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Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis March 29th, 2023 (Hour 1)
Ellis Marsalis Remembered: Family Memories & Music With Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis

There is no more recognizable family name in jazz from New Orleans and beyond than: Marsalis. We’re paying tribute to the late pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. who passed of Covid-19 in April 2020, and to his musical sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums and vibraphone). The conversation ranges from coming of age in a family of musicians, with expectations of performing at the highest level, to the interplay of traditional and modern jazz in New Orleans. Previously unheard are Wynton’s remarkable memorial oration and a live set with youngest son Jason Marsalis playing the music of his late father. It’s the enduring and thriving musical legacy of the Marsalis family this week on American Routes.

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AMERICAN ROUTES LIVE WITH SUMMER SOUNDS FROM FRENCH QUARTER FEST

July 15th, 2020

This week, we celebrate the cultural minglings in New Orleans with a visit to the 2019 French Quarter Festival: a free, homegrown, four-day annual event featuring a vast array of local music presented on stages throughout the city’s oldest neighborhood. We’ll hear from Soul Queen Irma Thomas, the late piano patriarch Ellis Marsalis, and the Preservation Hall Brass Band. We’ll also catch the French-Creole jazz of Don Vappie and Evan Christopher, Cajun dance music from Bruce Daigrepont, vaudeville and gospel from Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony, Klezmer-funk fusion from the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars and traditional jazz from Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band. The Festival plans its return for April 2021.

Photo by Zack Smith Photography, Courtesy of French Quarter Festivals, Inc.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Hot Sausage Rag Preservation Hall Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • I'm Walking Preservation Hall Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Mardi Gras in New Orleans Preservation Hall Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Instrumental Ellis Marsalis Sextet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • On Broadway Ellis Marsalis Sextet
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Creole Blues Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road w/Don Vappie
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • SalĂ©e Dame Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road w/Don Vappie
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Slow Daddy Joe Krown Organ Combo
    Livin' Large, Joe Krown
  • (You Can Have My Husband But Please) Don't Mess With My Man Irma Thomas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Ruler of My Heart Irma Thomas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • I Done Got Over Irma Thomas
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Palm Court Strut Leroy Jones
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Second Line to Saints Medley Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Lord, Lord, Lord Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: The Bar Mitzvah of Raymond Scott New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • In the Bath, All are Equal New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Funky Yiddish Music Singalong New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Ma Negress Bruce Daigrepont
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Bienvenue Sud de la Louisiane Bruce Daigrepont
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Mamou Two-Step Bruce Daigrepont
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Instrumental: Jeepers Creepers Leroy Jones
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Darktown Strutters Ball Topsy Chapman
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right Topsy Chapman
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • I'll Fly Away Topsy Chapman
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,
  • Closing Bed: Just a Closer Walk with Thee Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
    American Routes original recording from French Quarter Festival 2019,

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