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Uptown Jazz Orchestra Performances:
Santa Barbara Independent 03/03/2025:
https://www.independent.com/2025/03/03/crescent-city-bone-brother-hits-santa-barbara/
Live at the Vineyards features Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra Interview »
San Jose Jazz Fest 8/11/24:
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/san-jose-jazz-summer-fest-feeds-music-hungry-audience
Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Crescent City Jewels:
Santa Barbara Independent:
https://www.independent.com/2025/03/14/on-the-beat-smart-feel-good-jazz-and-folky-treasury-notes/
Pierre Giroux’s Best of 2024 list for All About Jazz.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/pierre-girouxs-best-jazz-albums-of-2024
Arstash Review:
https://arstash.com/album-release-crescent-city-jewels-by-delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra/
4.5 stars review:
https://www.audaud.com/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels-troubadour-jass-records/
4-stars from AAJ:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/crescent-city-jdewels-delfeayo-marsalis-troubadour-jass
Here’s Mike Greenblatt’s review in Goldmine:
https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/beyond-genre-reviews-ray-charles-amanda-fish-bruce-katz-delfeayo-marsalis-and-more
https://cdhotlist.com/2024/10/07/october-2024
Boston Post-Gazette:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zXwL3NYmNJVkGFl99TXTRgmg8tl5jPn/view?usp=drive_link
Tom Hull - Streamnotes: September 30, 2024:
https://tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rhap/rh2409-1.php
Review from Poland:
DIoni:
https://jazz.pl/delfeayo-marsalis-and-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels-troubadour-jass-records/
Review from Norway:
https://torhammero.blogg.no/smaksrik-gumbo-fra-new-orleans.html
Review from Italy:
https://offtopicmagazine.net/2024/11/13/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/
And a rough translation:
https://offtopicmagazine-net.translate.goog/2024/11/13/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Rockerilla October 2024:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1arioOrr9CxZLUj-95kR3UeKc67eLwpIc/view?usp=drive_link
Elio Bussolino, September 2024:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gkDzpE8cS3QziDnadolflo1n2wYpjVqh/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112473750953649442237&rtpof=true&sd=true
https://www.animajazz.eu/wordpress/animajazz-n-1145-di-venerdi-18-ottobre/
Review from Germany:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F_BMw8isbKeXGxsvvKgFhAolgwi9rupD/view?usp=drive_link
www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-resonanzen/album-der-woche-130.html
Jazzthing Magazine both online and in print: https://www.jazzthing.de/review/delfeayo-marsalis-upton-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/
Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Uptown On Mardi Gras Day:
“Soooo New Orleans!” – Allen Morrison, Downbeat Magazine:
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/delfeayo-marsalis-soooo-new-orleans
“If you can’t be in New Orleans for carnival, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s latest has enough mighty cootie fiyo to get your own parade jumping.” – Rob Rushin-Knopf, Salvation South:
https://www.salvationsouth.com/do-you-know-what-it-means-new-orleans-mardi-gras-2093-delfeayo-marsalis/?fbclid=IwAR1a8C_1-Fi7rBPpNsu8Ba63-VS8gYQr1iIhyKIEqEuCsT0DSJImj4nfwCw
“This may be the ‘biggest’ sound you’ve ever heard emanating from New Orleans ...” – Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine:
https://glidemagazine.com/288176/delfeayo-marsalis-throws-down-with-uptown-jazz-orchestra-on-jovial-uptown-on-mardi-gras-day-album-review/
“I was doing the Second Line all around my house complete with my little umbrella. (For real!).” – Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine:
https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/best-jazz-releases-delfeayo-marsalis-ramsey-lewis-avi-granite-6-others
“... a big, colorful, funky celebration. This whole album is infused with joy and is a nonstop pleasure.” – CD Hotlist:
https://cdhotlist.com/2023/04/03/april-2023/
“... spreading the good vibes of New Orleans.” – Jazz Hot, France:
https://www.jazzhot.net/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=2349926#DelfeayoMarsalis
“... an amazing, festive album, cared for in every detail by a man who knows the inside and out of not only the great tradition of New Orleans jazz ... so that the tradition can become the property of any listener ...” Phontas Troussas, ΔΙΣΚΟΡΥΧΕΙΟΝ / VINYLMINE
https://www.jazzhalo.be/reviews/cds/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-uptown-on-mardi-gras-day/
Ink19
https://ink19.com/2023/02/magazine/music-reviews/sctkcw-delfeayo-marsalis
Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Jazz Party:
All About Jazz – Jerome Wilson
3.5 star review:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-party-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-troubadour-jass-records
All About Jazz – Michael Ricci
Featured track on 12/20/19 “Raid on the Mingus House Party”:
https://media.allaboutjazz.com/track-raid-on-the-mingus-house-party-by-delfeayo-marsalis
Art Music Lounge – Lynn Bayley
Review:
https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/delfeayo-marsalis-has-a-jazz-party/
Black News – Wendy Brinker Taylor
Ran press release:
Grammy-Winning Jazz Artist, Delfeayo Marsalis, Celebrates New Orleans Funk With New Album Release
CD Hotlist – Rick Anderson
Review:
https://cdhotlist.com/2020/01/06/january-2020/
Ink19 – Bob Pomeroy
Review:
https://ink19.com/2020/03/magazine/music-reviews/delfeayo-marsalis-and-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra
JazzBluesNews.com
Review in Nov. 2019:
http://jazzbluesnews.com/2019/11/17/cd-review-delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party-2019-video-cd-cover/
Advice Sisters – Alison Blackman Dunham
Recommended for purchase for “Jazz Lovers” as a Valentine’s Day gift:
https://advicesisters.com/lovers/
JAZZ HOT – Jerome Partage
Album announcement in February:
https://www.jazzhot.net/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=2110372
Jazz Journal – Mark Youll
Review:
https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/03/01/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/
Jazz Weekly – George Harris
Review:
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2020/03/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/
Jazziz – Brian Zimmerman
Jazz Brunch:
https://www.jazziz.com/jazziz-daily-brunch-delfeayo-marsalis/
Jazzpress.pl – Krzysztof Komorek
Editor’s Choice:
https://jazzpress.pl/wyroznione/plytowe-premiery-lutego-2020
Les Dnj – Xavier Prévost
Review:
http://lesdnj.over-blog.com/2020/04/made-in-usa.html
Louisiana Weekly – Geraldine Wyckoff
Review:
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/two-marsalis-brothers-two-albums-in-2020/
Monday Magazine – Joe Blake
Selected for “10 amazing CDs to explore in our Covid isolation”:
https://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/joseph-blake-10-amazing-cds-to-explore-in-our-covid-19-isolation/
Music Man Blog – Bob Nicosia
Review:
http://www.musicmanblog.com/2020/04/cd-review-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz.html
Musical Memoirs – Dee Dee McNeil
Review:
LUCIANA SOUZA’S LIVE PERFORMANCE, ERROLL GARNER RE-MASTERED AND MORE
Neon Jazz (on KCXL, Kansas City, MO & iTunes podcast channel) – Joe Dimino
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAC4zwKPptw&feature=youtu.be
New Orleans Advocate – Keith Spera
Review:
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_699414ba-7ee6-11ea-a85e-ebc0927472b7.html
New York City Jazz Record – Steve Loewy
Review (p. 18):
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202002.pdf
New York City Jazz Record – Suzanne Lorge
Review in Vox, p. 11:
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202002.pdf
OffBeat – Geraldine Wyckoff
Review (similar to her review in Louisiana Weekly):
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/two-marsalis-brothers-two-albums-in-2020/
Pop Matters – Mike Elliott
Review:
https://www.popmatters.com/delfeayo-marsalis-jazz-party-2644968820.html
Sandy Brown Jazz – Ian Maund
Featured in an article by Howard Lawes:
https://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/Features/DelfeayoMarsalisJazzParty.html
Shepherd Express – David Luhrssen
Review:
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/
Something Else! Reviews – Preston Frazier
Brief review:
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/03/02/bela-fleck-robin-mckelle-delfeayo-marsalis/
Toledo Blade – Tom Henry
Review:
https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2020/02/05/music-review-party-time-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra/stories/20200205182
Tomhull.com – Tom Hull
B+:
http://tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rhap/rh2002-1.php
Vinylmine – Phontas Troussas
Review:
https://diskoryxeion.blogspot.com/2020/02/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra.html
Wanda’s Picks (blogtalkradio.com) – Wanda Sabir
Interview:
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks/2020/07/29/wandas-picks-radio-show
WRTI 90.1 (Philadelphia, PA) – Matt Silver
Review:
https://www.wrti.org/post/jazz-album-week-delfeayo-marsalis-and-uptown-jazz-orchestra-s-jazz-party-exactly
Last Southern Gentleman
Tidal – Evan Haga
Tribute and track "The Last Southern Gentleman" in an article featuring jazz greats who lost their lives to Covid:
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/jazz-covid-19/1-72154