*******Blue Note (NYC):
David Liebman ------ sax
Mark Shim -------- sax
Anthony Wonsey --- piano
Gerald Cannon ------ bass
Jason Marsalis ------- drums
Ralph Peterson - drums ************
Midwest tour:
Mark Shim -------- sax
Anthony Wonsey ---- piano
David Pulphus ---------- bass
Jeff Fajardo ---------- drums
Dirty Red - percussion
Delfeayo Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 28, 1965. He began studying trombone at age 13, and attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts high school. He was classically trained at the Eastern Music Festival and Tanglewood Institute. In 1983, Mr. Marsalis performed Gordon Jacob’s Trombone Concerto with the New Orleans Philharmonic and received the Outstanding Performance Award from the Jefferson Performing Arts Society for his presentation of Marcello’s Sonata #6.
After producing his first recording at age 17, Mr. Marsalis attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music, majoring in both performance and audio production. He has since produced over 75 major-label recordings—several of which have received Grammy awards and nominations—including works by: Harry Connick, jr., Marcus Roberts, Spike Lee, Ellis, Branford and Wynton Marsalis. His production skills earned a 3M Visionary Award in 1996 and a cover article for the industry source, Mix magazine in 1997.
As a trombonist, Mr. Marsalis has toured internationally with legendary jazz artists Art Blakey, Abdullah Ibrahim, Elvin Jones, Slide Hampton and Max Roach, as well as touring with his own modern jazz ensemble. During a tour with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, he was filmed as part of the Ken Burns documentary, “ Jazz.” A mainstay on the New Orleans modern jazz scene, he has released three solo albums to critical acclaim, Pontius Pilate's Decision in 1992, Musashi in 1997, and Minions Dominion in September 2006. Along with late trombone master J.J. Johnson, several music reviewers have labeled Mr. Marsalis as one of the freshest modern voices on the instrument to arrive in the 90's.
His scores of music have set the backdrop for the ABC mini-series, Moon over Miami, the documentaries Streetcar Mysteries, 112th & Central, an off-Broadway production Girl Gone, and the New Orleans Ballet presentations of Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire and Glass Menagerie.
Mr. Marsalis has been involved with educating youth in various developmental programs for several years. In 1993, his original D-Blues was commissioned by “Meet the Composer” for the Filmore Arts Center in Washington DC and in 1995 Mr. Marsalis lectured in public and parochial schools on behalf of both the Dallas Opera and the Bravo cable network. To further introduce young people to jazz music, he has served as director of the Foundation for Artistic and Musical Excellence summer program in Lawrenceville, NJ since 1998. After composing the musical, Luther, for Summerstages Theatre in 1997, Mr. Marsalis founded the Uptown Music Theatre, created specifically to provide 8-12th grade youth with musical theatre training. In three summers, UMT has prepared over eighty-five students—ages 8-18—and staged five original musicals, Kidstown, The Pirate’s Conspirate, Jaz and Jazmine Meet the Jazz Band, A New Tale of the Old West and Carol, Carol, Caroling, the central theme in all being, “community unity.” Under the direction of Mr. Marsalis, UMT children perform throughout the community year-round, including the seasonal, “ Carol, Carol, Caroling…” which is presented at local nursing homes, shelters, and Children’s Hospital.
Mr. Marsalis obtained an MA in jazz performance at the University of Louisville in 2005. Mr. Marsalis was recently named artistic director of a jazz concert series for the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra for the 2007-08 season. The first concert on June 28, 2007 will feature octet arrangements of the Ellington classic Such Sweet Thunder, a suite based upon the literary brilliance of William Shakespeare.
