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The September 2010 issue of DownBeat highlights bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, who continues her upward trajectory with a modern chamber music project that combines the spontaneity of improvisation with sophisticated string trio arrangements. Other artists featured in this issue include pianists Danilo Pérez and Billy Childs and guitarist Al Di Meola.
Marsalis To Release Jack Johnson Score Posted
10/22/2004
Wynton Marsalis has composed and recorded the original score for Ken Burns' upcoming PBS documentary, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson, a portrait of the first-ever African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World. Conjuring up the early 1900s jazz current to Johnson's life (1878-1946), Marsalis' score perfectly complements Burns's film, capturing all the dramatic tension inherent in Johnson's story, from the joy of ultimate triumph to the despair of inescapable oppression.
The soundtrack CD will be released by Blue Note on Nov. 30. PBS will air the two-part documentary on Jan. 17-18, 2005.
