http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/07/30/wynton-marsalis-%e2%80%9cthe-sweet-embrace-of-life%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/07/30/wynton-marsalis-%e2%80%9cthe-sweet-embrace-of-life%e2%80%9d/#comment-3549 A. CONLEY Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:25:14 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/07/29/wynton-marsalis-%e2%80%9cthe-sweet-embrace-of-life%e2%80%9d/#comment-3549 I CRY NEARLY EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO "THE SWEET EMBRACE OF LIFE." THAT PIECE IS SO MOVING. I FIRST LISTENED TO WYNTON IN THE SPRING OF 1985, WHEN I WAS A SOLDIER STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA "(HOT HOUSE FLOWERS" WAS THE FIRST TUNE I LISTENED TO). MY LIFE CHANGED AFTER THAT. I LEFT SMOOTH JAZZ (GROVER WASHINGTON, GEORGE BENSON, ETC.) IN RICE FIELDS OVER THERE, AND BECAME A BELIEVER AND DEFENDER OF THE "CONCEPTION." WYNTON IS A HERO, BECAUSE HE ARRIVED JUST WE NEEDED HIM: DURING THE DARK MUSICAL DAYS OF THE EARLY 1980S. I CRY NEARLY EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO “THE SWEET EMBRACE OF LIFE.” THAT PIECE IS SO MOVING. I FIRST LISTENED TO WYNTON IN THE SPRING OF 1985, WHEN I WAS A SOLDIER STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA “(HOT HOUSE FLOWERS” WAS THE FIRST TUNE I LISTENED TO). MY LIFE CHANGED AFTER THAT. I LEFT SMOOTH JAZZ (GROVER WASHINGTON, GEORGE BENSON, ETC.) IN RICE FIELDS OVER THERE, AND BECAME A BELIEVER AND DEFENDER OF THE “CONCEPTION.” WYNTON IS A HERO, BECAUSE HE ARRIVED JUST WE NEEDED HIM: DURING THE DARK MUSICAL DAYS OF THE EARLY 1980S.

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