- bismillah The Soul of America is not just Black People, its people who think about America, The Land of the Free where, if you will, you can be whomever and whatever you want to be BUT - if you keep not your Eye on Government, Local, State and National, you will always be what you are - a wage slave, to the Bankers, Industrialists (CEO's) and Rush "Mr. Oxycoton - dope addict" Limburger, the paid shill of the Republican Robbers who I bet my Life, have All invested in Oil, what they call Black Gold and what Believers call, "Hagar's Blood", the 2nd Wife of Abraham. Old Abe Lincoln set me free and I am gonna speak about whatever peeves - bothers the hell out of - me because I believe in G'd and The People of The Land of The Free! America is The Promised Land to me. There is no other Land undiscovered and we are all here from all over the World; and many know our History, our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, better than we do. Now aint that some shit? Or ainit it a bitch? You feel me? - imam wali ibn Cannon
p.s. The Prophet said, "When you see a wrong, change it with your hand", and, "If you cannot do that, speak out about it", and, "If you cannot do that, hold it in your heart and that is the weakest of Faith". - Mohammed of Arabia A Beautiful Man, just like Abraham, the Thinking Man and Khalil Allah, The Friend of G'd, like we all want to be. - Wali The Poet's Poet
G'd said, "When I send you an Angel he will come as a Man and he will have a Trumpet in his hands".
MEMORIES BRING BACK MEMORIES - bismillah Delfeayo, you may remember a day, way back when you were a Senior in Hi-School and your band Teacher brought a Brass Quartet to the Cabildo, a Louisiana Museum with Marble walls and the sound was bouncing all around. I was then a Bartender for a catering company and on the break you asked, knowing I hung out with your Pop and his band, "Man, how do we sound" and like an idiot, I said, "Awful man, that brass is bouncing off those Marble pillars and walls something terrible", and me, the idiot did not give it another thought. Ah, but then the Prof called for the Quartet to hit again and asked, "Where is Delfeayo?" and a student said, "He split!" And, me, the idiot was sorry I said what I said, but it was the Truth. - imam wali ibn Cannon
I pray Allah this Truth is not too risque' for your page but I remember one Night up at Fosters on Lasalle street when Alvin Batiste had just left Ray Charles. He was at Fosters on clarinet, of course, with Ellis Marsalis on Piano, Richard Payne on bass, Edward Blackwell on drums and Nathaniel Perrilliat on Tenor and another Saxophone player who used to hang around the Dew Drop sat in and played some funky tenor and roused the people. Alvin turned to Nat and switched horns and played so much funk it was all over Lasalle Street. You could hear it, you could smell it and you could taste it up and down the street from Louisiana Avenue all the way to Washington. And the people went wild! Then the band went back to playing Music. Afther the gig I said to Alvin,"Man, I never heard you play like that". And he said, in that inimical way of his, "That mutha fuka was trying to steal our gig!" And we both laff'd. True story. -imam wali
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Happy New Year Hey Delfeayo, just wanted to wish you all the best. and hope to catch you in Georgia soon. Thanks and check out my tunes if you get chance.
Que tal amigos los invito a escuchar la banda del gato perez en Antares , cabrera y Armenia , el lugar es una cerveceria , asique a festejar y mas alla de la invitacion es un mensaje de augurio para estas fiestas , que todos esten bien y mucha felicidad para el 2009 , buen año para todos y a tokarrrrrrr
Hello Delfeayo, Thank you! Roots-an essential part of growth. My beginnings that shaped and nurtured the future me. Have a week filled with new-growth tenderly and lovingly multiplying!~XX!
WHATEVER YOU IMAGINE IS WHAT YOU BECOME
Roots--more complex than that tangled part of an underground plant; A place to draw from, an essential part of growth; My beginnings that shaped and nurtured the future me. When my world feels shaky, as if my roots are being torn away, And loved ones begin to depart, I have only to reflect on these golden memories that we call yesterday The smoothness of a baby's skin; A wrinkled smile that lights up the room; Words of wisdom suggested with love; Sad occasions where prayers are mingled with tears; Happy holidays where love and laughter and good food abound; Hands joined in prayer connecting with one another and with God. And then I know that my roots are secure. For as a root draws water from the soil, I, too, can draw strength from that innermost part of my private self Knowing that my roots are not gone But are tenderly and lovingly multiplying, Sending out new growth in the never-ending scheme of life -- Which has perfect order.
