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Delfeayo Marsalis: Crescent City Jewels

Read "Crescent City Jewels" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


L'Uptown Jazz Orchestra di Delfeayo Marsalis torna col suo estroverso programma che esalta la tradizione orchestrale swing e mainstream, più il multiforme patrimonio popolare di New Orleans in una sorta di gumbo musicale dove s'incrociano jazz, funk, R&B, cajun, zydeco eccetera. Anche questo nuovo album si propone di diffondere gioia tra il pubblico con esuberanza e groove ritmico. Una sorta di manifesto programmatico per un progetto nato nel 2007, con tre dischi alle spalle, programmi educativi nelle scuole ...

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Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Crescent City Jewels

Read "Crescent City Jewels" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Among the four musically talented Marsalis brothers from New Orleans, Delfeayo is the one who plays trombone. He is also the one who leads the impressive Uptown Jazz Orchestra in Crescent City Jewels, an affable salute to his beloved home town. The playlist spans the gamut from blues to ballads, breezy bon bons to flat-out burners, and the UJO is brightly polished and at ease in every mood and at any tempo. The New Orleans vibe is ...

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Delfeayo Marsalis: Crescent City Jewels

Read "Crescent City Jewels" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Delfeayo Marsalis' release Crescent City Jewels is a vibrant tribute to the resilience and spirit of New Orleans, expertly captured by his Uptown Jazz Orchestra. The album reads like a journal from Marsalis, full of musical moments that celebrate life's joys. Featuring an array of veteran musicians and rising stars from the Crescent City, it is a high-energy collection that showcases the vitality of big-band jazz with an infectious New Orleans flavour. The session's blend of jazz standards, original compositions ...

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Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Party

Read "Jazz Party" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This album was recorded in 2019 but its message of unabashed joy is welcome these days for obvious reasons. The people responsible for it are Delfeayo Marsalis and Uptown Jazz Orchestra. The music is steeped in the various musical traditions of Marsalis' native New Orleans but brings in a few outside influences to enhance the fun. All sorts of Big Easy sounds are touched on here. “Blackbird Special," a tune originally by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, intensifies ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Crescent City Jewels

Troubadour Jass
2024

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Delfeayo Marsalis and...

Troubadour Jass Records
2020

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Raid on the Mingus House Party

From: Delfeayo Marsalis and the...
By Andrew Baham

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