Jason Marsalis (born March 4, 1977) is an American
jazz drummer
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...
,
vibraphone
The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...
player, composer, producer, band leader, and member of the Marsalis family of musicians. He is the youngest son of Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and the late
Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, whe ...
Musical career
Marsalis was born in
, Louisiana, the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand) and
Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor.
[Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', PBS, March 25, 2012] His brothers are
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed inst ...
,
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...
, Ellis Marsalis III (1964),
Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis (; born July 28, 1965) is an American jazz trombonist, record producer and educator.
Life and career
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand) and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music pro ...
, and Mboya Kenyatta (1971). Branford, Wynton, and Delfeayo are also jazz musicians.
At age 6, Marsalis took lessons from legendary New Orleans drummer
James Black.
As a teenager, he made his recording debut on
Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis (; born July 28, 1965) is an American jazz trombonist, record producer and educator.
Life and career
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand) and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music pro ...
's 1992 release, ''Pontius Pilate’s Decision''.
Marsalis graduated from the
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, or NOCCA, is the regional, pre-professional arts training center for high school students in Louisiana. NOCCA opened in 1973 as a professional arts training center for secondary school-age children. Locate ...
(NOCCA) and studied percussion at
Loyola University New Orleans
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. He worked as a sideman in mainstream jazz,
funk
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, and
jazz fusion
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groups (Neslort and
Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy is an American instrumental band led by bassist Michael League. Founded in 2004, Snarky Puppy combines a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk and has won four Grammy Awards. Although the band has worked with vocalist ...
); a Brazilian percussion ensemble (Casa Samba); and played
Celtic music
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with
Beth Patterson.
He introduced percussionist
Bill Summers Bill Summers may refer to:
* Bill Summers (car builder) (1935–2011), American car builder and longtime speed record holder
* Bill Summers (musician) (born 1948), American jazz percussionist
*Bill Summers (umpire)
William Reed Summers (November ...
to trumpeter
Irvin Mayfield
Irvin Mayfield Jr. (born December 23, 1977) is an American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator. On November 3, 2021, Mayfield was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the New Orleans public library system from over one mill ...
, and they founded
Los Hombres Calientes Los Hombres Calientes was a New Orleans–based jazz group. They are most associated with Latin jazz, especially Afro-Cuban jazz, and contemporary jazz. Their 1998 self-titled debut was praised by the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''. Bill Summers, Ir ...
. Marsalis has also played with
John Ellis,
Dr. Michael White
Michael White (born November 29, 1954 in New Orleans) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Jazz critic Scott Yanow said in a review that White "displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans cl ...
, and the Marsalis family. Marsalis regularly performs at the
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (commonly called Jazz Fest or Jazzfest) is an annual celebration of local music and culture held at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jazz Fest attracts thousands of visitors to New ...
as leader and sideman.
Marsalis has had a long professional career and collaboration with pianist
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
. In 1994 at the age of 17 he toured as a member of the Marcus Roberts Trio performing selections from Roberts' ''Gershwin for Lovers''.
In 2022 he continues performing with
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
as a member of the trio and Robert's Modern Jazz Generation.
In a program of
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
songs at
Carnegie Hall
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with
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
, bassist Rodney Jordan, vocalist
Catherine Russell, and the
American Symphony Orchestra
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, critic Seth Colter Walls writes "The drumming by Marsalis was likewise individual in character, particularly during "Three Black Kings." (At one point, he made a simple-sounding pattern progressively complex in its syncopations, until he stirred the crowd to applause.)"
At the age of 21, Marsalis released his first record as leader, ''The Year of the Drummer''. "On this impressive debut, his quintet puts together a highly coordinated spin on blues motifs and Caribbean figures. The music is vivacious as it makes its move; all sorts of fresh ideas concerning tempo fill the air."
Los Angeles Times’ writer Don Heckman reviewed Marsalis’s second record, the 2000 release, ''Music in Motion'', and described it as "impressive," "the opportunity to display his technique in everything from brushwork and hard-driving jazz to offbeat meters and Brazilian rhythms...with ease," and "purposeful, intelligent drumming."
The record's cover photograph is of Jason standing on the tracks of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad along Leake Avenue in New Orleans.
In 2009, Marsalis released his first album as a leader on
vibraphone
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, entitled ''Music Update''. The album received 4.5 out of 5 stars in ''
DownBeat
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'' magazine. Writing in ''
The New York Times
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'', critic
Ben Ratliff
Ben Ratliff (born 1968 in New York City) is an American journalist, music critic and author.
Ratliff is the son of an English mother and an American father, growing up in London and in Rockland County, New York.
From 1996 to 2016, he wrote abo ...
said that Marsalis was "an excellent musician trying out something risky without embarrassment."
Marsalis and his brothers
Branford,
Wynton,
Delfeayo, and their father
Ellis
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Surname
A
* Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series ' ...
were named
NEA Jazz Masters
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the self-proclaimed highest honors that the United States bestows upon ...
in 2011.
