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Originally Posted by BADBOY-DON  Not only that he is the most important player in this century but gzzzzzesh!
How many other human beings with not only talent for playing trumpet (yes of all styles) also has won the musical composers P-Prize for "Blood on the Fields" AND ONE AMAZINGLY GIFTED JAZZ MUSICAN.
I am adorning my BRASS-FLACK-JACKET on this very moment when I shall proclaim:
WYNTON MARSALIS, at this moment in time is.....
THE "DUKE ELLINGTON OF THIS CENTURY!" |
If we are to draw comparsions, I feel that Wynton is more like the Leonard Bernstein of our generation than Duke Ellington.
Ph, could you provide us with specific criterion for judging someone a jazz giant?