Wynton Marsalis Warming Up

[@AsianTarzan94]

Im 16 years old, and when I saw him last night, I was watching Ali Jackson on the drums, then I looked and Wynton was looking right at me and smiled and nodded to me. Very Awesome.

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

AsianTarzan94 so ur 24 now how does it feel bro

[@8starsAND]

I wish you're good now

[@mooncher]

​@_maxcaulfield_4672 He's 28 now😐

[@tiesbijl2487]

so ur 29 now how does it feel bro

[@frogiwthoutahat]

His warming up is better than my peak performance... Oh the joy

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

you perform warmup exercises?

[@jeremykelker8908]

Does it make you feel better to know he's also left-handed?

[@tuzkosalamon1450]

OF COURSE HE IS WYNTON FUCKIN MARSALIS HIS FEEL IS ABOVE ALL JAZZ HAHAHAH

[@samueladam8725]

I just love this video. The idea of practicing excellence on the instrument whenever you play, including when warming up, is something that everyone should subscribe to.

[@trossitrumpet]

Not only can he play every style of jazz, quote the best players from every style, but he can dominate the classical field as well. Wynton Marsalis is in my opinion not only the greatest living trumpet player, but the greatest trumpet player of all time! The only argument that I could possibly think one could have against that is that Marsalis has not innovated as much as Pops, Dizzy, or Miles. That aside, skill-wise he is the greatest to play the horn and it is an absolute joy to hear him play

[@TucsonDude]

Excellent + Famous does not necessarily make someone the best ever. Who's to say there's not an instructor with no fame, but is a true master?

[@hiimrezgaming9885]

@hugo Thats the most idiotic quote i have ever heard xD

[@codyjackson8884]

Ali Jackson is a beast.

[@OrcaTrumpet]

Woody Shaw had incredible facility and expression 🐬

[@franklee1550]

Be wary of idolization. Wanting us an excellent trumpet player, but to say he dominates as a classical player is naive to say the least.

[@0983Blade]

Even his warming up sounds so effortless it’s almost beyond words. I’m going to see him and Chuck Corea tonight as an early birthday gift for my dad. Since we both love jazz, it should be an awesome treat for my dad’s 70th. Keep up the great work Mr Marsalis and thank you for the enjoyable decades of musical prowess that you have shared with us mortals

[@evalex71]

Wynton performed at my high school during my senior year in 1989. I was an usher and therefore got to watch the concert for free and also got to meet him backstage. He was incredible in concert and, personally, was a gentleman and a terrific guy. When I asked him to give me advice as an aspiring trumpet player he said, in so many words, that you have to practice, playing the trumpet is difficult even for him.

[@brianbaumgarn5795]

I heard Wynton missed a note August 6th, 2004, but no one was there to hear it!. He absolutely amazes me everytime I hear him.

[@ghp7382]

Switch the 4 and 6 and you got my birth day

[@nbrister1]

Damn. I don't play anywhere near like that on my best days, and he's just warming up. A true virtuoso.

[@NjabuloHadebe]

I like how you mention on your "best days"... tell me more about it

[@nbrister1]

+pious Hadebe what do you mean?

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

+pious Hadebe Most everyone has days when their chops feel great and everything works and in contrast days when everything feels like complete dogshit, if you'll excuse my French.

[@NjabuloHadebe]

+Samuel Plays Brass Oh yes, I thought as much. It can be very frustrating. Do you perhaps know what causes that and any tips to keep your chops intact? excuse my English i'm from Africa.

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

pious Hadebe Anything can, from the weather if you play outside to getting a cut on your lip. I don't know how to keep your chops intact aside from not getting frustrated and using pressure on your lips to hit high notes when those bad days come. Also, your English is very good! Keep it up!

[@elkhartmartin]

yes. and the greatness of marsalis is that he acknowledges and celebrates the greatness of all his "rivals" . which you have to appreciate.

[@Threepi80]

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[@MichaelBrewick]

It kills me that he can't resist mentioning how good RK is at that slur exercise. What a class act all the way, always loved Wynton for 25 years now.

[@zqa12swx]

Man that low F# comes out smoother than butter

[@myseanmiller3186]

Wynton is simply The GOAL of The Trumpet. A Beast... and he is his own originality. He can play with anyone before/after his time. Wynton 1 bad musician not just a trumpeter remember that.

[@CheckeredPast]

It's amazing to see the thought process in development of solo's.. constructing ideas flowing them together and well just made me want to practice first thing in the morning!

