"The exhilaration of sitting in a club or concert hall hearing jazz made is a familiar excitement for most fans. But what if you could go deeper into the music - be there in the dark of night when a new composition is born, or on the tour bus when the band breaks into an impromptu chorus, or backstage when the audience demands an encore? What if you could immerse yourself in the world of the jazz musician, where creating and performing the music is a profound task, and yet as routine as breathing? When writer Carl Vigeland was invited to tour with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, on what would become the last extended journey the acclaimed band took together, he did just that."--BOOK JACKET.