Positive Psychology: Wynton Marsalis - Portrait of Louis Armstrong The Twin Standards of Excellence

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wynton Marsalis - Portrait of Louis Armstrong The Twin Standards of Excellence

Wynton Marsalis is my favorite trumpet player and he seems equally comfortable playing Jazz or Classical music. For all you trumpet players out there, don't overlook Mr. Marsalis. He is from a musical family and from New Orleans - good pedigree.

Wynton (born October 18, 1961 in New Orleans) is a trumpeter,composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences. Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammys in both genres, and a jazz recording of his was the first of its kind to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Marsalis is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (pianist), grandson to Ellis Marsalis, Sr., and brother to Branford (saxophonist),Delfeayo (trombonist), Mboya, and Jason (drummer).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis - Portrait of Louis Armstrong - YouTube: "

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Wynton on the Web:
http://wyntonmarsalis.org/news/entry/the-spirit-of-new-orleans

Pays tribute to the New Orleans Saints:

"We live the moment. Laissez les bon temps rouler! — Let the Good Times Roll."

- Wynton Marsalis

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."