The Meaning of Soul
Lecture #1: Music As Metaphor, Chapter 25
April 28, 2011
Sanders Theatre – Harvard University
In this chapter, Wynton stresses that innovation is within us—not machinery, which lacks passion and emotion. Jazz has soul: “the affirmation of our way of” that gives jazz depth and meaning and inspires innovation.
Personnel
- Ali Jackson – drums, tambourine
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Carlos Henriquez – bass
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Mark O’Connor – violin
- James Chirillo – guitar
