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Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985 · Columbia

Tracks

Black Codes

Black Codes (From the Underground) · 1985

Personnel

Wynton Marsalis

leader · Trumpet

Jeff "Tain" Watts

played Drums on this album

Branford Marsalis

played Saxophone on this album

Playing tenor and soprano beside his brother at RCA Studio in January 1985, Branford embodied Wynton's vision from closest range. The lock between the two-horn frontline is the most direct embodiment of the album's neo-bop declaration.

Kenny Kirkland

played Piano on this album

Charnett Moffett

played Double Bass on this album

Ron Carter

played Double Bass on this album

Branford Marsalis

played Tenor Saxophone on this album

Branford Marsalis

played Soprano Saxophone on this album

Black Codes (From the Underground)Black Codes (From the Underground)Wynton Marsalis · 1985 (1985) was a manifesto for the neo-bop movement. The Branford MarsalisBranford Marsalisブランフォード・マルサリス brothers, Kenny KirklandKenny KirklandKenny Kirkland · 1991's piano, Jeff Jeff "Tain" WattsJeff "Tain" Wattsジェフ・テイン・ワッツ's drums — this band devoted itself entirely to reviving bebop's language in the present tense.

Branford Marsalis Charnett Moffett Jeff "Tain" Watts Kenny Kirkland Wynton Marsalis

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Decoy

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L.A. Is My Lady

Frank Sinatra · 1984

Private Dancer

Tina Turner · 1984

Still Warm

John Scofield · 1986

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