

Who is tommy in this ?😂

[@Uustice.Ooolyck]

Johnny Low he’s the one that isn’t wynton, Arturo or James

[@marknekoba6561]

Wynton out of place here. Doesn’t have the chops to hang in a duel like this-esp with these guys.

[@JudahGuerra]

Thought that was James Morrison ?

[@restorationconcrete]

Props to the rhythm section. Play the sane blues changes over and over for 18 minutes.

[@seaustin40160]

Love Wynton Marsalis. Classy.

[@istvanbalogh8254]

Wynton Just kept it smooth and simplistic.. smooth jazz indeed!!

[@juanisabel8497]

Marsalis como siempre con esa elegancia que lo caracteriza, sin gritería ni aspavientos.

[@djfly-sx6rk]

People who have written disparaging comments about one player or another in this video are missing the point. It's a musical conversation, filled with humor and storytelling. It's like old friends getting together over beers, and it's pretty f*&king great, actually. It's fairly obvious to me which people commenting below still live in their parents' basements and claim to know things about improvised music that they really don't.

[@3RTracing]

Agree, this is a bunch of the best masters of the trumpet letting their hair down and having a lot of fun. There is a lot of mutual respect between these guys too. Each one, took their sections to different places tailored by their styles and experience. What a wonderful piece of jazz and a stellar performance by some the the worlds greatest players.

[@jesurunr.3333]

djfly1212-I just got here and saw your comment right off, and I was surprised. I live in my parent's basement. Well, it's just my mom's now, actually. My Dad died a couple of years ago, so she lives alone, except that I live in the basement apartment. I pay $400.00 a month in rent though, so I'm technically a tenant, but it's still my mother's house, and I still feel like a loser to live here even though it's a great place to live; I'm just being divorced after I yelled at my wife and grabbed her phone out of her hand and threw it across the room. I was freaked out and upset because I was very delusional and hearing voices that people were about to die that night, and I was upset that she didn't believe me. I went to jail for a couple days, and then I began hearing voices telling me to go back to Utah, so right away I got on a bus and my mother picked me up in Salt Lake City and took me back home. Shortly after that I was hospitalized and committed and drugged, and now I'm writing the single most frightening book of all time. Anyway, I'm putting a book together, and I was taking a break and my friend sent me a text with a link to this video, and after reading your comment, I wanted you to know that I'm just writing a book about the end of the world that's gonna be the beginning of a terrible life for me, and my death as well, as I will be executed by my brothers and sisters and aunt in a few years for my supposed acts that they will believe that I committed before I was born. So I write about the Laws of God and the end of the world in a basement apartment, and I used to play in highschool and college and I thought I would take a break and listen to some jazz, and it's all good.

[@greg4673]

MANY STYLES AND APPROACHES HEARD HERE IN JAZZ, BLUES, AND R/B. each of these are masters of the techniques and the genres. Anybody saying different just hasn't played horn and studied enough. Just sayin'.

[@tmbs1139]

Word

[@Mrmidtown1]

"Wynton does this... but Faddis did that.. but Arturo played so much faster!... but Morrison really got the lyrical nature of the blues..." B.S. No musician goes up on stage thinking that. You're spot on. Why can't we just enjoy 18 minutes of the same blues chords played four unique ways, and LEARN. They had fun, we should too.

[@rinklednuggets9933]

I find so much comedy in this. Always makes me laugh.

[@pabloarias7495]

Son unos monstruos. Cada uno es tan bueno como el otro y viceversa. Fabulosos!!!!

[@richardcastle1267]

Very... playing with heart & soul Wow !!

[@kennethpack1963]

Lot of talent on that stage, no doubt about it!!!

[@koladephilip3137]

Each style is distinctive. I love them alll

[@keithharmon7824]

Like watching a classic boxing match of two great warriors. To close to score a winner without diminishing another in the group. But on a side note. If you want pure entertainment that is electrifying and exciting to watch. #1. Phil Driscoll playing the Shofar horn at the White House, he had them spell bound. #2 Doc Severinsen and Sandocal. #3. Al Hirt. Lets just call them the Magnificent Seven of the trumpet playing wizards. We are blessed to have them as are mentors for sure to inspire the younger generation of players. Like the Ali, Frazier, Norton, Shaver Era. Perhaps never to be seen again. Thank you for posting this video. Sending it out to some younger relatives that are playing now. I played the Bach and traveled around the country during college break. Only to discover, traveling in bands was not my cup of tea. Gonna Fly Now. Cheers.

