| The Marciac Suite | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Delfeayo Marsalis | |||
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The Marciac Suite is an album by the American musician Wynton Marsalis, released in 2000. [1] [2] He is credited with his Septet. [3] Marsalis recorded the music for the annual Jazz in Marciac festival. [4] The album was originally included as a bonus disc with the Swinging into the 21st series, released in 1999. [5]
The album was produced by Delfeayo Marsalis. [6] Every song title references Marciac, France. [7] "Guy Lafitte" is a tribute to the French saxophonist. [8] "Jean-Louis Is Everywhere" is about the festival's organizer. [9] Wessell Anderson played alto saxophone; Herlin Riley played drums. [10] [11] Cyrus Chestnut contributed on piano. [12]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Calgary Herald |  [13] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | [14] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [15] |
The Boston Globe called the album "a more natural and less historically self-conscious approach to improvising on Marsalis's part." [16] The New York Times wrote that it "has gorgeous compositional ideas and thick, glowing harmonies." [17] The San Diego Union-Tribune concluded that "no single part stands out from the others, but the entire composition captures the warmth Marsalis obviously feels for the tiny village with a love of jazz." [18] The Los Angeles Times determined that Marsalis's trumpet playing is "filled with a pure, lighthearted, hard-swinging joie de vivre that is not always present in his more 'serious' works." [9] The Calgary Herald opined that The Marciac Suite "sometimes dabbles in the horn-heavy chaos of Marsalis' native New Orleans, though that often sounds calculated here." [13]
AllMusic deemed the album "the most artistically successful of Marsalis' original works in his 1999 series." [10] The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD considered it "one of Wynton's happiest and most sheerly enjoyable sets." [14]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Loose Duck" | |
| 2. | "The Big Top" | |
| 3. | "Jean-Louis Is Everywhere" | |
| 4. | "Mademoiselle d'Gascony" | |
| 5. | "Armagnac Dreams" | |
| 6. | "Marciac Fun" | |
| 7. | "For My Kids at the Collège of Marciac" | |
| 8. | "Marciac Moon" | |
| 9. | "d'Artagnan" | |
| 10. | "Guy Lafitte" | |
| 11. | "B Is for Boussaget (and Bass)" | |
| 12. | "In the House of Laberriere" | |
| 13. | "Sunflowers" |
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