The Shanghai Suite

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Wynton Marsalis’ The Shanghai Suite is a nine-movement musical meditation celebrating China’s rich culture. Originally composed for the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s club in Shanghai, the sweeping composition also highlighted the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s 22-23 season opening concert. That effervescent performance is now available as a digital album from Blue Engine Records.

Featuring special guest clarinetist Ye Huang, the album explores jazz as a medium for transcultural exchange. In composing The Shanghai Suite, Marsalis walked in the footsteps of illustrious Black American musicians like Teddy Weatherford, who flourished in Shanghai in the 1930s and paved the way for many. Inspired by a love for China’s rich mythology, cuisine, and architecture, Marsalis’ suite was hailed “a special work full of innovative spirit” by the Global Times in China.

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Recorded live at Frederick P. Rose Hall - September 30^th, 2022 and October 1^st, 2022

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Track Listing

1. Swinging on the Bund

2. The Monkey King's March

3. White Yulan – First Flower of Spring; Yulan Magnolia – Soul of the South

4. Hot Pot!

5. The Nine Dragons

6. Li Bai's Blues

7. The Five Elements

8. From the Casanova to the Peace Hotel to Right Here Tonight

9. The Shanghai Skyline

PERSONNEL:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

REEDS
Sherman Irby - alto & soprano saxophones, flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute, piccolo, Bb clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, Bb & Eb clarinets
Nicole Glover - tenor & soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet
Paul Nedzela - baritone & alto saxophones, bass clarinet

TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis

TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner
Chris Crenshaw
Elliot Mason

RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Obed Calvaire - drums

SPECIAL GUEST
Ye Huang - clarinet