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Khari Allen Lee

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Khari Allen Lee has arisen as one of the most-in-demand saxophonists, educators, composers, and multi-instrumentalists of his generation. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis, Edward 'Kidd' Jordan, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, DeeDee Bridgewater, Stevie Wonder, Raphael Saadiq, the Treme Brass Band, Herlin Riley, Nicholas Payton, the Astral Project, Shannon Powell, Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson, Jason Marsalis, Bill Summers, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Barron & more. In addition to his own the group, the New Creative Collective, he is lead saxophonist & touring member of Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Sextets & Quintets, former lead saxophonist of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by Adonis Rose, and was a faculty member at the University of New Orleans & Loyola University, following his extended tenure at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). After being chosen to become the Auburn University Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar in Residence for the Arts & Humanities, he now serves as the Walt & Ginger Woltosz Endowed Professor of Practice and Director of Commercial Music.

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Crescent City Jewels

By Delfeayo Marsalis

Label: Troubadour Jass
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sidewalk Sizzle; A Sleepin' Bee; Ooh Poo Pah Doo; Basie Moods; Valley of Prayers; El Ultimo Cafe; High Cotton; Summertime; Exactly Like You; Inner Urge; 'Round Midnight; I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free; Basin Street Blues; What a Difference a Day Makes; Intro to Liza; Lil Liza Jane.

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Article: Album Review

Delfeayo Marsalis: Crescent City Jewels

Read "Crescent City Jewels" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

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 ...

Album

Out Da Box

By Johnny Vidacovich

Label: Paw Maw Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Steely Magnolia; Out Da Box; Puree; Don’t Eat My Grits; So Long; Spanky Chick Ole Oneida; When 6 Was 3; Na Na; Skypager; Crescent Mid City.

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Article: Profile

Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle

Read "Johnny Vidacovich: Magnet In The Middle" reviewed by Thomas Cole

by Thomas Cole

The ever changing cast of the Johnny Vidacovich Trio defies the meaning of that word--trio . Historically, jazz trios with a drummer in the middle have included such notables as Art Blakey, Gene Krupa and Max Roach but none of those groups changed cast members on a weekly basis or deviated very far from what they ...

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Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra's Jazz Party

By Delfeayo Marsalis

Label: Troubadour Jass Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Jazz Party; Blackbird Special; 7th Ward Boogaloo; Raid on the Mingus House Party; Mboya's Midnight Cocktail; So New Orleans; Dr. Hardgroove; Let Your Mind Be Free; Irish Whiskey Blues; Caribbean Second Line; Mboya's Midnight Cocktail (Instrumental).

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Article: Album Review

Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Party

Read "Jazz Party" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

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. ...

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Raid on the Mingus House Party

Album: Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra's Jazz Party
By Delfeayo Marsalis
Label: Troubadour Jass Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 06:50

Album

A New Earth

By Khari Allen Lee

Label: Polyamorous Music
Released: 2016

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Jazz for President - Le suite di Delfeayo Marsalis e Ted Nash

Read "Jazz for President - Le suite di Delfeayo Marsalis e Ted Nash" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Gli anni sessanta sono lontani e con essi la controversia su jazz e politica. Com'è noto, la musica è un'arte asemantica e i musicisti non possono trasmettere significati (in questo caso politici) con il linguaggio delle note. Però gli artisti esprimono eventuali scelte ideologiche iscrivendo la loro musica in un quadro semantico più generale, fatto di ...


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