Standard Time Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord

Performer: Wynton Marsalis
Artist: Harry Connick, Jr.; Eric Reed; Wycliffe Gordon; Danilo Perez; Wessell Anderson
Producer: Steve Epstein
Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment

Notes: Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Victor Goines (soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinet); Wessell Anderson (alto saxophone); Wycliffe Gordon (trumpet, trombone, tuba); Lucien Barbarin (trombone); Michael White (clarinet); Harry Connick, Jr., Eric Lewis, Eric Reed, Danilo Perez (piano); Donald Vappie (guitar, banjo); Reginald Veal (bass); Herlin Riley (drums). Engineers include: Todd Whitelock, Delfeayo Marsalis, Peter N. Dilg. Recorded at the Grande Lodge Masonic Hall, New York, New York on Jaunary 12 & 13, 1999. "Tom Cat Blues" was recorded on wax cylinder at the Thomas Edison laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey in 1993. Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch.

The Wire (1/00, p.101) - "...conceived...as a demonstration of 'the contemporary power' of early jazz, and to that end assemble a group which, for one track, includes Harry Conick Jr. on piano. The result is characteristically scrupulous..." JazzTimes (1-2/00, p.128) - "...Befitting the historic importance of Mr. Jelly Lord ['Roll' Morton]...the music is addressed by no fewer than four very divergent pianists: Eric Lewis, Eric Reed, Danilo Perez, and Harry Connick, Jr. ....gives [this music] a contemporary polish with aplomb..."

Wynton Marsalis is credited with almost singlehandedly ushering in the powerful neo-traditionalist jazz movement of the 1980s and '90s. Along with father Ellis and brothers Branford, Delfeayo and Jason, Wynton is a member a New Orleans musical dynasty firmly ensconced in the journals of music history. Not only does Marsalis lead various groups of his own, but he also is the musical director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the composer of large-scale works like 1997's acclaimed "Blood on the Fields." As the most high-profile jazz musician of his era, Marsalis became a spokesman for the genre, and one of its biggest movers and shakers.

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