Wynton Marsalis - Cherokee

1993 Bern - Wynton Marsalis Septet
Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet)
Marcus Roberts (Piano)
Reginald Veal (Bass)
Herlin Riley (Drums)
Septet members not seen in the video:
Wycliffe Gordon (Trombone)
Wess Anderson (Alto Sax)
Walter Blanding (Tenor Sax)
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This video is a re-upload after the channel it was originally posted on, "darominu", was taken down for copyright infringement. The video is entirely the same as the original copy. The performance originally aired on the advertising-free public television network 3sat in Central Europe.

[@siriusgoddess3760]

They play so eloquently and divine, Marsalis the Master of Cherokee...I promise you I can scat this whole horn arrangement with my mouth that's how much I listen to it! Who's still listening in 2021?

[@greggalvarez1096]

2022, still revisit it every once in a while. Played professionally in orchestras for a while. Been learning the other side of things.

[@connieconway244]

Listening Tues, 2022

[@jehoons2001]

2023

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Wynton's sense of rhythm is amazing. Oh, also those trumpet skills.

[@ziruini5071]

SoaringTrumpet oh yeah those too

[@jwmc41]

True on both counts. But am I the only one for whom his fast/complex playing sounds a bit like an annoyed bumble be? Frustrated at searching for melodic originality but never finding it? And going too fast to even notice if he stumbled on it by accident?

[@tazpoochie]

@@jwmc41 yes your probably the only one

[@jwmc41]

@@tazpoochie 😀

[@spykid911]

Landing on the 1 is pretty much the minimum requirement for an improviser.

[@arienzeutenread2964]

The, most magical trumpeter of the modern era, any genre, not only jazz. Wynton.

[@xavibernad9820]

Not best latin style trumpeter srry

[@MichaelUhler]

Relax bro

[@bassplayerxxd4873]

Who cares whos best... its all subjective and all i know is that wynton is a monster of a trumpeter.

[@sylviacarlson3561]

@@xavibernad9820 why do you say that?

[@campgrounds05]

@@sylviacarlson3561 cuz its definitely arturo sandoval

[@TheLogicBeast]

That lick at 1:38 is insane. If I hadn't just heard it I'd say it's impossible.

[@JmmTrumpet]

looked like it hurt. lol

[@cyrustorres8401]

so awesome

[@alamooji3716]

Lmao!

[@twinpyramid5985]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@ThommasThompson]

2:50. The beauty of circular breathing. Does a 15 second phrase of 8ths. 4:40. What is he feeling here? So tasty.

[@yeniarivarola]

Could you help me understand how circular breathing works? Greetings from Paraguay

[@yeniarivarola]

@@sandyc7250 thanks for your anwer. Best wishes

[@Dprest-nd4yc]

@@yeniarivarola básicamente inflas tus mejillas con aire, y usando la fuerza de tus mejillas utilizas ese aire para tocar el instrumento, de esta forma no usas tus pulmones y te da un chance para respirar. Luego tienes que hacer la transición de usar aire de tus mejillas a el aire de tus pulmones.

[@yeniarivarola]

@@Dprest-nd4yc muchas gracias por esta explicación. Suena difícil de hacer! Interesante. Va un saludo.

[@sosexybobbie]

Cherokee!!! Wow! Wynton us a MONSTER! Phenomenal

[@mrz88]

1:38 - 1:42 WAT

[@KC-wf9zc]

The fact that theres an option to translate this to english is hilarious

[@LymanZerga1]

Ive watched this many times. Beautiful

[@DayneReedy]

Spectacular, on it, moving, so great! Made my morning listening to this.

[@CarlJohanRenault]

I see a lot of comments about technicality and don't get me wrong this is breathtakingly impressive (and I have almost no knowledge about how to make a sound and play notes on the trumpet as well as the circular breath), with that said but I reckon a lot of people a also missing the "point" of it all, the sheer musicality and beauty of the song, not focusing only on the technical aspect and "chops" :)

[@MrJuan3259]

Madre de mi vida, que manera de tocar la trompeta, Wynton es un monstruo de monstruos....