In 2013, Marsalis released his second vibraphone record, ''In a World of Mallets'', as the Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet. The quartet consisted of Austin Johnson (piano), Will Goble (bass), and Dave Potter (drums), and each contributed one song to the record and most of the other songs were composed by Marsalis. Marsalis plays marimba, glockenspiel, tubular bells, vibraphone, and xylophone. The record peaked at #1 in
JazzWeek
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Collection Method
Originally, the company gathered its o ...
's chart.
In a review by Britt Robson in
JazzTimes
''JazzTimes'' is an American magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1970 by Ira Sabin as the newsletter ''Radio Free Jazz'' to complement his record store.
Coverage
After a decade of growth ...
-- "''In a World of Mallets'' highlights the growth of Jason Marsalis as a full-fledged vibraphonist" and "..captures the guileless mischief and playful impulsiveness of Marsalis’ personality, and inspires him into a spirited yet still multifaceted performance."
In the liner notes Marsalis writes "a debt of gratitude is owed to the original members of the percussion ensemble
M'Boom
M'Boom is an American jazz percussion group founded by drummer Max Roach in 1970. The original members were Roach, Roy Brooks, Warren Smith, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Ray Mantilla, and Freddie Waits.
All of M'Boom's members are and always have bee ...
". He dedicates one of his songs, ''Blues Can Be Abstract, Too'', to "all musicians and music students who believe that blues is a primitive old form in which no modern music can be explored."
Drummers Marsalis,
Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
A native of New Orleans, Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high ...
, and
Shannon Powell
Shannon Powell (born April 8, 1962) is an American jazz and ragtime drummer. He has toured internationally and played with Ellis Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Danny Barker, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestr ...
play together as The New Orleans Groovemasters.
During a 2020 performance at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans, Marsalis's father
Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr. sat in on three songs with the Groovemasters.
Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
A native of New Orleans, Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high ...
commented about the performance in ''International Musician'', "Ellis Marsalis passed away on April 1st
020from the coronavirus. In hindsight, that March 3
020performance was a special moment at the close of his life and career. He played with his longtime friend (
Germaine Bazzle), his youngest son, and in the venue that bears his name and was built in his honor."
The Jason Marsalis Signature Series Vibe Mallets are the first mallets Marimba One designed specifically for the vibraphone. Marsalis is a Marimba One artist and plays the One Vibe.
Film
On June 29, 2003
Seiji Ozawa
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*, Japanese ski jumper
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*, Japanese film directo ...
conducted the
Berlin Philharmonic
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History
The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
with the
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
Trio at the
Waldbühne
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in Berlin. They performed the music of
George Gershwin
George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...
and one piece each by
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
and
Paul Lincke
Carl Emil Paul Lincke (7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946) was a German composer and theater conductor. He is considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta. His well-known compositions include "" ("Berlin Air"), the unofficial anthem of Berlin, ...
. EuroArts released the concert on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2021 as ''Ozawa: A Gershwin Night - Waldbühne Berlin''. The video includes a 19-minute documentary, ''They got Rhythm'', about the origin of the performance and includes footage of rehearsals and interviews of Marsalis,
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese film directo ...
,
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
, and bassist Roland Guerin.
Marsalis is one of the artists featured in ''
Tradition is a Temple: The Modern Masters of New Orleans'', a 2013 documentary film about New Orleans.
In 2022 ''Music Pictures: New Orleans'' had its world premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival
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, and after the premiere Marsalis performed for the attendees. The documentary is about elder and master musicians of New Orleans, and Marsalis's father,
Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, whe ...
is featured. The documentary includes footage of Marsalis and his father recording and footage of one of his father's last live performances at
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro where Marsalis was headlining.
Personal life
Marsalis was raised Catholic.
Selected discography
As leader
* ''Music for Meditation and Relaxation, Vol. 1'' (self-released, 2022)
*
Jason Marsalis Live' (
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, 2020)
* Jason Marsalis & The 21st Century Trad Band -
Melody Reimagined:book 1' (
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, 2017)
* ''Heirs Of The Crescent City'' (ELM Records, 2016)
* Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet -
The 21st Century Trad Band' (
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, 2014)
* Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet -
In a World of Mallets' (
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, 2013)
* ''Music Update'' (ELM Records, 2009)
*
Music in Motion' (
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, 2000)
*
The Year of the Drummer' (
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, 1998)
As co-leader
*
Los Hombres Calientes Los Hombres Calientes was a New Orleans–based jazz group. They are most associated with Latin jazz, especially Afro-Cuban jazz, and contemporary jazz. Their 1998 self-titled debut was praised by the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''. Bill Summers, Ir ...
–
Vol. 2' (
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, 2000)
*
Los Hombres Calientes Los Hombres Calientes was a New Orleans–based jazz group. They are most associated with Latin jazz, especially Afro-Cuban jazz, and contemporary jazz. Their 1998 self-titled debut was praised by the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''. Bill Summers, Ir ...
