Jazz Articles about Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Uptown on Mardi Gras Day

by Jack Bowers
March 24, 2023

Even though New Orleans' lively and colorful holiday festival is the focal point of trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis' Uptown Jazz Orchestra's latest recording, this is an album that can be heard and appreciated at any time of the year, as there is never a day when pleasure and happiness aren't in style. Delfeayo, a member of the multi-talented Marsalis family from New Orleans that includes brothers Branford (who is a guest artist on two tracks), trumpeter Wynton and ...