NEA Jazz Master & GRAMMY® Award-Winning Jazz Producer, Composer & Trombonist DELFEAYO MARSALIS & THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA are one of the best Big Band Jazz Ensembles in the world today. Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top Trombonists, Composers & Producers in Jazz. Along with the Marsalis family of musicians including his father Ellis, he was destined to a life in music. Delfeayo is brother to Wynton Marsalis (Trumpeter), Brandford Marsalis (Saxophonist), and Jason Marsalis (Drummer). Marsalis has toured internationally with jazz legends such as Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Slide Hampton, as well as leading his own groups. In 2008, Delfeayo formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, a highly entertaining ensemble that focuses on maintaining important jazz traditions such as New Orleans polyphony & spontaneous arrangements. "Hearing Delfeayo deliver wonderfully woozy lyrical lines, full-bore solos, and the occasional artful gliss is pure joy," raves ALL ABOUT JAZZ.