[@somedude8403]

Finally a video of this great player (Wynton Marsalis), by himself. No drums, ect. Now for a guy my age (26), this is real music to the ears.

[@michaelsanchez347]

I'm your age now when you posted this 11 years ago. What's it like being 37?

[@SD_702]

I first saw this as an iTunes music video. I've probably watched this 200 times. Legend in flesh.

[@psander78]

I love how he just goes into phantom mode at 3:21, SHEESH!! Back to woodshed I go!

[@davidfranklin9578]

If the internet existed and I knew how to use it,we me everybody would benefit from people like this man.

[@trumpeterval8751]

Thank you Mr Marsalis for the lesson. Thank you Mr Casey posting.

[@Jaxon-nc4vg]

It’s absolutely amazing how he can play such difficult things that not only most people can’t play, but he plays them with such good of a tone and certainty in his notes, even when he’s only warming up. Wynton is nuts and deserves all the credit given to him.

[@buzzerbeater9000]

I love hows he's doing this all while laying back in a chair...

[@TheWatermelonLion]

awesome! love the mixture of the bronze trumpet and gold mouthpiece.

[@badddnote]

Wow! I love the different sounds he gets out of the horn and the accents he puts in there is really cool too. That is really inspirational....I think I'm going to go 'shed now

[@DaDubbaC]

The really awesome thing about this video is that as listeners we can organize what Wynton's approach to warm up is (in this video at least) into broad categories and then apply it to our own playing abilities! Thanks so much for posting this! It helped me organize my own warm up schedule. Or at least think about some different ways to approach that all-important, ever-overlooked, and underrated beast that is the Warm Up!

[@MyDoomedAccount]

I play trombone, I love Wynton, I transcribe his solo into my trombone repertoire. And I liked this video

[@inthemomenttomoment]

IT'S A MONET MOUTHPIECE WYNTON IS USING. YET, IT'S NOT THE MOUTHPIECE BUT THE MAN.

[@rollacoasterreview8278]

Tom Ato monette* I’m a monette horn player so I know he owns one aswell

[@badddnote]

He's a fantastic musician. Mouthpiece, horn, whatever! It doesn't matter. Music comes from your heart, mind, experience AND work! Plenty of hard work. That's what's inspiring, not licks, horns, mouthpieces but soul and WORK!

[@HectorGallegosmusic]

This is a very helpful video and inspirational to me as a trumpet player. I've only seen Wynton performing pretty much flawlessly but it's interesting watching Wynton as any other trumpet player doing some warming up, checking the range with alternate fingerings, etc.... I really enjoyed it.

[@gabrielwolf2352]

wow, he is human. what a relief.

[@HueyShabazz]

Right. Learning is a never-ending process for every body.

[@giyentstepp]

I agree. And a warm up is meant to find embouchure. He's probably already found his by this point. And then he's Wynton Marsalis - so that means the brain-muscle thing is mastered many times over. Sounds like he's playing extended patterns, arpeggios and other altered patterns that jazz trumpet students practice to help improvisation which makes sense because he's probably about to go on stage. He encompasses and preserves total knowledge of the styles within the jazz idiom. Great clip.

[@swampdweller5]

Thanks for sharing this! Fantastic-

[@craigsalvatore3401]

I'd pay money just to watch and listen to him warm up!

[@lcthorn225]

That drill starting at 3:20 and ending at 3:47 was crazy good

[@sugisugi291]

ずっと聴いていられる

[@samcheramie5856]

That half valving is so damn smooth

[@benjamindhall]

This looks like it's right before a show. He'd probably been playing all day by that point. More of a mental warmup than anything, I'm sure. Love it!

[@yvoncormier9762]

This is how it's done🔥

[@swmita]

@BirdDizCC You may be right about the airy sound, but maybe because he is trying to play some of the high notes softly and I am pretty sure he is styling some of those notes, can't be certain though. In any event, all I do is I just watch listen and learn. This was an excellent video to do just that. I am going to try and take some of what he was doing and incorporate that into practice.

[@jjohnsontrumpet]

how can you dislike a warm-up

[@sisimaruraru]

ウォームアップもカッコイイ！

[@Funkadelic3]

How the hell does he slur like that?! Lol Wynton and Ryan Kisor both have tremendous flexibility

[@Jayessdablu]

joe740544 practice

[@bellm60]

what a great compliment for Ryan Kisor

[@Veksta]

this video is gold!

