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	Podcast:		Jazz Fest Minutes
	Episode:		Jazz Fest Minutes: Lessons Learned With Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2013-05-02 07:06:49
	Description:		Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis got a good lesson and lasting influence out of a teenage attempt to hornswoggle a new trombone from older brother Wynton. The lesson and the influence came in the form of a recording by trombone great J.J. Johnson. “Wynton gave me the record and he said, ‘If you learn one of these solos I’ll buy you a new horn.’ And it was, like, late J.J. from, it was called ‘Proof Positive.’ It one of the premier modern jazz trombone records, and there was no possibility. And that’s kind of where Wynton is. He gives you something, he knows it’s not possible you’re going to learn one of these. Man, I used to listen at that record. I learned the whole record, but I didn’t have the facilities, so — he had one ballad on the record. It was ‘My Funny Valentine.’ I said, ‘Okay, I can learn this one.’ But he had a cadenza at the very end. It was just like — ’Yeah, give me a break!’” He got everything but the cadenza at the end. But that’s when he started dabbling in electronics
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