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...York City- based writer and jazz critic, befriended Marsalis shortly after he joined Blakey's group, and was astounded at how little he knew about jazz history. "He didn't know anything about Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington or Thelonious Monk," says Crouch, 44. "His dad had tried to make him listen to Louis Armstrong, but he had this naive idea that Louis was an Uncle...
...glasses give him a scholarly look, partially offset by the sweat pants, T shirt and basketball shoes he favors when not onstage. He speaks softly, occasionally offering an impish smile or raising his eyebrows to make a point. He sips hot tea as he talks. Like most of today's young players, he stays away from alcohol, cigarettes and drugs...
...artists, none are earning in the pop-star category, but many are doing quite well. Marsalis, whose band commands fees ranging from $2,000 to $40,000 a night, is already worth several million dollars. "There is a general misconception that you can't make money playing jazz," says his manager, Ed Arrendell. "But Wynton and other top players can do tremendously well. A popular jazz artist can expect to gross well over a million a year." Of course, they must also pay substantial band-related expenses; Marsalis claims such charges drive his net income far under...
...year. "He had a definite effect on me, and it will be there until I die." Trumpeter Roy Hargrove points to a Marsalis master class at his Dallas high school as a major turning point for him. "He's incredible. He really knows how to communicate with people and make them understand the tradition," says Hargrove, whose Diamond in the Rough album has won high praise from jazz critics. Marsalis considers such proselytizing part of his legacy: "I'm just passing on the stuff that people like ((Harry)) 'Sweets' Edison, Art Blakey, Max Roach and Elvin Jones told...
...Nonetheless, acoustic jazz has become a steady, moneymaking enterprise for many record companies. For one thing, jazz is a low-overhead business: production budgets range from $25,000 to $85,000 an album, in contrast to $150,000 for rock records. That means the companies can start to make profits on as few as 30,000 sales. (Marsalis' sales range from 52,000 for Live at Blues Alley to more than 400,000 for Hot House Flowers...