[@jay_murs4508]

Dude went full on Church 4:45 to 4:54

[@mattweiman5144]

definitely a subtle allusion to the Christian Missionaries who forced their religion on the Native Americans

[@Dprest-nd4yc]

@@mattweiman5144 lol

[@maxalain9948]

@@mattweiman5144 good lmao. Based

[@Flagdue]

I love how they leave the head out. This is seriously insane trumpet.

[@jsbesodope3814]

Beautiful performance

[@jimingram2702]

Heaven. After all these years, people still chase the Yardbird.

[@smctrout4423]

and Brownie

[@SeerTrulth]

Good gat dam, Wynton killed that so bad it hurt me! Unbelievable artistry, effort and prodigy. Unbelievable.

[@Hubtones1]

Anyone who knows trumpet playing understands jazz trumpet playing has lacked integrity among 95% of it's players. This guy brought integrity back to the forefront of jazz improvisation on the trumpet.

[@dcj991]

I know this is a year old comment but could you elaborate

[@brianbentley4386]

Boxing Forum Amen

[@Mariachikids00004]

Pls

[@robertadinolfi4217]

Hmm. I have heard a few of unknown people or relatively unknown people who uphold the integrity of the instrument. The Condoli Brothers, Jackie Morreale and Don Joseph. Didn't get Wynton when he first came out but he's grown and I love his work.

[@lxxwj]

what does this even mean lmao. "integrity"??

[@loganwhittington4817]

This clip redefines playing your ass off.

[@SeerTrulth]

Got dam yes, Logan.

[@alanwebbguitar]

This is the greatest trumpet tour de force I have ever seen…

[@smctrout4423]

Listen to Clifford Brown's recording, then get back to us.

[@jamesrawlins735]

I would say when you consider both his classical and jazz skills, he is the greatest trumpeter of all time.

[@hughpenner5051]

@@smctrout4423I know how sacrilegious this sounds, but this is subjectively a WAY better solo than Clifford’s. Brownie’s may have been better/more innovative relative to the music of its time, but if you put that aside, I think this one is undeniably better, and I’m just about the biggest Clifford fan ever.

[@El_Bueno]

That trumpet is so bad ass

[@mattknowles227]

Wynton is also maybe the greatest Classical trumpet player, and people seem to overlook that also. He gets much credit of his Jazz but not so much for his Classical

[@clarisusa]

matt knowles he doesn’t play much classical anymore, but when he did, he was arguably the best soloist ever in terms of expression and musicality, not to mention his inhuman technical facility.

[@BB27823]

Nakariakov is just on another level now in terms of classical imo. Check out the video he did with AR resonance trumpets, it's unlike anything I've ever heard

[@Mariachikids00004]

matt knowles first time I ever watched a video of Mr. Marsalis was in middle school and he was playing some Hummel and Haydn piece. I loved it

[@karlrovey]

He doesn't get credit in classical because he is prominent in the jazz world. Up until recently, it was common for professors and adjudicators at solo contest to tell people not to listen to Wynton Marsalis as an example of to play trumpet literature. A lot of conservatories and music schools would kick you out of their programs if you got caught playing in jazz groups.

[@sage2556]

@@BB27823 Yes I agree. Sergei Nakariakov is in his own league. Single tonguing “Moto Perpetuo”. Who can do that!

[@trubach1]

WOW! jazz monster. amazing! 😮😊

[@billymaybank4552]

Won a Grammy for jazz and classical

[@khaimang4]

Trumpet playing at it's best. Wynton shows how it's done. Not an easy instrument to play,; let alone master. This, coming from a Jazz pianist of boo coo years.

[@benmckay4004]

All of this while playing into a phone book. Truly amazing

[@travelingman9763]

killing bro! Show em who's boss!

[@WampsPlace]

Early on, I thought Marsalis was a good trumpet. Go listen to him live and it will remove all doubts. His tone and sound are among the best I've ever heard. He's a player. Wycliffe Gordon is to the bone what Marsalis is to the Trumpet. And he sings from the gut like Louis Armstrong. I spent two weeks with him studying jazz and he impressed me like few players. Go listen to him live.

