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The Wynton Marsalis Quartet live on tv in December of 1996, playing a Louis Armstrong tribute (Mahogany Hall Stomp). The show was an ABC prime-time special called "A Celebration of America's Music", and I believe it was a benefit concert for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Wynton's band included:
Marcus Roberts - piano
Reginald Veal - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
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from a performance in the late 1980's with a fine solo from Marcus Roberts, piano, and interplay with Jeff Tain Watts, drums. Bob Hurst is on bass. Wynton Marsalis, trumpet.
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A then 19 year old Marsalis performs a piece composed by fellow Jazz Messenger Bobby Watson. Front line state the theme in unison while Blakey adds his unique stamp on the piece by playing with an imaginary extra pair of hands!
They are joined by:
Jimmy williams (piano)
Charles Fambrough (bass) and
Billy Pearce (tenor sax)
From the album: My Funny Valentine (1980)