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2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by Mark Robbins
The first thing a first time attendee to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival learns is that no matter how much planning is put into creating a schedule so no favorite acts are missed is impossible. The festival, celebrating its 54th birthday, runs the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May. Historically ...
Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
Label: Troubadour Jass
Released: 2023
Track listing: Carnival Time;
Uptown On Mardi Gras Day;
Big Chief;
Uptown Boogie;
New Suit;
All On A Mardi Gras Day;
Midnight At The Zulu Ball;
Street Parade;
Mardi Gras Mambo;
So New Orleans!;
They All Ask'd For You;
Mardi Gras Mambo (For the Jazz Cats).
Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
Album: Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
By Delfeayo Marsalis
Label: Troubadour Jass
Released: 2023
Duration: 3:09
Saxattack & More
by Marc Cohn
Well, not every track is saxed, but we've got some heavyweights here: Johnny Griffin, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Parker, Benny Carter, and Sidney Bechet. Breathers from pianists Brad Mehldau, Kris Davis and Bill Evans; as well as the Uptown Jazz Orchestra from New Orleans; trumpeters Roy Eldridge, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis; and ...
About Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
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Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra
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Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s mission is to promote the rich cultural legacy of American music through both entertaining and educational performances. Our educational shows are designed to give young people a greater awareness of important historical figures and musical traditions. All other shows are designed specifically with the intent of folks having a good time … hands clapping, toes tapping and rump shaking!
In 2007, NEA Jazz Master and Grammy Award winning trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra (UJO) for the purpose of keeping important jazz music traditions alive; such as riff-playing, spontaneous group improvisations, and collective New Orleans instrumental polyphony. At the time, Marsalis realized that the New Orleans music community was lacking the infusion of young homegrown talent outside of the great brass band tradition, and chose to form an orchestra that could present traditional, classic, and modern compositions with authenticity. Since that time, UJO has grown into one of the premier large ensembles in the world, releasing four CDs to critical acclaim, and touring locally, nationally, and internationally.
