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Delfeayo Marsalis: Sweet Thunder Jazz Theatre on The Road

Source: Brenda Bradley
February 11, 2011

Delfeayo Marsalis is bound and determined to do it his way. That is evident in a risk well worth taking with his new Jazz Theatre production, Sweet Thunder: Duke & Shak. The cleverly named presentation honors Duke Ellington and William Shakespeare. Marsalis, known for wit and charm and chops features a sparkling ensemble including actor, Kenneth Brown, Jr. from the HBO series Treme.' Musically speaking, a finely tuned octet, including Marsalis on trombone, Winard Harper on drums, Lynn Grissett on ...

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