The blues is the lingua franca on United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine),
a new compilation featuring the Wynton Marsalis Septet. The album
features memorable performances by a parade of stars from the worlds of
pop music, gospel and blues: Bob Dylan, Ray Charles (in one of his final
performances), Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, James Taylor, The Blind
Boys of Alabama, Jimmy Buffett, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lyle Lovett,
John Mayer, Audra McDonald, Natalie Merchant, Carrie Smith, Susan
Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, all backed by the trumpeter’s septet. As
Marsalis put it in an interview with DownBeat, “All of them came to play.”
http://downbeat.com/news/detail/marsalis-united-project-benefits-music-education
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