Black Codes (From the Underground)
Black Codes (From the Underground) is a 1985 album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Accolades and legacy
It won two Grammy Awards in 1985: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist. The album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2023 describing it as one of Wynton's "most beloved & artistically successful recordings, hearkening back to midcentury acoustic jazz but with a distinctly 1980s flair". Track listing

Personnel
 Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
 Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
 Kenny Kirkland – piano
 Charnett Moffett – double bass
 Jeff "Tain" Watts – drums
 Ron Carter - bass on "Aural Oasis"

Technical
 Steven Epstein – producer
 George Butler – executive producer
 Tim Geelan – chief engineer, remix engineer
 Stanley Crouch – liner notes

References

1985 albums
Columbia Records albums
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Post-bop albums
Wynton Marsalis albums
Albums produced by George Butler (record producer)
United States National Recording Registry recordings
United States National Recording Registry albums