New Detroit Symphony Orchestra album features music of Wynton Marsalis

"The Blues Symphony is a seven-movement work that gives a symphonic identity to the form and feeling of the blues. It utilizes regional and stylistic particulars of the idiom’s language and form to convey the basic point of view of the blues as music: Life hands you hard times."

Composer Wynton Marsalis in the album's liner notes

“Recording Blues Symphony was an unforgettable dream come true. The project united my love of jazz’s improvisational colors with my passion for conducting, and particularly for conducting an orchestra as talented, expressive, and versatile as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.”

DSO Music Director Jader Bignamini in the album's liner notes