Jason Marsalis

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Jason Marsalis (b. March 4, 1977, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a jazz drummer, and the youngest member of the famous musical family that includes his brothers Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Delfeayo Marsalis, and their father, Ellis Marsalis.

Jason has not only inherited the virtuosity and compositional skills associated with the Marsalis family, but has also developed a distinctive, polyrhythmic drumming style. Though his first professional gig was with his father at the age of twelve, he studied classical percussion at Loyola University in New Orleans, and worked as a sideman with straight-ahead combos, funk fusion bands, a Brazilian percussion ensemble, and even a Celtic group. He introduced percussionist Bill Summers to trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and together they co-founded the wildly successful Los Hombres Calientes. Then, at the height of that band's popularity, Jason left to join up with acclaimed pianist Marcus Roberts. Jason Marsalis still sits in with his father on many occasions, and gigs regularly with many other musicians.

[edit] Selected discography

• Jason Marsalis - The Year Of The Drummer (Basin Street Records)
• Jason Marsalis - Music In Motion (Basin Street Records)
• Roland Guerin - You Don't Have To See It To Believe It (Half Note Records)
• John Ellis - Roots, Branches & Leaves (Fresh Sound New Talent)
• The Marsalis Family - A Jazz Celebration (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
• The Ellis Marsalis Trio - Twelve's It (Columbia Records)
• David Morgan Trio - Live At The Blue Note (Half Note Records)
• Los Hombres Calientes - Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street Records)
• Los Hombres Calientes - Vol. 2 (Basin Street Records)
• Marcus Roberts Trio - In Honor Of Duke (Columbia Records)

[edit] External links

• Bio from Basin Street Records
• Interview from Jazzweekly.com