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Tucson.com
https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/music/delfeayo-marsalis-tucson-jazz-festival/article_afc6f3b0-d087-11ef-8b9e-fb80ff36cb6d.html

DownBeat – Dave Cantor
Quoted in article on creativity during the pandemic:
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/quotes-from-musicians-on-how-to-cultivate-creativity-during-the-pandemic/P1

DownBeat – Ted Panken
Article: “Delfeayo Marsalis: Merchant of Joy”
http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2020/DB20_04/32-33.html

DownBeat
DB Critics Poll Best Trombone #6:
https://downbeat.com/digitaledition/2020/DB20_08/single_page_view/33.html

Article about KNOMA with mention of Jazz Party:
http://jazzbluesnews.com/2020/08/12/delfeayo-marsalis-im-turning-some-good-stories-photos-video/

Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Crescent City Jewels:

 

Pierre Giroux’s Best of 2024 list for All About Jazz. 
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/pierre-girouxs-best-jazz-albums-of-2024

New Jersey Jazz (PDF)

Jazz Journal (PDF)

O's Place Jazz Newsletter (PDF)

Music Man Blog:

4.5 stars review:
https://www.audaud.com/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels-troubadour-jass-records/

4-stars from AAJ:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/crescent-city-jdewels-delfeayo-marsalis-troubadour-jass

Here’s Mike Greenblatt’s review in Goldmine:
https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/beyond-genre-reviews-ray-charles-amanda-fish-bruce-katz-delfeayo-marsalis-and-more

https://cdhotlist.com/2024/10/07/october-2024

Boston Post-Gazette:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zXwL3NYmNJVkGFl99TXTRgmg8tl5jPn/view?usp=drive_link

Tom Hull - Streamnotes: September 30, 2024:
https://tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rhap/rh2409-1.php

Review from Poland:
DIoni:
https://jazz.pl/delfeayo-marsalis-and-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels-troubadour-jass-records/

Review from Norway:
https://torhammero.blogg.no/smaksrik-gumbo-fra-new-orleans.html

Review from Italy:
https://offtopicmagazine.net/2024/11/13/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/

And a rough translation:
https://offtopicmagazine-net.translate.goog/2024/11/13/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Rockerilla October 2024:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1arioOrr9CxZLUj-95kR3UeKc67eLwpIc/view?usp=drive_link

Elio Bussolino, September 2024:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gkDzpE8cS3QziDnadolflo1n2wYpjVqh/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112473750953649442237&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://www.animajazz.eu/wordpress/animajazz-n-1145-di-venerdi-18-ottobre/

Review from Germany:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F_BMw8isbKeXGxsvvKgFhAolgwi9rupD/view?usp=drive_link

www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-resonanzen/album-der-woche-130.html

Jazzthing Magazine both online and in print: https://www.jazzthing.de/review/delfeayo-marsalis-upton-jazz-orchestra-crescent-city-jewels/

Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Uptown On Mardi Gras Day:

“Soooo New Orleans!” – Allen Morrison, Downbeat Magazine:
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/delfeayo-marsalis-soooo-new-orleans

“If you can’t be in New Orleans for carnival, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s latest has enough mighty cootie fiyo to get your own parade jumping.” – Rob Rushin-Knopf, Salvation South:
https://www.salvationsouth.com/do-you-know-what-it-means-new-orleans-mardi-gras-2093-delfeayo-marsalis/?fbclid=IwAR1a8C_1-Fi7rBPpNsu8Ba63-VS8gYQr1iIhyKIEqEuCsT0DSJImj4nfwCw

“This may be the ‘biggest’ sound you’ve ever heard emanating from New Orleans ...” – Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine:
https://glidemagazine.com/288176/delfeayo-marsalis-throws-down-with-uptown-jazz-orchestra-on-jovial-uptown-on-mardi-gras-day-album-review/

“I was doing the Second Line all around my house complete with my little umbrella. (For real!).” – Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine:
https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/best-jazz-releases-delfeayo-marsalis-ramsey-lewis-avi-granite-6-others

“... a big, colorful, funky celebration. This whole album is infused with joy and is a nonstop pleasure.” – CD Hotlist:
https://cdhotlist.com/2023/04/03/april-2023/

“... spreading the good vibes of New Orleans.” – Jazz Hot, France:
https://www.jazzhot.net/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=2349926#DelfeayoMarsalis

“... an amazing, festive album, cared for in every detail by a man who knows the inside and out of not only the great tradition of New Orleans jazz ... so that the tradition can become the property of any listener ...” Phontas Troussas, ΔΙΣΚΟΡΥΧΕΙΟΝ / VINYLMINE
https://www.jazzhalo.be/reviews/cds/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-uptown-on-mardi-gras-day/

Ink19
https://ink19.com/2023/02/magazine/music-reviews/sctkcw-delfeayo-marsalis

Gambit article
https://www.nola.com/gambit/music/delfeayo-marsalis-and-his-uptown-jazz-orchestra-release-uptown-on-mardi-gras-day-an-album/article_8e7a2f06-a893-11ed-9cf1-5fb1bf3ea150.html

