The Marsalis Family – Ellis, Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason – are the first family to be named en masse Jazz Masters by the NEA. They’re the first family to receive what has previously been an individual honor; also recognized with 2011 Jazz Masters recognition are Hubert Laws, David Liebman, Johnny Mandel and producer Orrin Keepnews. [...]
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Harold Battiste Book Celebrated at Historic New Orleans Collection, One Eyed Jacks
June 8, 2010 – 9:34 am
Harold Battiste has the distinction of having received three of the four lifetime achievement awards OffBeat presents – for music, music business and music education. In May, we published an excerpt from his memoir, Unfinished Blues, in which he recounted his role in the creation of Dr. John. Tonight, the Historic New Orleans Collection will [...]
YouTube du Jour: Delfeayo Marsalis
May 26, 2010 – 9:47 am
Tonight, Delfeayo Marsalis plays at 8 and 10 at Snug Harbor. Here he is from 2008′s Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration, playing “Sultry Serenade” accompanied by father Ellis on piano and brother Jason on drums.
Let’s Get Serious, John Ellis
January 27, 2010 – 8:47 am
Saxophonist John Ellis first came to New Orleans because he wanted to learn how to play jazz – and he spent three years doing just that. During his time in the Big Easy, Ellis played with many legendary musicians, including Ellis Marsalis, Walter Payton and Harold Battiste. Most recently, Ellis has taken up a January [...]
Jeremy Davenport: Get a Room
August 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
The swagger in Jeremy Davenport’s step is a little more exaggerated these days. He’s riding high on the success of his residence at the Ritz-Carlton on Canal Street, a new album— We’ll Dance ’Til Dawn —and the prospect of establishing a foothold in the New York City club scene at the Huckleberry Bar in Williamsburg. [...]
Mr. Marsalis Goes to Washington
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Ellis Marsalis will be honored this year at the Fifth Anniversary Duke Ellington Jazz Festival (DEJF) in Washington, D.C. The 10-day music festival, which takes place from June 5-15 will award Marsalis with the 2009 DEJF Lifetime Achievement Award. This year’s festival theme is “Celebrating New Orleans,” and according to DEJF Founder and Executive Producer [...]
Ellis Marsalis Quartet, An Open Letter to Thelonious (ELM)
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Thelonious Monk compositions are like Egyptian tombs, each with its own unique curse for those unworthy to open them. Monk himself had little patience for those who didn’t understand how important it was to play his compositions exactly the way he wanted them to sound, which is why he chose his band members so carefully. [...]
Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis, Love Songs, Ballads and Standards (Basin Street)
April 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
The standards album has become, well, a standard itself. It’s a well-known, time-honored thing, and each artist’s challenge is to put his or her individual stamp on the standard. Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis step outside the standards canon on Love Songs, Ballads and Standards by broadening their notions of standards. They do the standbys [...]
