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Two Men With The Blues | 
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| Artist: Willie Nelson/wynton Marsalis
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $13.18
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 85
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099950445424
ASIN: B0016NF06O
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Bright Lights Big City | | • | Night Life | | • | Caldonia | | • | Stardust | | • | Basin Street Blues | | • | Georgia On My Mind | | • | Rainy Day Blues | | • | My Bucket's Got a Hole In It | | • | Ain't Nobody's Business | | • | That's All |
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Amazon.com
Two Men with the Blues is no more a jazz album than a blues album. It's neither jazz returning home, nor blues wandering out. What Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis have created is a compilation of jump-blues standards with arrangements that compliment both genres. While most of the album is careful not to take itself too seriously, there are a few tracks that seem to plod on for ages. The live set kicks off with the upbeat "Bright Lights, Big City," on which Marsalis' horn is crisp and full. "Ain't Nobody's Business" and "Basin Street Blues" are arranged slower than better known versions but still fit the album's context. Nelson and Marsalis's take on "Stardust" comes off as a bit too "Sinatra" for Nelson's thin vocal, while "Georgia on My Mind" just doesn't work at all. Still, the things that work, work well. "Night Life" and "Rainy Day Blues" are particular stand-outs, and "Caldonia" is a faithful homage to the Louis Jordan original (minus Jordan's screaming punch line, of course). The album ends riding high on closer "That's All," with its straight-out-of-a-New-Orleans-Baptist-church feel. Both Nelson and Marsalis are notorious for collaborating with other artists. Therefore, it seems only natural that they've found themselves on a project together. Overall, this set is well worth the wait. --Eric C.P. Martin
Album Description
The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meeting between two American icons, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, two of the most significant figures in modern-day country and jazz, who discovered common ground in their love for jazz standards and the blues. Their performance stirred the sounds of New Orleans, Nashville, Austin and New York City into a brilliantly programmed mix that was equal parts down-home and cosmopolitan, with plenty of swing and just a touch of melancholy. To say that these shows were a hot ticket would be an understatement. Luckily, the tapes were rolling and the results of this unique collaboration now constitute the Blue Note album Two Men With The Blues for everyone who couldn't cram into The Allen Room. Featuring great playing from one of the hottest bands around these classic tracks are given new life by the extraordinary dual talents of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis. At a time when most people are thinking of retirement, Willie has never been busier. His profile has been high in recent weeks with his various career retrospective releases and sold out tour and this album can rightly stake it's place alongside anything else he has done. Wynton rarely sounds so relaxed and both of these musical giants are clearly having the time of their lives together on these new interpretations of some of the greatest songs of the 20th century.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...
 Great CD September 17, 2008
Two of the best! If you thought Wille was only country, guess what? This is one smooth CD.
 Strange / Interesting Combo....but good !! September 16, 2008
I've been a long fan of Wyntons...even in the earlier years, when he was just a trumpet machine...no soul. He has progressed fairly well over the years. His playing has relaxed and he is not the ' professor' of music anymore. Willie is just Willie. A relaxed , and easy style. A moderately weak tenor with a lot of feeling. He has gone through a lot since his early years as a writer. This has given him strong credentials as a performer. I think as a collaborative effort, blending styles and musical backgrounds, this is very good. It's one to collect and listen too.
Two of our favorites, together! September 11, 2008
This is a cd that I let play and play, and it just gets better and better. I love the soft, easy back and forth between Willie and Wynton, and the jazz riffs are like coming upon an unexpected chunk of Heath Bar in my ice cream, to be savored in the midst of an experience I'm already enjoying!
Two Men with the Blues September 9, 2008
A great collaboration between two of the best. Willy's voice with New Orleans Jazz is an awsome combination. Fun and entertaining...
The Versatility of Willie September 8, 2008
I have about a dozen Willie Nelson CDs and in several instances a song will be repeated on several different ones. Never fail to be amazed at how Willie can change his vocal styles for different versions of the same song. This CD is no exception. Nice listening plus the bonus of the outstanding jazz musicians that perform with him. Wynton Marsalis is a magician and he has some great back-up help to compliment Willie.
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