Two Men with the Blues

Two Men with the Blues
Live album by Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis
Released	July 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)
Recorded	January 12 – 13, 2007
Genre	Vocal jazz/blues Jazz standards Jazz blues
Label	Blue Note Records
Producer	Delfeayo Marsalis
Willie Nelson chronology
Moment of Forever (2008) Two Men With The Blues (2008) Willie and the Wheel (2009)
Wynton Marsalis chronology
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (2007) Two Men With The Blues (2008)

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Two Men with the Blues is a live album by multiple Grammy Award winners Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis.^[3] This album was released on July 8, 2008 on the Blue Note label. This album sold 22,000 copies in it first week of release.^[4] It was recorded on January 12–13, 2007, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Track listing

1. "Bright Lights, Big City" – 5:20
2. "Night Life" – 5:44
3. "Caldonia" – 3:25
4. "Stardust" – 5:08
5. "Basin Street Blues" – 4:56
6. "Georgia On My Mind" – 4:40
7. "Rainy Day Blues" – 5:43
8. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Williams) – 4:56
9. "Ain't Nobody's Business" – 7:27
10. "That's All" (Merle Travis) – 6:08
11. "Down by The Riverside" – 8:12 (bonus track)

The band

• Willie Nelson – vocals and guitar
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet and vocals
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Walter Blanding – saxophone
• Dan Nimmer – piano
• Carlos Henriquez – bass
• Ali Jackson – drums

Charts

The album held the number one position in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart for four weeks.^[5][6][7][8] It spent a total of 67 weeks on that chart. It peaked at number 20 on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Digital Albums charts, spending eight weeks and one week on the charts respectively.^[9]

References

External links

• Official Site
• Willie Nelson's Official Website
• Wynton Marsalis' Official website