[@Globaljazzer500]

astounding!! words fail ....and me likes to tell it as it is man? Wynton is a ftyer ....up and out of the stratosphere!

[@dbrown251]

I love arpeggios, I can mess around all day playing nothing but arpeggios. And that day will be a full and complete productive day in my eyes LOL :)

[@felipedias6297]

impressionante a facilidade e dominio sobre o instrumento....

[@retroneers]

anyone know wtf was going on at 3:21 ?

[@MaukiMcGruderJazz]

lip trilling on pedal tones

[@joaquinurruti2628]

MaukiMcGruderJazz do you know from what book can I read that exercices? thanks!

[@tribeking5]

MaukiMcGruderJazz I didn't even know that was a thing, is this achievable by humans?

[@blairgowan8836]

Trying to start a car?

[@jojoUK120]

...and why? Does it help your lip?

[@this_musical_life]

People only dislike this because Wynton can not only warm up better than they can actually play but also because his mouth piece alone cost more than the trumpet they may or may not possess.

[@L13BAZ]

1:54 - first time I've ever heard him split a note. And he was warming up. Wow.

[@shgarrett624]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕....I love Wynton..🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@llnirvanallsottile9896]

Beautiful

[@Josh_Roberts]

oh shit he split a note at 4:53.....he is human!

[@NjabuloHadebe]

lol he is human.

[@michaelkeator9170]

Barely.

[@ryangreen9378]

+Josh Roberts no he is just trying to make it seem like he is human so that people don't question him

[@NjabuloHadebe]

XD!

[@KevinGenus]

He did it on purpose....

[@InstantSoup4]

@swmita I think the airy sound is from his equipment. I was talking to my teacher Darren Barrett yesterday about my B2S3 prana mouthpiece (I play on a Monette LTJ too) and how I sometimes get an airy sound when I dont want it. Its a great sound but I dont want it all the time. So yeah.

[@azhiba]

Thanks for sharing... cool it has been filmed from the side so that one can see the valving (-:

[@dfirstperson]

At this level of musicianship, there are no better or worse. You can have your preference!

[@elgagor]

Wynton Marsalis Plays very congratulations manow, tha ta congratulations, your show is improvised, I'm from Brazil, adimiro much their sound, congratulations man, wanted to one day play with tha, apreder some of his jazz;)

[@bjc2]

@skillfrombrazil C Locrian scale - all the same notes as Db major. At 4:14 he plays a Bb minor idea into a Db major sound (all of which is still really within the key of Db major.)

[@karajanfan15]

His low notes are so beautiful.

[@gotthesesongs]

I must have watched this 25 times

[@effnpee]

It doesn't get any better than that.

[@trumpetknox]

@theDarthh not technically a "slur" - he's lip-bending down below the natural range - does that answer it?

[@Hardyimpact21]

Clifford, Lee Morgan and all those other cats would appreciate this

[@markwarren518]

As a trombone player, I like this video. I also play trumpet, so that may be why.

[@jazzbonept]

Likewise. On both points (although I wouldn’t say I can really ply trumpet…).

[@davisc1926]

@BirdDizCC You're correct, but I think it was just strictly during warmup. Maybe with the camera's microphone being that close and in a small room has some to do with that.

[@VainFriggus]

@sparkyak213 7c is the beginner's mouth peice. I sometimes have trouble getting out a double f out on that, but I use a 3a. That's a typical high schooler's mouth piece.

[@Vitruvian42]

@Vitruvian42 Or rather (as a rough approximation): Concert A# Locrian, Concert G# Aeolian, Concert B Major.

[@AustinCasey]

That's the dumbest comment anyone has ever written on one of my videos... Wynton LOVES those cats that you mentioned and plays music by them very often and even has put on tribute concerts in honor of them. I've spoken with him and heard him speak live and in interviews and he discusses every style/era of Jazz and mentions every player from Buddy Bolden to Jonathon Batiste. I do agree with you that he is one of the best Jazz performers of our time though! :-D -Austin

[@GBUKMilo]

I could list to the 1st half of that all day. In fact I will.

[@timlanders2435]

wynton is the best hands down tone i flawless just a great player

[@maestrobetobarros]

The greatest trumpetist of the world

[@valter1974]

Wynton vc nao existe. é o melhor da atualidade.

[@MrMrsCorvette]

@MCroach1 Thank you for the details! In addition to the work with clark's studies, I have been working on Flight of the Bumblebee. They go nicely together.

