Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985 · The Young Lions reinterpret the tradition.

Context

This album by Wynton Marsalis, released by Columbia in 1985, brings together his quintet with his brother Branford and pianist Kenny Kirkland. It received two Grammy Awards in 1986. The Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry in 2023, noting a 1980s sound that recalls mid-century acoustic jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of Neoclassicism, Young Lions: Hard bop, Modal.

By the same artist

• Hot House Flowers (1984)

Sources

• EN: Black Codes (From the Underground)
• wyntonmarsalis.org

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