Geoffrey C. Ward

Con ingenio y ternura, Wynton Marsalis nos muestra cómo una verdadera comprensión del jazz, equilibrio perfecto en el escenario entre la expresión artística individual y el sacrificio por el bien comun, puede enriquecer todos los aspectos de nuestra vida, desde los mas intimos hasta los empresariales, en las aulas escolares y en los ayuntamientos. A traves de las paginas de este libro Marsalis nos ayuda a entender el siempre cambiante sentimiento del blues; nos revela los secretos que implica tocar y escuchar musica y nos transmite la sabiduria adquirida a traves de los años despues de trabajar con tres generaciones de musicos. Una leccion magistral sobre el jazz y la vida impartida por uno de los mas brillantes artistas americanos.

Description In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize--winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he's learned from a lifetime in jazz-lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding of the central idea of jazz-the unique balance between self-expression and sacrifice for the common good exemplified on the bandstand-can enrich every aspect of our lives, from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the schoolroom to City Hall. Along the way, Marsalis helps us understand the life-changing message of the blues, reveals secrets about playing-and listening-and passes on wisdom he has gleaned from working with three generations of great musicians. Illuminating and inspiring, Moving to Higher Ground is a master class on jazz and life, conducted by a brilliant American artist.

Geoffrey Ward; Wynton MarsalisIn this book I hope to reach a new audience with the positive message of Americas greatest music, to show how great musicians demonstrate on the bandstand a mutual respect and trust that can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your lifefrom individual creativity and personal relationships to conducting business and understanding what it means to be American in the most modern sense. Wynton Marsalis In this beautiful book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis explores jazz and how an understanding of it can lead to deeper, more original ways of being, living, and relatingfor individuals, communities, and nations. Marsalis shows us how to listen to jazz, and through stories about his life and the lessons he has learned from other music greats, he reveals how the central ideas in jazz can influence the way people think and even how they behave with others, changing self, family, and community for the better. At the heart of jazz is the expression of personality and individuality, coupled with an ability to listen to and improvise with others. Jazz as an artand as a way to move people and nations to higher groundis at the core of this unique, illuminating, and inspiring book, a master class on jazz and life by a brilliant American artist.