Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues
w/special guest Taj Mahal

Rose Theater @ Columbus Circle
New York, NY

Saturday, April 9th, 2011 - 8pm

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Track List:
(total time - 107 mins)

Taj Mahal Solo

01) //Hula Blues? (03:14)
02) Stagger Lee (04:17)
03) Spooky Blues (05:18)
04) Blues With a Feeling (04:44)

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues

01) {band intros - wynton speaks} - (02:22)
02) Ice Cream - (08:10)
03) Forty-Four - (07:44)
04) Joe Turner's Blues - (08:13)
05) The Last Time - (04:50)
06) Careless Love - (08:03)
07) Kidman Blues - (04:17)
08) {eric's song intro} - (01:27)
09) Layla - (09:42)
10) {wynton raps} - (04:21)
11) Joliet Bound - (05:29)
12) Just a Closer Walk With Thee - (12:39)
13) {encore break} - (02:16)
14) Corrine, Corrina - (10:22)

Eric Clapton - guitar/vocals
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
Marcus Printup - trumpet
Chris Crenshaw - trombone
Victor Goins - clarinet
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Don Vappie - banjo

w/Taj Mahal - vox on tracks 12 & 14, banjo on track 14

Recording Notes:
- This was the most difficult stealth pull I’ve ever done, with ushers and staff on
high alert for any cell phones, cameras, recording equipment, etc...I’m
surprised you can't hear my heart beating out of my chest throughout the
show. The mix is a little low, overall...but given the circumstances, it's the
best I could do.
- I did boost the levels for the occasional on-stage banter between songs.
- Yes...there was a clapper to the right of me...not much I could do about
that...sorry. Also, there is a mic shuffle to start Track 5...apologies for that as
well.

Performance Notes:
- The show was stellar, hands-down...but I couldn't shake the feeling that
many Clapton fans that were expecting an evening of hard-nosed blues walked
away unhappy and unfulfilled. Quite simply, if you couldn't appreciate the
music created on-stage this evening, perhaps a new hobby might be in order.
There were so many colors on the palette used to paint the evening's picture,
it's hard to keep track of them all...everything from jazz to blues, from ragtime
to rock...but I digress...and categories be dammed - this was an night of
fantastic MUSIC.
- Say what you will about Wynton, the musician...but as Jazz at Lincoln
Center's Artistic Director, he's been nothing short of amazing, improving the
long-standing series with each new year. I consider myself lucky to have such a wonderful, on-going jazz program in NYC and I would encourage everybody
to become a patron of JALC if and when they can.
- Also...there will eventually be an official DVD release culled from the
performances of this and the previous night at Rose Hall. When it comes out -
BUY IT!

http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/
http://www.ericclapton.com/
http://www.wyntonmarsalis.org/

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