Live at the Village Vanguard (1999)

About this title: As if releasing eight single albums in 1999 weren't enough, Wynton Marsalis capped this deluge of material at the end of the year with a seven-CD mini-box of live recordings, taped over a five-year span at New York City's Village Vanguard club. Greed certainly wasn't the motive, for Sony Music priced the set at an unbelievably low $39.98, so the issue is whether Marsalis is justified in feeling that his music is worth documenting in such exhaustive detail. Each disc is organized to simulate a different night of the week, with a different, often loosely defined, and not-always-followed theme ... read more

Tracks:

1. Welcome, No. 1 [Marsalis]
2. Cherokee [Noble]
3. The Egyptian Blues [Anderson]
4. Embraceable You [Gershwin/Gershwin]
5. Black Codes (From the Underground) [Marsalis]
6. Harriet Tubman [Marsalis]
7. Monk's Mood [Monk]
8. And the Band Played On [Gordon]
9. The Cat in the Hat Is Back [Williams]
10. (Set Break)
11. Welcome, No. 2 [Marsalis]
12. Uptown Ruler [Marsalis]
13. Down Home With Homey [Marsalis]
14. Reflections [Monk]
15. Jig's Jig [Marsalis]
16. Sometimes It Goes Like That [Marsalis]
17. In a Sentimental Mood [Ellington/Kurtz/Mil]
18. Knozz-Moe-King [Marsalis]
19. (Set Break)
20. Welcome, No. 3 [Marsalis]
21. Buggy Ride [Marsalis]
22. I'll Remember April [DePaul/Johnston/Ray]
23. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
24. In the Court of King Oliver [Marsalis]
25. Bona and Paul [Marsalis]
26. Four in One [Monk]
27. Way Back Blues [Basie]
28. Rubber Bottom [Ellington]
29. A Midnight in Paris [Strayhorn]
30. Play the Blues and Go [Ellington]
31. (Set Break)
32. Welcome, No. 4 [Marsalis]
33. Pedro's Getaway [Marsalis]
34. Evidence [Monk]
35. Embraceable You [Gershwin/Gershwin]
36. A Long Way [Marsalis]
37. The Arrival [Roberts]
38. Misterioso [Monk]
39. Happy Birthday [Traditional]
40. The Seductress [Marsalis]
41. (Set Break)
42. Welcome, No. 5 [Marsalis]
43. The Majesty of the Blues (The Puheeman Strut) [Marsalis]
44. Flee as a Bird to the Mountain [Traditional]
45. Happy Feet Blues [Marsalis]
46. Thelonious [Monk]
47. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
48. Intro to Buddy Bolden [Marsalis]
49. Buddy Bolden [Marsalis]
50. Swingdown, Swingtown [Marsalis]
51. Bright Mississippi [Monk]
52. (Set Break)
53. Welcome, No. 6 [#6] [Marsalis]
54. Citi Movement [Marsalis]
55. Winter Wonderland [Bernard/Smith]
56. Brother Veal [Marsalis]
57. Cherokee [Noble]
58. Juba and a O'Brown Squaw [Marsalis]
59. Welcome, No. 7 [Marsalis]
60. In the Sweet Embrace of Life [Marsalis]
61. Local Ammoucements [Marsalis]
62. Altar Call [Marsalis]
63. Final Statement [Marsalis]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.