Sports: Jazz & Basketball | The New York Times

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Musician Wynton Marsalis joins sports columnist William C. Rhoden to talk about the differences between the hardcourt and the …

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@bretweinraub March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

Bill Rhoden has no left hand….. 😆

@uvarovnikita March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

Michael Scott got me here

@padrino.r March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

4:20 he's describing the GSTWarriors. I'm a Jazz fan, you know what I mean?

@ekumcgred722 March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

Thanks for sharing your gift and wisdom #IAmAnAfricanChild

@jmbermea March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

Wynton is my favorite person now

@pzcato March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

this man is a fucking national treasure.

@davisc1926 March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

That couldn't have been said any better!!

@BuddyBolden March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

Basketball is more jazz than hip-hop because basketball, like jazz, depends on collective improvisation. In hip-hop, improvisation is far less important, and seldom occurs collectively. (Even when rappers improvise, they generally do so alone or to the accompaniment of a set arrangement; when a jazz musician solos, the other members of the band improvise their accompaniment.)

Tthe analogy is rather forced, but I think a better question might be "How is basketball more jazz than soccer is?"

@GORMLESSwonder March 24, 2025 - 2:09 pm

I think they're taking the analogy a bit too seriously at times. How is Basketball more Jazz than Hip-Hop? Still, interesting and well spoken points.

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