Sweet Release & Ghost Story

Jazz · 1999 · 13 tracks

Sweet Release & Ghost Story

Wynton Marsalis

Two evocative ballet scores blending theatrical chamber arrangements, blues-drenched horn work, and dramatic, narrative-driven jazz dynamics.

August 10, 1999 · Sony Classical

A dramatic and theatrical journey shifting from warm, soulful community celebrations to sparse, ghostly late-night meditations.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Sweet Release: Home: Beyond This Rage

7:51

02

Sweet Release: Church: Renewing Vows

7:19

03

Sweet Release: Church Basement: Party

5:28

04

Sweet Release: Street: Make Room for Me

4:24

05

Sweet Release: Home: Give Me Your Hand

5:47

06

Ghost Story: Introduction

3:07

07

Ghost Story: Acknowledgment

5:30

08

Ghost Story: Tango

6:21

09

Ghost Story: First Blues

2:27

10

Ghost Story: Awakening

2:17

11

Ghost Story: Celebration

2:33

12

Ghost Story: Second Blues

4:17

13

Ghost Story: Recognition and Reconciliation

2:33

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden transition from tense, dissonant horn lines to a joyous, swinging groove during the church basement party movement.

The slow, haunting tango rhythm that emerges from the silence in the middle of the Ghost Story suite, punctuated by sharp trumpet stabs.

The raw, vocal-like growls of the trumpet on First Blues, mimicking a human voice crying out in an empty room.

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