Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis – Rock Chalk Suite (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis – Rock Chalk Suite (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:49 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Engine Records

It’s been said that basketball is like jazz—but Rock Chalk Suite takes the comparison to another level entirely. Written and recorded by the musicians of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, each of the suite’s high-flying 15 movements takes inspiration from a different University of Kansas hoops legend. As Marsalis says, both basketball and jazz “reward improvisation and split-second decision making against the pressure of time,” and the JLCO’s masterful composers have turned the Jayhawks’ rich basketball history into a stylish slam dunk of an album.

Rock Chalk Suite was commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Lied Center of Kansas, KU’s performing arts center, and the album utilizes the JLCO’s full roster to honor the university’s rich athletic heritage as well as its cultural contributions to the world. Drawing on the careers of famous Jayhawks like Paul Pierce, Lynette Woodard, and Jo Jo White, Rock Chalk Suite is a timeless tribute to the spirit of improvisation, both on and off the hardwood.

Tracklist:

1-01. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Y’s Guy (04:18)
1-02. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Jo Jo’s Mojo (03:59)
1-03. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Phog Allen (03:55)
1-04. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – The First Lady: Lyrical Lynette (04:17)
1-05. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – C. B.’s Theme (04:15)
1-06. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Defense-Up: The Untold Story of Darnell Valentine (03:54)
1-07. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Truth (04:09)
1-08. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Walt’s Waltz (04:58)
1-09. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Miracles (03:51)
1-10. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Third Quarter (04:49)
1-11. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Passing Game (03:34)
1-12. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – I Cry Before My Country, I Leap Across Its Seas (04:00)
1-13. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – Wiggins in 6/8 (04:25)
1-14. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Ponderous Pachyderm of the Planks (04:19)
1-15. Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Shot / I’m a Jayhawk (The K.U. Fight Song) (04:59)

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