Ellis Marsalis News

The "Free Foundation Friday" series -- good local music with no cover -- continues at Tipitina's with funk-jam outfit Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove .

This weekend , trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp and his NY-based band will bring his original sounds of contemporary Jazz to Florence, Alabama at the 27th annual WC Handy Festival.

Red and Blue Records Do we really need another tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk? Everybody who is anybody in the jazz game has put a Monk song on an album.

To honor him, Christian Unity Baptist Church is hosting "A Living Legend" tribute ceremony today at 3 p.m. Ellis Marsalis, who recorded his debut album, "Monkey Puzzle," on Battiste's AFO Records label in 1963, ...

To many, he is the patriarch of America's most celebrated jazz family. But to those who've heard him play, he's a talent not to be overlooked.

The man on the cover of hr: Magazine this month is not your typical celebrity. Wynton Marsalis is a jazz and classical musician, composer and educator who has not only been awarded nine GRAMMY Awards, but also ...

Ellis Marsalis, left, and his son Jason display T-shirts promoting Toledo's 2008 Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Festival. via Toledo Blade

“We'd be struggling to pay rent somewhere.”

More... Carter, Connick do their home work in New Orleans By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS - As former President Jimmy Carter nailed down the front porch of a home under construction ... via Dayton Daily News

“Ellis doesn't tour all that much anymore and we are thrilled to be able to bring an artist of this caliber to our community”

The 2008 season for the Darke County Center for the Arts will end with a performance by famed New Orleans pianist Ellis Marsalis. via Palladium-Item

Posted by Gary Scheets/NOLA.com May 03, 2008 8:50PM All week, my son Patrick, who is 4 going on 12, had a hankering for a mango freeze. via Times-Picayune

You don't have to travel to New Orleans to see great jazz musicians. The headliner for this weekend's JazzFest 2008, Grammy-winning trumpet star Nicholas Payton, will be coming to Murfreesboro fresh off a ... via DNJ.com

“The bass players in both groups, they were having so much fun”

When Walter Payton was a kid growing up on Annunciation Street, his grandmother suggested offhandedly one day that he might like to take up the string bass. via Times-Picayune

Michael Woodruff, 20, of 707 N. Vine St., is being held in Fostoria jail after more than two pounds of marijuana were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop Thursday in Fostoria, according to Police Chief ... via TheCourier.com

"The Shoals" is a musical mecca in one of America's most isolated, beautiful places, Northwestern Alabama. via All About Jazz

For his 11th release, 30-year-old trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has teamed up with his "musical godfather" and former teacher, pianist Ellis Marsalis, 73. via The Toronto Star

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, three of the true giants of the performing arts will bring their talent, warmth and caring to the Upstate. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“I remember when we had 80 companies, most of them around New York, now we have hundreds throughout the nation”

Artisphere's prominent Signature Artist Series will feature a performance by one of three leading American artists each day of the festival. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“David Monette is the greatest trumpet maker in the world”

New Orleans jazz trumpet player Irvin Mayfield has been tested again and again. And now. via Chicago Sun-Times

Two creative trumpet and piano duos turn up the heat of passion on these widely different albums. via All About Jazz

“This is a lost jazz landscape”

History and all that in New Orleans For more information, see www.nojazzcommission.com Outside the French Quarter, in the Marigny District, you'll find Frenchmen St., lined with small jazz clubs. via The Toronto Star