★★★★★
CD version (DVD-A version also to be released). Ellis Marsalis (solo piano). Recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York City, on May 19, 2003. "A striking solo piano album from the renowned New Orleans pianist." Yes, this is the dude who fathered: Branford, Wynton, Elias III, Delfeayo, Miboya and Jason. In case you were wondering...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-09-23
★★★★★
While some of his sons have received more than considerable attention from both the jazz press and other forms of media, the regrettable fact is that Ellis Marsalis' abilities as a pianist have gone largely unnoticed. Perhaps, though, this solo collection of Ellington songs, ranging from the romping to the ruminative, might tend to redress the imbalance of credit due...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Track Listing: Crepuscule with Nellie; Jackie-ing; Epistrophy; Monk's Mood; Straight, No Chaser; Light Blue; Teo; Ruby, My Dear; Rhythm-A-Ning; 'Round Midnight; Evidence (Encore). Personnel: Ellis Marsalis: piano; Derek Douget: tenor and soprano sax; Jason Stewart: bass; Jason Marsalis: drums...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
The circumstances surrounding this session which took place more than 30 years ago are illuminating. Drummer Lee Charlton struck up a friendship with Ellis Marsalis, patriarch of the famous jazz family, while in New Orleans. In 1968, Marsalis notified Charlton he was coming to Nevada with New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt's band. Marsalis and three other members of the Hirt outfit collaborated with Charlton to record a tape which gathered dust until last year when it was released...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Track Listing: 1.Things That You Never Were, 3.49, 2. A Moment Alone, 4:45; 3. Haven's Paradise, 4:06; 4. Homecoming, 4:42; 5. After, 4:25; 6. Tell Me, 3:34; 7. Somehow, 4:30; 8. Orchid Blue, 4:12; 9. Happiness is the Thing, 3:40; 10. Chapter One, 4:06; 11. When First We Met, 5:06; 12...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
One of the most challenging demands placed on a jazz musician is interpreting another's works while utilizing the same instrumentation as the composer. Veteran pianist and jazz educator Ellis Marsalis admits that at one point in his career, he was not objective about Thelonious Monk as a composer, preferring the bop of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Recorded during Duke Ellington's centennial year, this solo piano date by Ellis Marsalis is a tasteful tribute to Ellington. Marsalis expertly performs 15 songs from Duke's repertoire (including three tunes in a medley), sometimes modernizing the chords but always keeping the melody close by. The problem with the recital from the listener's standpoint is that the results are mostly very predictable and contain no real surprises...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The circumstances surrounding this session which took place more than 30 years ago are an interesting footnote in jazz history. Drummer Lee Charlton struck up a friendship with Ellis Marsalis when working in New Orleans. In 1968, Marsalis notified Charlton he was coming to Nevada with New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt's band. He and three other members of the Hirt outfit collaborated with Charlton to record a tape which gathered dust until now...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
For this CD, veteran pianist Ellis Marsalis performs songs composed by some of the top modern New Orleans players of the 1960s, including drummer James Black, tenor saxophonist Nat Perrilliat, clarinetist Alvin Batiste, saxophonist Harold Battiste, and himself. With the exception of Alvin Batiste's tunes (based on "Cherokee" and a Dixieland-ish blues), the originals have strong melodies, slightly tricky chord structures, and sound quite fresh...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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