[@McRaeStudios]

Ryan Kisor: trumpet player

[@pankfan60]

+David McRae I'll say! I didn't catch his comment about Kisor's slurring until the second viewing. Interesting.

[@jambajoby32]

David McRae Kisor has a new short video of him & lip slurs

[@nealhillam5622]

The GOAT!

[@etyrnal]

gorgeous tone

[@robertodp88]

Can someone tell me in which book can I find this warm up? Hahahaha!!! Wynton is the best!!!

[@BoyYardee]

True Virtuoso! EL Maestro del Trompeto!

[@leatherbarrel]

damn, he's not even kicking his 1st/3rd slides, what a beast

[@AWES0MEDEFENDER]

its because his trumpet is perfect

[@llamont123]

I don't believe his trumpet has a 1st valve slide ring/trigger mechanism.

[@Gr8nessnMe070]

really dude? It's called having an ear and hearing the notes before you play them.

[@alexcarter8807]

I'm too damn lazy to use mine. I hear the note in my mind then make the note I guess, like whistling. As I told a friend who plays sax; "You gotta know where you're going, or you'll end up somewhere else!". This guy ... it's like watching Leonardo da Vinci doodle, or hearing Bach just messin' around ... a master at play.

[@yougianfir]

In the first 3 min I think he’s working on “You and the Night and the Music” as reference. Can you hear that?

[@JalenBellMusic]

wynton is the best trumpet player on the earth. period.

[@mrssquarepants1000]

love his eyebrow movements :D

[@peterpinter7999]

Yeah. Good, old sound & time. Original and his own notes=> New way by the making of the melodies🎺. The classical studies can be also hear💎. Congratulation🤗❤!

[@OzoneOso]

now this is how you warm up!

[@jgoljgoiw]

hi, i went to a jazz camp last year and had private lessons with Claudio Roditi and his playing is outstanding. His style is very different from Wynton's though. But they both hold to the same principle. Play trumpet to play. Be great. They are both equal in musical talent.

[@haroun4165]

The term 'warm up' is just an academic phrase. The trick is to never cool off. The horn is never off the lip long enough for the mind to lose the memory of the placement of the mouthpiece on mouth.

[@olivierbodson]

Just" thank you" for music !!!

[@trptguy23]

guys he not trying to play perfect he trying to get the whole mind body connect in a completely relaxed way....his fingers are working on their own accord. I think he is doing what Kenny Werner does all the time.

[@NoochyWoochy]

That trumpet he is holding.... It's one of my most famished dreams to have that trumpet.

[@DerkDoesCrime]

bob m marley Brand is Monette as far I know

[@sasktrucker487]

those low lips slurs though!....wow!!!!

[@jeff77789]

I think its a Monette B2S3 in a custom weight that is offered only for his trumpet and other monette trumpets

[@topiaz951]

what a boss!!! what a beast!!!

[@PrincessAmelica]

Could anyone please, please, please tell me what he is saying at about 3:46 until he starts playing again??? Please!!!

[@Fe4rEdsNIp3z]

I have a friend in my school that got to play a duet with Wynton Marsalis

[@SuperMaDBrothers]

Stay Woke where/how

[@0HORNMASTER0]

$20,000 trumpet ...

[@loganwhittington4817]

Priceless talent

[@hunteralexander9791]

I found the exact same trumpet at a yard sale for $5. Name a price and I'll sell it to you lol

[@bjc2]

No you didn't.

[@SedentaryArtist]

Grossly overpriced

[@bjc2]

Please tell us more about your understanding of what it costs to build a horn like that.

[@J52390]

@BirdDizCC I sure am. watching that man play is so inspiring. Trying to strive for that kind of playing ability is like reaching for the stars, it's impossible but it's worth a try anyway right? :P

[@orjazzmicintentions]

@MrMrsCorvette Wynton is just playing around and improvising his warm up. You might want to try some Clarkes etudes at to speed.

[@MrMrsCorvette]

@MCroach1 Thank you for answering. I am referring to the faster notes part of the warmup; Also, what is "airball"? and do you mean A (Major scale) and the 6th above it? I do various warmu ps from Mel Bay's Trumpet Handbook and Clark's Technical studies. I'm a bit of a rookie in all these things. Thanks for your help!

[@Chifan71]

The exercise he's playing at 4:21 sounds a little Schlossberg-y

[@PrincessAmelica]

@kingoliver45 thank you soooooooooo much!!!!

[@rodfriesen6697]

Nice warmup! Horn Players Rock!