[@richardwalker9826]

Al Hirt could double and triple tongue with perfect staccato and beautiful tone. He will always be in a class by himself, not to belittle anybody else.

[@keithharmon7824]

@@richardwalker9826 Point well taken but not sure about class all by himself.

[@cldavis33]

I normally listen to sax players since I play sax, but these guys are just insane. Incredibly refreshing to hear this.

[@leonidpronin4141]

Oh what are so great musicians, simply awesome!

[@scottedward3030]

Holy crap this is probably my favorite thing I've ever seen on KZbin

[@carolynleudanski239]

Never gets old to listen to. Unbelievable performances!

[@ronaldhampton1611]

Wynton, was the most musical to me. He didn't use gymnastics, just lyrical beauty.

[@ericjohnson2894]

I friggin LOVE it! As a trombonist, I draw a lot of inspiration from these gentlemen!

[@jimfeehan1575]

I was able to see Sandoval Live in concert at Epcot center a number of years back. He is awesome doing his latin style !!

[@hokeypokey2064]

Greatest trumpet video on KZbin

[@charlesnoska2225]

Wow, such talent, and I got to hear it.

[@holygroove2]

I like how Faddis incorporates the old and the modern styles. At 9:43 he throws in the first part of that famous trumpet solo/intro from Louis Armstrong on West End Blues. He makes it fit in a place where you don't expect.

[@Thursdaym2]

I've just been to trumpet heaven!

[@rickpantoja9752]

If you ever played trumpet at a high level, it's easy to hear that James Morrison is on another level. The guy is a musical savant, a monster in the jazz community.

[@IsaiahSMC]

I love the good comments here, explaining who they like and why they like their style without bashing the other players.

[@timeisnow4116]

@10:13 wynton plays a descending pattern and Arturo comes in with an ascending pattern, not sure if that was coincidence or just quick thinking on Arturos part, whatever it was, it was dope

[@JosephNoise]

"Both are pure improvisation! Thank you very much for sharing your feelings, thoughts."

[@timeisnow4116]

Joseph Noise I habitually do the same in a way, I try to transcribe the tenor players last lick, as I'm coming in lol

[@holygroove2]

Call and response. That's one of the foundations of this music. Arturo was actually listening to Wynton and playing something that was related. It certainly was not (at least it seemed like it wasn't) coincidence. You can chose to build on what the person before you contributed, or you can make your own statement. The music is fun like that. Good observation.

[@holygroove2]

It happens again between Arturo and Morrison at 10:36. Arturo plays this bluesy half valve thing at the end of his turn, and then Morrison repeats it exactly the way that Arturo played it. It's a way of saying, "I hear that...yeah man!" Think about regular conversation with your friends. Don't you do this kind of thing? Call and response...that's the traditional way of playing - you have to listen to what's happening around you and respond. It's fun!

[@timeisnow4116]

holygroove2 I do

[@colinberry707]

I love the four of them however when it comes to the blues Wynton is the Master of cool

[@langleybryant8641]

Colin Berry I think the other three were going for hard bop

[@shemueltannak4799]

ARTURO'S UNBELIEVABLE!!! VIRTUOUSSSSSSSSSSSS... INCREDIBLE!!! A GENIUS MUSICAL!!! UNIQUE!!!

[@elz1250]

When you know how to play, and you take the guess workout of playing music, you get this, best trumpet/jazz/mambo, and blues players the world has ever seen. Where my glass of whiskey on the rocks and suit at. Can't forget my trumpet

[@hughpenner1417]

That solo from Arturo at 10:21 is one of my favourite bits of the whole song because of how lyrical it is in sense that it carries Wynton's solo so well, sort of like finishing a sentence or a story for him.

