Two Men with the Blues

Two Men with the Blues
Two Men with the Blues
Live album by Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis
Released	July 8, 2008
Recorded	January 12–13, 2007
Venue	Lincoln Center, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:26
Label	Blue Engine
Producer	Delfeayo Marsalis
Willie Nelson chronology
Wynton Marsalis chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
St. Joe News-Press	^[2]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bright Lights, Big City"	Jimmy Reed	5:20
2.	"Night Life"	Willie Nelson	5:44
3.	"Caldonia"	Fleecie Moore	3:25
4.	"Stardust"	Hoagy Carmichael	5:08
5.	"Basin Street Blues"	Spencer Williams	4:56
6.	"Georgia on My Mind"	Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell	4:40
7.	"Rainy Day Blues"	Willie Nelson	5:43
8.	"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"	Clarence Williams	4:56
9.	"Ain't Nobody's Business"	Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins	7:27
10.	"That's All"	Merle Travis	6:08
11.	"Down by the Riverside"		8:12

Personnel

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

Charts

The album held the number one position in the Billboard Jazz Albums chart for four weeks.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position
Billboard 200 (U.S.)^[9]	Billboard	20
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (U.S.)^[9]	Billboard	1
German Albums Chart	IFPI	63
New Zealand Albums Chart^[10]	RIANZ	13

References

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Two Men with the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
^ "Stjoenews.net | Two Men with the Blues". www.stjoenews.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men with the Blues Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, All About Jazz, April 30, 2008
^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of July 26, 2008". Billboard. July 26, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 2, 2008". Billboard. August 2, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 9, 2008". Billboard. August 9, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 16, 2008". Billboard. August 16, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Two Men with the Blues - Willie..." Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Artist Chart History - Willie Nelson, Billboard
^ WILLIE NELSON / WYNTON MARSALIS - TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES (ALBUM), charts.org.nz

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[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Two Men with the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

[2] "Stjoenews.net | Two Men with the Blues". www.stjoenews.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

[3] Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men with the Blues Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, All About Jazz, April 30, 2008

[4] "Top Jazz Albums: Week of July 26, 2008". Billboard. July 26, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[5] "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 2, 2008". Billboard. August 2, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[6] "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 9, 2008". Billboard. August 9, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[7] "Top Jazz Albums: Week of August 16, 2008". Billboard. August 16, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[8] "Two Men with the Blues - Willie..." Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[Billboard_Willie_Nelson-9] U.S. Artist Chart History - Willie Nelson, Billboard

[10] WILLIE NELSON / WYNTON MARSALIS - TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES (ALBUM), charts.org.nz

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Albums	Wynton Marsalis (1981) Think of One (1983) Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos (1983) Hot House Flowers (1984) Black Codes (From the Underground) (1985) J Mood (1985) Live at Blues Alley (1986) Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I (1987) The Majesty of the Blues (1989) Crescent City Christmas Card (1989) Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance (1990) Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 (1991) Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2 (1991) Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 (1991) Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling (1991) Citi Movement (Griot New York) (1992) In This House, On This Morning (1994) Joe Cool's Blues (1995) Blood on the Fields (1997) Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues (1998) Reeltime (1999) Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999) Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk (1999) The Marciac Suite (2000) The Magic Hour (2004) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Live at the House of Tribes (2005) From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (2007) Two Men with the Blues (2008) He and She (2009) Christmas Jazz Jam (2009) Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (2011)
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