Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – The Ever Fonky Lowdown [3LP]

You really just want to be entertained, says Mr. Game, the sly hustler-narrator played by acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme, Jack Ryan) who presides over Wynton Marsaliss new masterpiece The Ever Fonky Lowdown. Combining droll commentary with soulful, big band-backed vocals, the Lowdown is definitely entertainingbut it also brilliantly reveals Marsaliss incisive, panoramic view of modern society. Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest vocals from Camille Thurman, Ashley Pezzotti, Christie Dashiell, and Doug Wamble, the Lowdown is a funky jazz parable for 2020. It covers terrain from football to politics, from power to poverty, from love and romance to betrayal and corruption; it will make you dance and think. The Ever Fonky Lowdown is a horn-fueled survey of the political malaise and cultural decay now plaguing Americaand how Marsalis suggests we might be able to rise above the structures that have been holding us back for centuries.