[@DanOlin-p8j]

I first heard John Faddis in the early 70s. I was at downstairs at jimmys. He opened for dizzy Gillespie. All I can say is wow

[@peach6405]

Jon Faddis fingerings are so clean, his fingers seem so calm as he's playing the most ridiculous lines.. Crazy combo to have them all on one stage together, mindblown.

[@TheBUBBAMEX]

Frikkin amazing. All different styles and flavor. Close your eyes and buckle up for the ride!!

[@evansmusic48]

What an enjoyable 18 minutes eh?!! Outstanding!

[@JosephNoise]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it..! From trumpet masters you can only expect wonders like these.

[@evansmusic48]

Absolutely!

[@solusmusic80]

Everyone is great respectively but Wynston is so musical with his solos so I personally think that he did the best here. Everyone else was going for range and speed but he just killed it musicality wise

[@Playthellgb42]

YOU ARE RIGHT!!! PLEASE READ "WYNTON IS THE GREATEST!!!" commentariesonthetimes.me/2016/08/02/wynton-is-the-greatest/

[@endriasyohannes6551]

Greatness personified! Thank you for sharing.

[@MorrisonScotch]

They all did wonderful

[@jbj6495]

I like how Morrison is so into each solos and such.

[@YoutubePizzer]

The sheer whiplash at 11:26 will never stop being hilarious to me

[@PauloCosta-km9xp]

Os 4 Gênios do Trumpet!!!! Que Show Maravilhoso! Infindos Aplausos!

[@hamiltonfernando4945]

Wynton Marsalis é um fenômeno 🎺🔥🎺

[@christellek4135]

This is stunning....the communication and fun generated by the improvisation and superb talent of these great musiciansisbeyond description.

[@bettynaka6752]

I like what they do. How can I also be like them

[@pnorton75]

Morrison combines all their styles into one seamless badass solo and smokes them all. Winton's low-range soul, Fadius's fast notes, and Arturo's range. If you can't see it/ hear it then you don't know trumpet players. He knew the assignment he studied and he nailed it.

[@TrumpetSaxist]

Wynton Marsalis Amazing tone story telling 💯 Arturo Sandoval story telling 💯 Jon faddis story telling 💯 James Morrison story telling 💯 Masters of music 🎵🎶

[@angeltrumsic8957]

Wynton marsalis siempre será mi eterno trompetista favorito

[@gleizernogueira9311]

Cada um no seu estilo e se divertindo juntos isso foi maravilhoso, todos mestre que show outro nível!

[@denysquinteromusica]

Gracias! es un documental de un momento grandioso en un escenario con unos grandiosos trompetistas, Wow!

[@brainfreeze1925]

It doesn't really matter who I like best as they are all great. I just wish I was there at the time!!

[@GBAL42022]

who in the WORLD gave this a Thumbs down ??? 4 of the GREATS in the Industry !!!

[@BryanByrne-l9q]

Great musicians

[@rmp3769]

all amazing

[@langdjango2873]

How did Arturo play that bit with no mouthpiece?! Just great blowing all around!

[@rossdraper614]

All & Each quite entertaining in their own ways!!!!

[@franciscoleite4510]

Wonderful, Galactico four giants of the trumpet

[@piedpeter1]

Glad to see the masters with their own individual styles and flavors of the night. Some more lyrical, some technically insane. Next show they'll all each play something different! I've never seen Wynton play same show 2 nights in a row, lol. .

[@gruntrvn]

INCREDIBLE!! Thank you for posting

[@JosephNoise]

Thanks!!!

[@breakfastplan4518]

Quite a fun conversation between 3 of those trumpet players.

[@Dropshot1]

john faddis is watching wynton like i wish i was as good as you!

[@davidconklin8956]

Just wonderful

[@raymondfallon7429]

I'm scatching my head at the criticisms like "that's not the language of jazz" - the language of jazz is freedom; to break out of one mold and to examine the material from a different point of view. The high playing isn't bad. The fast playing isn't bad. The lyrical playing isn't bad. In fact it's all amazing. Is it straight up blues? No. That was a stepping off point. Did they step in different directions? You bet. That's what jazz is about - if we could incorporate this ability to listen to the interpretation of different ideas into an international context we might not be in shot a crap spot in history. Winton for Secretary General of the UN! Stop trying to make them sound the way you think they SHOULD sound and listen to what they're saying. (climbing slowly down from my soap box - this stuff gets harder all the time).

