Delfeayo Marsalis

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Delfeayo Marsalis (Born July 28, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American jazz trombonist and record producer.

He is a member of the Marsalis family of jazz musicians: father Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (piano), and brothers Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), and Jason Marsalis (drum set). Delfeayo has two brothers who are not musicians, thus there is not as much mention about them in the media: Ellis Marsalis III (1964) is a poet, photographer and computer networking specialist based in Baltimore. Mboya Kenyatta (1970) is autistic and was the primary inspiration for Delfeayo's founding of the New Orleans based Uptown Music Theatre. Formed in 2000, UMT has trained over 300 youth and staged 8 original musicals, all of which are based upon the mission of "community unity."

While a gifted trombonist, Delfeayo has recorded relatively few albums and is both more prolific and better known for his work as a producer jazz recordings. Along with current "Tonight Show" engineer Patrick Smith, Delfeayo reverted to an older, more accoustic aestetic of jazz recording, including the removal of direct bass input.

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