Wynton Marsalis and I were in my hometown of Louisville in May 2002. Wynton was in town for the Kentucky Author Forum, and he was invited to play “My Old Kentucky Home” with the University of Louisville Band at the Kentucky Derby. After the Derby, we were invited to a party at the home of a very prominent family in the Louisville area. Wynton, Frank Stewart, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s senior staff photographer, Ricky “Dirty Red” Gordon, Wynton’s friend and “spoons player extraordinaire” and I arrived at the party in the early evening. The festivities took place in the yard behind the house with a spectacular view of the Ohio River. A New Orleans Brass Band provided background music in the middle of the yard. We mingled among the 100 to 150 guests in the back yard for about an hour and a half. As the sun went down, the New Orleans Band left to set up in the dining room.
A miraculous moment in music
A miraculous moment in music
A miraculous moment in music
Wynton Marsalis and I were in my hometown of Louisville in May 2002. Wynton was in town for the Kentucky Author Forum, and he was invited to play “My Old Kentucky Home” with the University of Louisville Band at the Kentucky Derby. After the Derby, we were invited to a party at the home of a very prominent family in the Louisville area. Wynton, Frank Stewart, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s senior staff photographer, Ricky “Dirty Red” Gordon, Wynton’s friend and “spoons player extraordinaire” and I arrived at the party in the early evening. The festivities took place in the yard behind the house with a spectacular view of the Ohio River. A New Orleans Brass Band provided background music in the middle of the yard. We mingled among the 100 to 150 guests in the back yard for about an hour and a half. As the sun went down, the New Orleans Band left to set up in the dining room.