Delfeayo Marsalis
| Delfeayo Marsalis | |
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| Delfeayo Marsalis - trombonist, composer, producer, educator and 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award recipient.
Marsalis in 2010
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| Born | July 28, 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Trombone |
| Labels | Troubador Jass |
| Website | delfeayomarsalis |
Delfeayo Marsalis (/ˈdɛl fiː oʊ/; born July 28, 1965) is an American jazz trombonist and record producer.
Life and career
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand) and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor.[1] He is also grandson of Ellis Marsalis, Sr., brother of Wynton Marsalis (trumpeter), Branford Marsalis (saxophonist), and Jason Marsalis (drummer). Delfeayo has two brothers who are not musicians, thus there is not as much mention about them in the media: Ellis Marsalis III (b. 1964) is a poet, photographer and computer networking specialist based in Baltimore. Mboya Kenyatta (b. 1970) is autistic and was the primary inspiration for Delfeayo's founding of the New Orleans based Uptown Music Theatre. Formed in 2000, UMT has trained over 300 youth and staged 8 original musicals, all of which are based upon the mission of "community unity."
While a gifted trombonist, Delfeayo has recorded relatively few albums and is both more prolific and better known for his work as a producer of acoustic jazz recordings. Along with Tonight Show engineer Patrick Smith, Delfeayo coined a phrase that was primarily responsible for the shift in many jazz recordings from rock and roll production to the resurgence of acoustic recording. "To obtain more wood sound from the bass, this album recorded without usage of the dreaded bass direct" first appeared on brother Branford's Renaissance (Columbia, 1987), and became the single sentence to define the recorded quality of many acoustic jazz recordings since the late 1980s. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, and in 2004 received a MA in jazz performance from the University of Louisville.
Marsalis, with his father and brothers, are group recipients of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award.[2]
Discography
- Pontius Pilate's Decision (Novus, 1992)
- Musashi (Evidence, 1996)
- Elephant Riders (by the band Clutch, Delfeayo plays on the tracks Muchas Veces and Cracker Jack) (Columbia Records, 1998)
- Minions Dominion (Troubadour Jass, 2006)
- Sweet Thunder: Duke and Shak (Troubadour Jass, 2011)
- The Last Southern Gentlemen (Troubadour Jass, 2014)
With Elvin Jones
- It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja, 1993)
Filmography
- Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story (2014)
- Sound track to The Courage of Her Convictions (Documentary about Maureen Kelleher-Activists & Artist) (2016)
References
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