–
Los Hombres Calientes' (
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, 1998)
As sideman
Outer Park–
Blood from an Orange'
Wild Orchard Record Company 2022)
Outer Park–
Whole Lotta Orange'
Wild Orchard Record Company 2021)
*
Ellis Marsalis with Jason Marsalis - ''For All We Know'', (part of ''The New Orleans Collection'', Newvelle Records, 2020)
*
Masakowski Family - ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' (self-released, 2020)
*
John Ellis - ''All Things Bright'' (2020)
*
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles M ...
Big Band featuring Jason Marsalis - ''Live at Rossmoor'' (ALFi Records, 2019)
Outer Park–
1968 (slight return)'
Wild Orchard Record Company 2019)
*
Norbert Susemihl's Joyful Gumbo – ''Featuring
Chloe Feoranzo
Chloe Feoranzo (born 1992) is an American clarinetist, saxophonist, and vocalist who has been performing professionally since the age of 15. Born in Rhode Island, she grew up in San Diego, where she played in youth orchestras and pit bands, along ...
& Jason Marsalis'' (Sumi Records, 2018)
*
Jon Batiste
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- Christmas with Jon Batiste (Naht Jona, 2016), drummer on track 4
Fredrik Kronkvist- ''Monk Vibes'' (Connective Records, 2015)
*
Ellis Marsalis Trio - ''On the Second Occasion'' (ELM Records, 2014)
* The Native Jazz Quartet - ''Stories'' (self-released, 2013)
*
Bela Fleck and the
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
Trio - ''Across the Imaginary Divide'' (
Rounder
Rounder(s) or The Rounder(s) may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Rounders'' (1914 film), a comedy short
* ''The Rounder'' (1930 film), a comedy short
* ''The Rounders'' (1965 film), a western comedy
* ''Rounders'' (film), a 1998 poker f ...
, 2012)
*
Norbert Susemihl – ''Night on Frenchmen Street'' (Sumi Records, 2012)
*
Ellis Marsalis - ''A New Orleans Christmas Carol'' (ELM Records, 2011)
*
John Ellis & Double-Wide - ''Puppet Mischief'' (2010)
* The Marsalis Family –
Music Redeems' (
Marsalis Music
Marsalis Music is a jazz record label founded by Branford Marsalis in 2002.
After 20 years with Columbia, saxophonist Branford Marsalis left to start his own label. Early musicians to the label included Miguel Zenón, a Puerto Rican saxophonist ...
, 2010)
* Scan-Am Quartet - ''Antlantic Bridges'' (Connective Records, 2010)
* Stephen Riley – ''El Gaucho'' (
SteepleChase
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, 2010)
*
Norbert Susemihl's New Orleans All Stars – ''Live at Maribo Jazzfestival-Denmark'' (Sumi Records, 2008)
* Neal Caine – ''Backstabber's Ball'' (Smalls Records, 2006)
*
Jonathan Batiste
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- ''Times in New Orleans'' (self-released, 2005)
*
Branford Marsalis
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-
Romare Bearden Revealed
''Romare Bearden Revealed'' is a jazz album by the Branford Marsalis Quartet, featuring Branford Marsalis, Eric Revis, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Joey Calderazzo, with guest appearances by Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble, Reginald Ve ...
(
Marsalis Music
Marsalis Music is a jazz record label founded by Branford Marsalis in 2002.
After 20 years with Columbia, saxophonist Branford Marsalis left to start his own label. Early musicians to the label included Miguel Zenón, a Puerto Rican saxophonist ...
, 2003)
* The Marsalis Family –
A Jazz Celebration' (Marsalis/
Rounder
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Film and television
* ''The Rounders'' (1914 film), a comedy short
* ''The Rounder'' (1930 film), a comedy short
* ''The Rounders'' (1965 film), a western comedy
* ''Rounders'' (film), a 1998 poker f ...
, 2003)
*
John Ellis (saxophonist)
John Axson Ellis (born April 13, 1974) is an American jazz saxophonist. He performed in the group Doublewide with Jason Marsalis.
Career
A native of North Carolina, Ellis learned clarinet and piano as a child. During the 1990s in New Orleans he ...
– ''Roots, Branches & Leaves'' (
Fresh Sound
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The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded be ...
, 2002)
* Roland Guerin – ''You Don't Have to See It to Believe It'' (
Half Note
''Half Note'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1974 and first released on the SteepleChase label in 1985. , 2000)
* David Morgan Trio – ''Live at the Blue Note'' (
Half Note
''Half Note'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1974 and first released on the SteepleChase label in 1985. , 1999)
*
Marcus Roberts
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
Early life
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...
Trio – ''In Honor of Duke'' (
Columbia, 1999)
* The
Ellis Marsalis Trio – ''Twelve's It'' (
Columbia, 1998)
*
Ellis Marsalis – ''Whistle Stop'' (
Columbia, 1994), drummer on tracks 4 and 7
References
External links
*
Interviewfrom Jazzweekly.com
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1977 births
Living people
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
Marsalis family
American male jazz musicians
American male drummers
American vibraphonists
American jazz drummers
American jazz vibraphonists
African-American drummers
20th-century American drummers
21st-century American drummers
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
Los Hombres Calientes members
20th-century African-American musicians
21st-century African-American musicians