[@cerimccoy]

My God! Mind blowing musicality!!!

[@tazpoochie]

Blown away by this . Thank god for talented people that keep us entertained and thank god for KZbin

[@eeaammui]

I know he can play like this for 50 years....

[@Soap_MC]

This is the greatest trumpet solo I’ve ever heard. Period. And I’ve heard everything. I’ve heard Wynton live multiple times. I’ve talked with him, and can assure you he’s one of the most respectable people on the planet.

[@m.r.2183]

Young Wynton routinely criticized other musicians, including Miles, Bill Evans, electric jazz fusion, and anybody who wasn’t conforming to his approved jazz formula of blues, Armstrong and Ellington. Yep he’s a great trumpet player no doubt but he’s impossibly arrogant. I’d rather hear Brownie on this tune.

[@BrownmanAli]

@@m.r.2183 Yep. Co-signing this.

[@denisbrasil4719]

Ele é de outro planeta!

[@massimilianocompagno8401]

When you listen a version like this, realize how great and beyond the others trumpeters was a genius like Chet Baker.

[@tonysan5585]

No one like chet!!!

[@magmahawk583]

Chet was beyond this?

[@mchetb]

@@magmahawk583 Absolutely yes.

[@magmahawk583]

@@mchetb how was Chet better?

[@mchetb]

@@magmahawk583 Marsalis is a cascade of notes placed there, played at unthinkable speeds, only to make you exclaim "wow", a pure technicality for its own sake, but Chet, his lyricism, that way of choosing the right note among thousands, only he had it.

[@nealhillam5622]

GOAT

[@notguiltymlud]

Don't see the point of comparing Wynton's version of Cherokee with that of the brilliant Clifford Brown or anyone else. It is just different, significantly different. It's his own way, and outstanding in terms of musicality and technique. And it swings like hell.

[@ericschultz6539]

Well, if we learn something, then there is indeed a point in comparing the two.

[@tpledger100]

The most influential trumpeter of our time!

[@smctrout4423]

Don't miss the bass player walkin' at about 350 beats/minute

[@nnn4376]

it's roundabout 290 JFC, but yeah impressive as hell.

[@kennyhuntsman7982]

That lick from 5:22 to 5:54 is just nuts

[@tpiebes]

The circular breathing there is incredible!

[@jtarko]

amazing tecnique

[@jtarko]

technique

[@cns7139]

Virtuosity, yes sir. Can’t say I really enjoy all the (non) melodic choices, but the rhythm is swingin.

[@El_Bueno]

Circular Breathing at 2:51

[@Djangolulu]

In the middle of a line above high C. Unbelievable.

[@supdude414]

251

[@teatlakourofficiel4375]

Mi aim kan lé komsa ....tro bel ! Jazz wouaaou

[@nicolasblondel5501]

Totally crazy !! so virtuose but so musical !

[@yeniarivarola]

Fantástico

[@twinpyramid5985]

2:51🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@musicwithrae]

Amazing!

[@jgneolardo8875]

5:25-5:53 MARATHON

[@stephensanders9319]

Demitri, where you at ?

[@leprachaunz5]

Wow!

[@Dubai1066]

What this is great

[@CINEMATOGRAPHERGR]

i love It

[@daguitovideos]

Sin palabras!!

[@firefallindustries1332]

Has anyone found a transcription of this?? I can’t find one for the life of me

[@danbrown7857]

Sweet baby Jeezus...😳😄

[@izzzDelta]

Okay, that was whack... The fact that W can just rip for pretty much ever and use circular breathing while playing ridiculously fast is just... Well it's whack. Upmost respect for this man.

[@calebtuckrt4619]

I don't think you you understand what whack means

[@JahdaiCarter]

caleb tuckrt fr lol

[@yonyhernand_z]

wao!! toca como los dioses. 👏👏👏👏

[@trumpetg1]

Maybe the greatest of all time??? Geez!

[@sal2545]

Can I have one of your trumpets please?

[@cleach53]

oh man!

[@corleenfarley5770]

Fabulous! Flawless! Forever!