Here is what folks are saying about the CD, Jazz Party:

All About Jazz – Jerome Wilson
3.5 star review:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-party-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-troubadour-jass-records

All About Jazz – Michael Ricci
Featured track on 12/20/19 “Raid on the Mingus House Party”:
https://media.allaboutjazz.com/track-raid-on-the-mingus-house-party-by-delfeayo-marsalis

Art Music Lounge – Lynn Bayley
Review:
https://artmusiclounge.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/delfeayo-marsalis-has-a-jazz-party/

Black News – Wendy Brinker Taylor
Ran press release:
https://www.blacknews.com/news/jazz-artist-delfeayo-marsalis-celebrates-new-orleans-funk-new-album-release/

CD Hotlist – Rick Anderson
Review:
https://cdhotlist.com/2020/01/06/january-2020/

Ink19 – Bob Pomeroy
Review:
https://ink19.com/2020/03/magazine/music-reviews/delfeayo-marsalis-and-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra

JazzBluesNews.com
Review in Nov. 2019:
http://jazzbluesnews.com/2019/11/17/cd-review-delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party-2019-video-cd-cover/

Advice Sisters – Alison Blackman Dunham
Recommended for purchase for “Jazz Lovers” as a Valentine’s Day gift:
https://advicesisters.com/lovers/

JAZZ HOT – Jerome Partage
Album announcement in February:
https://www.jazzhot.net/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=2110372

Jazz Journal – Mark Youll
Review:
https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/03/01/delfeayo-marsalis-the-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/

Jazz Weekly – George Harris
Review:
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2020/03/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/

Jazziz – Brian Zimmerman
Jazz Brunch:
https://www.jazziz.com/jazziz-daily-brunch-delfeayo-marsalis/

Jazzpress.pl – Krzysztof Komorek
Editor’s Choice:
https://jazzpress.pl/wyroznione/plytowe-premiery-lutego-2020

Les Dnj – Xavier Prévost
Review:
http://lesdnj.over-blog.com/2020/04/made-in-usa.html

Louisiana Weekly – Geraldine Wyckoff
Review:
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/two-marsalis-brothers-two-albums-in-2020/

Monday Magazine – Joe Blake
Selected for “10 amazing CDs to explore in our Covid isolation”:
https://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/joseph-blake-10-amazing-cds-to-explore-in-our-covid-19-isolation/

Music Man Blog – Bob Nicosia
Review:
http://www.musicmanblog.com/2020/04/cd-review-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz.html

Musical Memoirs – Dee Dee McNeil
Review:
https://musicalmemoirs.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/luciana-souzas-live-performance-erroll-garner-re-mastered-and-more/

Neon Jazz (on KCXL, Kansas City, MO & iTunes podcast channel) – Joe Dimino
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAC4zwKPptw&feature=youtu.be

New Orleans Advocate – Keith Spera
Review:
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_699414ba-7ee6-11ea-a85e-ebc0927472b7.html

New York City Jazz Record – Steve Loewy
Review (p. 18):
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202002.pdf

New York City Jazz Record – Suzanne Lorge
Review in Vox, p. 11:
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr202002.pdf

OffBeat – Geraldine Wyckoff
Review (similar to her review in Louisiana Weekly):
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/two-marsalis-brothers-two-albums-in-2020/

Pop Matters – Mike Elliott
Review:
https://www.popmatters.com/delfeayo-marsalis-jazz-party-2644968820.html

Sandy Brown Jazz – Ian Maund
Featured in an article by Howard Lawes:
https://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/Features/DelfeayoMarsalisJazzParty.html

Shepherd Express – David Luhrssen
Review:
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra-jazz-party/

Something Else! Reviews – Preston Frazier
Brief review:
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/03/02/bela-fleck-robin-mckelle-delfeayo-marsalis/

Toledo Blade – Tom Henry
Review:
https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2020/02/05/music-review-party-time-delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra/stories/20200205182

Tomhull.com – Tom Hull
B+:
http://tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rhap/rh2002-1.php

Vinylmine – Phontas Troussas
Review:
https://diskoryxeion.blogspot.com/2020/02/delfeayo-marsalis-uptown-jazz-orchestra.html

Wanda’s Picks (blogtalkradio.com) – Wanda Sabir
Interview:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks/2020/07/29/wandas-picks-radio-show

WRTI 90.1 (Philadelphia, PA) – Matt Silver
Review:
https://www.wrti.org/post/jazz-album-week-delfeayo-marsalis-and-uptown-jazz-orchestra-s-jazz-party-exactly

Last Southern Gentleman

Tidal – Evan Haga
Tribute and track "The Last Southern Gentleman" in an article featuring jazz greats who lost their lives to Covid:
https://tidal.com/magazine/article/jazz-covid-19/1-72154

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