[Dixielandjazz] Clifford Brown's artistry [?]

Gary Lawrence Murphy garym at teledyn.com
Tue Apr 28 22:33:51 PDT 2015


here's Wynton's side of the story:
https://www.facebook.com/wyntonmarsalis/photos/a.57066507975.65940.10058392975/10153185807347976/?type=1&fref=nf&pnref=story

and for the record, here's audio bootlegged from the event:

https://youtu.be/nb0eZdwvHnw

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym at teledyn.com>
wrote:

> Wynton agrees with you Bill, he felt really awful after, but Miles did
> rag on about Wynton's family in a very cruel and un-called-for way, so
> it wasnt' completely undeserving, and remember, in those days Wynton
> and his brother sported huge afros and african shirts, there was a
> certain bravado that would have been completely at home in jelly roll
> morton -- like I say, Miles needed a slap in the face in those days,
> and it's unfortunate that a nice kid like Wynton was the one who got
> riled up enough to do it.  I'll dig out the link and post it in a
> moment.
>
> On 4/28/15, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote [in part]:
> >> Wynton Marsalis posted today descriptions by his two companions at the
> >> time of the infamous challenge of Miles Davis in Vancouver in 86'...
> >
> > Dear Gary,
> > Can you please provide the link?
> > I could not find it.
> > I always felt that young Wynton Marsalis really overstepped the stage
> > etiquette mark on that one.
> > Very kind (not kink) regards,
> > Bill.
>
>
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