[@rodtrues1]

When u in the Zone,,❤😂 and I get there just thinking,,

[@alexandrepierre9752]

MUY BUENO

[@GamesGutzy]

2x speed have fun

[@419nigerianprincess8]

4:30-4:34 what the actual f

[@stringbean585]

Transcribe that!

[@JaviAlonsoL]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZuQpKSolq9nnc0 I did it

[@rochellewarren5008]

💜☄️🌌

[@UrGabijM8]

I'm here too :D

[@SeerTrulth]

This is like Ali/Frazier -- pick a fighter, either one, and he lost two years of his life with the effort expended.

[@njavevabingana1904]

Don't jinx the homie, we need all the masters here bud.

[@kennethwilliams7337]

So good and the main melody was never played

[@assignmentearth2899]

I know that's an early Monet model for him....the top of those valves look like they're from an old New York Bach.

[@jaysteve8048]

Well of course.

[@leahthomas6136]

Fuck yeah Winton you analogue weapon !!! Destroy the changes church

[@tazpoochie]

My trumpet can’t play this !

[@makeaplaytv7034]

💥💥💥💥💥🔥🎼🎼🎼🎺

[@claudiopanzera681]

Occorre ✋️ destra e la sinistra per suonarelatromba?

[@chrisloyd85]

How does this channel play ads when they just posting other people’s content lol

[@johnjacquard863]

clifford brown influence there? lol :D

[@liberabold6832]

Sakamichi no Apollon, Volume 9

[@JamesMBlackwell]

o...m...g...

[@jgneolardo8875]

1:08 DEAD

[@evanchristman2776]

2:47

[@tbonetime3568]

What kind of trumpet is that

[@SedentaryArtist]

+Sebastian Kirschner It is a Monette. It was one of the two first prototypes of the Monette Raja trumpets that Dave Monette built in about 1989. One was built for Wynton and the other was built for Charlie Schlueter.

[@Chris-ou6of]

What kind of mouthpiece is that it's flat like a bottle top.It made him sweat it was good.

[@lawrencebailey3008]

The $10,000 plus Monette mouthpiece is part of the trumpet custom built for him!!!!Before this, he played a Bach 1 1/2 C mouthpiece and a Bach 72 Stradivarius trumpet. WHEW!

[@mikegarcia4927]

And the composer is ...

[@thomashood5973]

He was open for business

[@landajimmy]

Him and Arturo Sandoval. My favorites

[@abelpadrosaltarriba2710]

kitipisa

[@RicardoMartinez-gn3gh]

Takes a lot of guts to play Cherokee. There is only one version--and that is the Clifford Brown...everything else is not even in the same Universe. No disrespect intended...but we are keeping it real...

[@garyleming3820]

Clifford's Cherokee was a breakthrough for his time, I transcribed the solo years ago, but honestly, Clifford doesn't come close to this. Actually, he might if he heard it, but this is beyond what is on the Clifford Brown/Max Roach album. There are actually a lot of trumpet players out there that can play the shit out of Cherokee, not very many at this level, though.

[@Will_Moffett]

I'm not a huge fan of Wynton as a jazz player. I thought he should have gone more into modern classical, done something different with his career other than play straight ahead jazz because he is a little too refined to play jazz the right way, in my humble opinion. However, this right here is awesome. This is when he was a little freer, before he started to go backward in time, into the roots of jazz with dogmatic worship.

[@comparedtowhat2719]

? What is the "right way" to play jazz'

[@Will_Moffett]

@@comparedtowhat2719 I think jazz should be played in an loose manner, with a tugging internal contradiction between an unrefined impulse and its meticulous expression. Wynton seems like a guy whose thoughts are a little too pure for jazz. His brother Branford is a better jazz man because he is more impulsive. Fittingly to this viewl, the consensus among sax players is that Branford can't play classical.

[@m.r.2183]

Agree. Dogmatic worship is ok if that’s what you want to do. It’s when you insist that others worship in the same as you or otherwise say they’re not “ playing real jazz” that it’s not so great.

[@earlrobicheaux2632]

Shit!

