Delfeayo Marsalis (; born July 28, 1965) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

trombonist,

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and educator.

Life and career

Marsalis was born in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor. He is also the grandson of

Ellis Marsalis, Sr. Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (April 16, 1908 – September 19, 2004) was an American businessman from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a former poultry farmer turned hotelier, Esso franchise owner and civil rights activist. Family Marsalis was born i ...

, and the brother of

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 ...

(trumpeter),

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ense ...

(saxophonist), and

Jason Marsalis Jason Marsalis (born March 4, 1977) is an American jazz drummer, vibraphone 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 Marsali ...

(drummer). Delfeayo also has two brothers who are not musicians: Ellis Marsalis III (b. 1964) is a poet, photographer and computer networking specialist based in

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, and Mboya Kenyatta (b. 1970), who is diagnosed with is

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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 eight original musicals, all of which are based upon the mission of "community unity". Delfeayo has recorded 8 of his own albums and is known for his work as a producer of acoustic jazz recordings. Along with ''

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'' 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

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, and in 2004 received an MA in jazz performance from the

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. Marsalis, with his father and brothers, are group recipients of the 2011

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Personal life

Marsalis was raised Catholic.

Discography

As leader

* ''Pontius Pilate's Decision'' (

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, 1992) * ''Musashi'' (

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, 1996) * ''Minions Dominion'' (Troubadour Jass, 2006) * ''Sweet Thunder: Duke and Shak'' (Troubadour Jass, 2011) * ''The Last Southern Gentlemen'' (Troubadour Jass, 2014) * ''Make America Great Again'' (Troubadour Jass, 2016) * ''Kalamazoo'' (Troubadour Jass, 2017) * ''Jazz Party'' (Troubadour Jass, 2020)

As sideman

With

* 1992 ''I Heard You Twice the First Time'' * 1994 ''Buckshot LeFonque'' * 1997 ''Music Evolution'' * 2003 ''Romare Bearden Revealed'' With others * 1993 ''

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'',

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(

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) * 1994 '' The Place To Be'', Benny Green (Blue Note) * 1994 ''Joe Cool's Blues'', Ellis Marsalis/

* 1996 ''Hold on Tight'',

Kermit Ruffins Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is an American jazz trumpeter, singer, composer, and actor from New Orleans. He has been influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan and says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C. He ...

* 1997 ''Jazzfest'', Elvin Jones * 1997 ''R+B = Ruth Brown'',

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* 1998 ''Crackerjack'',

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* 1999 ''Citizen Tain'',

Jeff "Tain" Watts Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others. Biography Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...

* 2000 ''Spirits of Congo Square'',

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* 2000 ''The Search'',

Wycliffe Gordon Wycliffe A. Gordon (born May 29, 1967) is an American jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. Gordon also sings and plays didgeridoo, trumpet, soprano trombone, tuba, and piano. ...

* 2003 ''The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration'', Marsalis Family * 2006 ''Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley'',

Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Lou ...

* 2006 ''Standards Only'', Wycliffe Gordon * 2009 ''Ms. B's Blues'', Ruth Brown * 2010 ''Music Redeems'', Marsalis Family * 2016 ''Trilogy'', Ana Popovic

Filmography

* '' Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story'' (2014) * Soundtrack to ''The Courage of Her Convictions'' (documentary about Maureen Kelleher-Activists & Artist) (2016)

References

External links

Delfeayo Marsalis website
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