Jason Marsalis, youngest musician in revered jazz family, brings band with Bay Area musicians David Ewell (bass) and Adam Shulman (piano) to S.F. and Santa Cruz Jan. 26-30.
Jason Marsalis makes music with a twist.
When the Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet checks into the SFJAZZ Center’s Joe Henderson Lab for a four-night, eight-show run Jan. 26-29 , he’s bringing a game plan that zigzags across eras, styles and idioms. He’s also been working on another piece by a contemporary guitar master, Pat Metheny’s “So It May Secretly Begin.” That idea came from talking with musicians in the Lionel Hampton Big Band who played with the swing era star before his death at the age of 94 in 2002. “They told about how open-minded Hamp was,” Marsalis said, “and how after one show he was asking about which Pat Metheny records he should listen to.
A few years later Sawyer made a point of catching Delfeayo when he played the old Yoshi’s on Claremont “and had Jason with him,” Sawyer recalled. “I introduced myself to Delfeayo as a drummer after the show and he asked, ‘Who’s your favorite drummer?’ ‘Art Blakey.’ And Del says, ‘Sing me a solo.’ ‘Um, what?’ He calls Jason over and says, ‘Sing me some Blakey,’ and Jason starts singing this solo, I think from the album ‘Kyoto.’ I was like, holy smokes! He was completely gifted.
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