8. Dr. Michael White, “Careless Love”

(W. C. Handy-Martha E. Koenig-Spencer Williams)

For use with Lessons #2 and #9.

 

Style: New Orleans Revival

Personnel: Wynton Marsalis cornet, Michael White clarinet, Freddie Lonzo trombone, Steve Pistorius piano, Reginald Veal bass, Herlin Riley drums. Recorded in 1990.

Issued on Antilles 422-848 545-2.

Wynton Marsalis, one of the primary voices in jazz today (both contemporary and traditional), here struts his New Orleans stuff in a band led by New Orleans clarinetist and educator Dr. Michael White. This performance is slow and loose, yet intense; it fairly drips with emotional content. The slow “shimmy beat” is prominently heard in the drums. Marsalis’ down-’n-dirty cornet solo uses rips, growls, and shakes; listen for a paraphrase from Armstrong’s “Potato Head Blues” solo (at 2:20). The outchorus finds the trombone growling as well.

Sequence for this track

0:00 First ensemble chorus

0:42  Second ensemble chorus

1:24 Clarinet solo

2:04 Cornet solo

2:45 First ensemble outchorus (trombone out)

3:27 Second ensemble outchorus (trombone in)—fermata at end

Dr. Michael White