He is not only a seer and an exemplary musician, but a poet as well. Here he is, as young as morning, as fresh as dew, and already called one of the jazz greats. Here is the lucid and probing voice of an uncommonly soulful man."- New Republic "Wynton Marsalis is absolutely the person who should write this book. There is philosophy in Marsalis's trumpet, and in this book. When he reflects on the blues, his subject is sorrow and the mastery of ithow to be happy without being blind. When he reflects on harmony, his subject is diversity and conflict and peace. When he reflects on improvisation, his subject is freedom. He thinks as forcefully, and as elegantly, as he swings. In addition to demolishing mediocre, uniformed critics, Moving to Higher Ground is a meaningful contribution to music scholarship."-Toni Morrison "I think it should be in every bookstore, music store, and school in the country." -Tony Bennett "Jazz, for Wynton Marsalis, is nothing less than a search for wisdom. Intimate, knowledgeable, supremely worthy of its subject.
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