[@jazzman34100]

Quite a few of you on here say that you're professional musician, etc. ; well so am I and I find it interesting that you find playing fast and high equals being the "better player" totally ignoring the fact that in my opinion and a few others on here also that stylistically it did not move me at all because this was a swing blues, not a bebop contest. It was a testosterone filled ego battle, totally ignoring the context of the music and tradition. I think some of you forgot that jazz is the only art form that originated in America and it was invented and played by African Americans; now you've got white boy, academic musicians deciding whose is the superior musician among a bunch of greats based on your own preferences. If you think Winton can't play "fast" and high then you must not be familiar with his discography. He is the only trumpet player to win grammies in two categories in the SAME YEAR. Playing high and fast licks may be fascinating to some of you soulless drones; but to me the performance has to match the style of the music, which may include some flash; but not just for the sake of SHOWING OFF.

[@nfosse]

No, brother it’s anything in Ken Burns doc (RIP jazz) and/or anything in the Berkelee Real Book. Also play Parker faster than he ever did. More notes and loud is hip. Be serious though.

[@marknekoba6561]

It’s a trumpet duel, pure and simple. Testosterone fueled, show me what you got! Wynton didn’t have the vocabulary to keep up. Not about screaming or bebop playing-just an old fashioned throw down. The 3 of them were throwing haymakers while Wynton was being Wynton and trying to be melodic. It wasn’t that type of jam session. Blues was the foundation, but there’s never been a trumpet duel that stayed strictly in a laid back blues style. If Maynard or Venutti or a dozen other guys had been out there they would’ve been screaming and showing off their technique. How cool was it to see Arturo play without his mouthpiece? That wasn’t about artistry, that was just having fun and showing off. I think you missed the point of the whole duel.

[@bartholk13]

@@jazzman34100 Anyone who doesn't know that Jazz was founded by African Americans has their head in the sand. However, not all "white boys" are academic musicians, and just because they're white does not mean that they are less talented then African Americans or that they haven't earned their greatness. They have worked hard to become what they are; ALL of them. You don't become "a great" through someone else's hard work or because you didn't invent jazz. I am sorry that you are missing the point of four greats, regardless of how they got there, playing for the enjoyment of it. Let's face it, ALL MUSICIANS have a bit of testosterone in them; when the music takes us away, it becomes a battle against self.

[@johnnymalonejr4895]

@@marknekoba6561 You sound like one of my junior high music students or better yet a rank amateur. This wasn't a freakin' duel.

[@sonoraimperial5054]

Muy profesional y brillante ejecución de estas eminencias en los metales. Somos coleguitas en este bello arte que es la musica.

[@soylire30]

This is literally incredible wow

[@ademircamelo]

Arturo é insano, porém o Marsalis tem um som de blues original ,lindo!!! São os 4 monstros

[@master7304]

Masterful!!!! Absolutely Magnificent

[@alvarocerritos]

13:35 WHAT an awesome entrance from Marsalis! 🎺

[@severoruizcortes7998]

Ensamblado hace muchos años, los intérpretes están vigentes y tiene cada uno su propio sonido espectacular.

[@Newy90]

Wynton and James way classier than the other two. All legends though!

[@montecarlomethod-youtube]

Turned into squeak central! Love it❤

[@patheddles4004]

Took me a while to realise, they're all taking the piss out of each other. Or for the non-Aussies here, poking fun at each other good-naturedly. Most of it's way over my head, but even what I can follow is hilarious. And of course they're absolutely incredible musicians.

[@hamiltonfernando4945]

Marsalis é um fenômeno 🎺

[@imaslowlerner]

Now that was a class.

[@우정식-s2s]

very good ~~~!!!

[@angelomaggioguldner4562]

Maravilloso 😊!!!

[@Usmctbone]

I'd be interested in hearing them go at it again to see how time has changed their playing

[@waltergalvez3755]

....I Love this Quartet ... they make a good dialogue ...

[@Goyote]

Blissfully awesome