ECA Special Engagement: Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Orchestra

In 2007, NEA Jazz Master and GRAMMY Award-winning trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra (UJO) for the purpose of keeping important jazz music traditions alive, such as riff-playing, spontaneous group improvisations, and collective New Orleans instrumental polyphony. At the time, Marsalis realized that the New Orleans music community was lacking the infusion of young homegrown talent outside of the great brass band tradition and chose to form an orchestra that could present traditional, classic, and modern compositions with authenticity. Since that time, UJO has grown into one of the premier large ensembles in the world, releasing three albums to critical acclaim and touring locally, nationally, and internationally.

You may also like the following events from Edmonds Center for the Arts:

• Next Saturday, 20th September, 07:30 pm, ECA Presents: Mariachi Divas in Edmonds
• This month, 27th September, 07:30 pm, ECA Presents: Judy Collins in Edmonds
• Next month, 2nd October, 07:30 pm, ECA Presents: Kanekoa in Edmonds

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