Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 21: The Imprint of The Immigrant

Delve into Wynton Marsalis's six-part Harvard University lecture series, covering a range of topics including jazz, what it means to be American, and the importance of cultural literacy and the arts in the liberal arts education.
XXI. The Imprint of the Immigrant
In this chapter, Wynton discusses the body of song created by immigrants to the New World.
Go to jazz.org/wyntonatharvard for the complete series.
"Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music" is a series of six lectures delivered at Harvard University between 2011 and 2014 sponsored by the Office of the President and Provost. The inaugural lecture, “Music as Metaphor,” was delivered in Sanders Theatre to a capacity crowd. It is an interpretation of the many unobserved symbols in American music and an investigation into how they illuminate the democratic process.
It covers many of the fundamental devices, forms, and songs that bind the different Americas together at the root. It is Marsalis's contention that "'Me vs. You' and 'Us vs. Y'all'-vs. 'All of Us'-remains the struggle at the heart of humankind and the central debate of our Constitution. How do we achieve a common ground when individual victories are so much more valued? This conundrum has been resolved harmoniously in our musical arts for more than a century. Under the vibrant din of our democracy, on the lower frequencies, sonic metaphors speak to and for us all. What they tell us about what it means to be American could serve us well in these divisive and uncivil times."
Performances by Marsalis's ensemble (with special guest, the iconic fiddler Mark O'Connor) punctuate the lecture with musical explanations.
Mark O’Connor - fiddle
Walter Blanding - reeds
James Chirillo - guitar
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums
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[@ricardofranciszayas]

Maestro Marsalis is a national treasure.

[@markmcginn8012]

Damn, he takes Cherokee off the shelf and crushes it. Outstanding.

[@jezster]

Why isnt this man more known.

[@eljoh]

This is GREAT. thank you !

[@Chrissepisje]

Funny thing is that Ellington's ambition to make music that was sophisticated yet popular is no different from Mozart's in his day. After all, before Classical music became classical, it was Pop.

[@billf24]

How many rural peasants heard Mozart? When you say "Pop" do you mean popular amongst the elite?

[@flatoutt1]

this is so precious and just magnificent . we are SO SO blessed. did Wynton put these words together or do they come from some other great mind ? we need our evangelists to open the riches up for us so we can see and taste them. this man is doing that and i'm an aussie music lover

[@daveydeboer2542]

One would imagine his father would have been a great inspiration for education like this.

[@nickvolzmusic]

Yes! 5:56

[@RealDavidN]

Sheer genius

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