[@chuk9036]

yoo wtf

[@Sandoval2345]

Muito fraco

[@JL-bu8bz]

Renato Alves pq vc acha fraco?

[@trexgravyM91]

Kanye west is a musical genius. Lmao

[@asup759]

"pipeline of filth" - wynton marsalis, referring to rap and hip hop

[@franciscooliveira7089]

@@asup759 And his son is one of the greatest in the genre already with the outstanding debut, he just released. Check him out: Slauson Malone

[@IA-yi3zy]

Yet has no good sense of rhythm lmfao. Could have named literally anyone else and you wouldn't have seemed braindead ☠️

[@tbonetime3568]

That doesn't look at all like a b flat trumpet

[@forresthsu582]

+Sebastian Kirschner It actually is a Bb trumpet. It's a design by Monette, which is also known for it's iconic Flumpet, a Trumpet-Flugel hybrid. THe trumpet Wynton plays looks like a Monette Raja.

[@aidanwalkling8281]

+Forrest Hsu You're right, I'm pretty sure though, it's the Classic one.

[@freddymaf7754]

Frankly -- or Cliffordly, if you will -- I wouldn't trade one note of Clifford Brown for all of this latter-day Paganini's shenanigans.

[@SeerTrulth]

You are here to make Wynton into Cliff? Bless your love for Clifford. Leave HIM to say Wynton isn't doing it right. He wouldn't, by the way. He'd smile with jazz brotherhood.

[@freddymaf7754]

Not only are you putting words in my mouth but Clifford's as well. So you would read the long-past Clifford's mind? No doubt Clifford was smiling with jazz brotherhood when he said Miles's style was easy to imitate. Perhaps I am putting words in Wynton's mouth when I quote him as saying he wished he could play with Clifford's own joyous exuberance. Spare me. You're no seer, after all.

[@MegadethBetterThanMetallicope]

Seer's faveourite trumpet player is Wynton Marsalis, can anyone guess his faveourite saxophone player? I'll give you a hint, the last name starts with a 'G'!

[@freddymaf7754]

Please tell me it's not Kenny G.

[@MegadethBetterThanMetallicope]

Sorry, but yes, yes it is.

[@puipui7382]

i feel like marsalis was bad for jazz. he kind of promoted it as something bland and stagnant and the public perception never recovered. not that public perception is something to strive for artistically but i do find him to be boring. he kind of had a monopoly on the jazz institution and kept a lot of the people who were actually fresh and interesting out.

[@ryantogia4440]

reed richards fair opinion apart from the fact that you should shit in your hand

[@freddymaf7754]

I'll second that.

[@mattbell4511]

Are you just on all Wynton videos ahaha

[@Allencaillou]

I think if anything he just pigeonheld it into being a historical artifact as opposed to a living thing that can advance and progress (which is inherent and expected when you deal with a genre that explores improvisation as a main aspect). Not to say that jazz doesn't have a place in history, because it definitely does, along with parts of today's media (Family Guy, jazz musicians helping to collaborate with Kendrick, La La Land, etc), but to only explore the historical context of it is missing the point of it. Wynton is my favorite trumpet player, and I'll happily argue the point that he's the greatest jazz trumpeter in the world, if not history.

[@freddymaf7754]

I'll grant you that he's probably the most technically proficient jazz trumpeter ever, but if technical proficiency were what mattered most in jazz then no one would ever even have heard of Billie Holiday. When I listen to Wynton, that's mostly what I hear, his technical mastery of the instrument, little soul.

[@djsint]

I don't know, but it sounds ugly. I like Take Five song, but why its so hard to fing something like this.. All jazz that I find on youtube is ugly.

[@SeerTrulth]

He might just be from a different street than you are from. Wave to him and smile. Love him as a man, then go back to your life, which is very cool, too. Do your thing if other things are ugly to you. Or, if you like and learn from ugly, dive in.

[@manuel8887]

Maybe you don't like jazz? It's fine if you don't...

[@sosexybobbie]

Cherokee!!! Wow! Wynton us a MONSTER! Phenomenal

[@smctrout4423]

Clifford Brown's mini-me, maybe

[@tiaa706]

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