Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra

A collage of six photos, the largest features Delfeayo Marsalis, a black man with a mustache wearing a New Orleans style blue mask and blue floral tuxedo. He is holding a trombone against a sparkly purple background. Other images feature band members holding brass instruments.

Wednesday, February 28

7:30pm

Capitol Theater

$45 - $65

Runtime

90 minutes with a 20-minute intermission

Age Recommendation

6+

The entire city of New Orleans becomes one big party during Mardi Gras, but Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra (UJO) know that there’s no place to be quite like Uptown on Mardi Gras Day. In this concert, featuring songs from their latest album, released in February 2023, the UJO provides the ultimate soundtrack for Carnival Time in the Crescent City with a spirited collection of Mardi Gras classics and buoyant new originals. A celebration like no other, this performance is a unique combination of big band swing feel, small group jazz spirit and brass band funkiness that would feel equally buoyant on the parade route or in the concert hall.

In addition to the close-knit ensemble of gifted New Orleans musicians that makes up the UJO, Uptown on Mardi Gras Day features guest appearances by Branford Marsalis on saxophone, drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith, and vocalists Glen-David Andrews, Dr. Brice Miller and Tonya Boyd-Cannon. All of the arrangements for the session were crafted by both Marsalis and UJO trumpeter Andrew Baham.

“We play with the feeling of an R&B group but add the rich harmonies and textures that you can only get from a larger band. It’s the only collection of modern big band versions of Mardi Gras music to date, so we want folks to feel like they’re in the streets with us catching beads and doubloons,” says Marsalis. “It is a celebration of the greatness of New Orleans music and culture.”

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The Uptown Jazz Orchestra fills every inch of the room with a joyous noise.

Michael Elliott, PopMatters

Delfeayo is, in many ways, the most fun of the Marsalises.

The Buffalo News

Photos

  • Three men holding trumpets and wearing Mardi Gras colorful beads around their necks. Two men in front are black and all are pointing to the camera, smiling.

  • A Black man with short hair and sunglasses wearing a blue floral suit and purple festive hat, playing the trombone.

  • A bald black man with a large beard playing the trombone. He is wearing a black suit, no jacket, with a vibrant Mardi Gras designed vest and colorful bead necklaces.

  • A Black man with buzzed hair and glasses wearing a blue suit and playing a trombone while standing.

  • A Black man with buzzed hair, a cropped mustache and sunglasses wearing red dress shirt and polka dotted suit jacket, holding a trombone and smiling.

  • Three people sitting in front of music stands playing trumpets. They are wearing blue suits.

  • A bald, Black man with a short, dark beard playing an alto saxophone. He is wearing a blue suit.

  • A jazz band of 15 members performing on a stage. A solo trombonist stands in a spotlight. The stage has blue and purple lighting and a large curtain that looks like a waterfall hangs behind the band.

  • A Black man with buzzed hair, a cropped mustache and sunglasses wearing a red pin striped suit with a red paisley tie, sitting and holding a trombone against his crossed knee.

  • A Black man in a blue shirt and tie playing a drum set.

  • A Black man in a blue suit playing an alto saxophone.

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