Larry Kart Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 NEW YORK, N.Y. - America's first family of jazz can now claim the nation's highest jazz honor. The National Endowment for the Arts announced Thursday that the Marsalis family is among its 2011 Jazz Masters Award recipients. It's the first time in the program's 29-year history that the NEA is presenting a group award. The Marsalis family includes patriarch Ellis, a pianist and educator, and his four sons: trumpeter Wynton, saxophonist Branford, trombonist Delfeayo, and percussionist Jason. The other 2011 Jazz Masters are flutist Hubert Laws, saxophonist David Liebman, composer and arranger Johnny Mandel, and record producer and author Orrin Keepnews. The awards ceremony will be held in January in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center. _____ Quote
Michael Weiss Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 I'm disappointed that neither Lou Donaldson or Johnny Griffin have ever been recipients. Politics at play... Quote
Christiern Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 Blatant politics, I would say.....and the ceremony will take place at J@LC!!! Blatant does not even cover it! Quote
thedwork Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 and the rich get richer. what a fucking bummer. Quote
carnivore Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 One is pleased to read that recognition (and much-needed financial assistance) has finally been granted to the little-known and very much under-rated Marsalis family of musicians. One hopes that they will now be able to record for posterity and the grants will unleash their undoubted composing talents. Congratulations America - it's about time! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 You can't even make this shit up... Quote
JSngry Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 The only person on that list who could really use the money (afaik) is Liebman... But hey, these are our times - the whole Marsailis family is freakin' JAZZ MASTERS!!! All the more reason to say "fuck it" and just move the hell on. Make something else. You wanna try and keep it what/where it is and work in that structure? Good luck. This is what you're gonna have to deal with it. You can't fight Sidney Hall. Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) all this while the King Family remains unrecognized and neglected. and of course, nothin' says lovin' like that other musical dynasty, The Manson Family: Edited June 26, 2010 by AllenLowe Quote
JSngry Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 all this while the King Family remains unrecognized and neglected. They covered all the bases! From the quite nice: To the totally surreal: But with the latter, they affirm the Marsalis family's defense of The Blues Legacy! Quote
Shawn Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 One is pleased to read that recognition (and much-needed financial assistance) has finally been granted to the little-known and very much under-rated Marsalis family of musicians. One hopes that they will now be able to record for posterity and the grants will unleash their undoubted composing talents. Congratulations America - it's about time! Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) thanks for those King Sisters clips - that last is actually a decent blues medley - Delmore Brothers to Johnny Mercer - Edited June 26, 2010 by AllenLowe Quote
JSngry Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 The King Sisters actually did some good stuff. Some, and good, not great. Still, that's better than most, right? Now Alvino Rey, that's a guy that is kind of intriguing...had a young Mingus in his band for a little bit, and...well, what can you say about this, other than it's quite musical. Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 nice - and while we're saluting musical families, here's another great family bandleader - Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 this jazz band was playing a Mafia joint in New Jersey when somebody comes over and says, "hey, the boss wants to sing a song with youse." "Sure, what song?" "Strangers in the Night." "Yeah, we know that one." "But it's gotta be in 5/4." "Really? Ok." So the boss gets up and starts to sing: "Strangers in the fuckin' night, exchangin' fuckin' glances, wondering in the fuckin' night,,,,," Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 Maybe neglected artists can apply for adoption. Quote
Christiern Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 What are they actually being honored for? Surely, it can't be the music. I'd love to know who sits on the NEA's Jazz Master's panel. Quote
marcello Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 I'd love to know who sits on the NEA's Jazz Master's panel. You know, I look around for a while on the Web, but couldn't find anything. Quote
RDK Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 Yeah, there have been a few ringers over the years, but overall not bad company... 2011 Orrin Keepnews Hubert Laws David Liebman Johnny Mandel The Marsalis Family (Ellis, Jr., Wynton, Delfayo, Jason, Branford) 2010 Muhal Richard Abrams George Avakian Kenny Barron Bill Holman Bobby Hutcherson Yusef Lateef Annie Ross Cedar Walton 2009 George Benson James "Jimmy" Cobb Lee Konitz Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder Eugene Edward “Snooky" Young 2008 Candido Camero Andrew Hill Quincy Jones Tom McIntosh Joe Wilder Gunther Schuller 2007 Toshiko Akiyoshi Curtis Fuller Ramsey Lewis Dan Morgenstern Jimmy Scott Frank Wess Phil Woods 2006 Ray Barretto Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Chick Corea Buddy DeFranco Freddie Hubbard John Levy 2005 Kenny Burrell Paquito D'Rivera Slide Hampton Shirley Horn Jimmy Smith Artie Shaw George Wein 2004 Jim Hall Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton Herbie Hancock Luther Henderson Nat Hentoff Nancy Wilson 2003 Jimmy Heath Elvin Jones Abbey Lincoln 2002 Frank Foster Percy Heath McCoy Tyner 2001 John Lewis Jackie McLean Randy Weston 2000 David Baker Donald Byrd Marian McPartland 1999 Dave Brubeck Art Farmer Joe Henderson 1998 Ron Carter James Moody Wayne Shorter 1997 Billy Higgins Milt Jackson Anita O'Day 1996 Tommy Flanagan Benny Golson James Louis "J.J." Johnson 1995 Ray Brown Roy Haynes Horace Silver 1994 Louie Bellson Ahmad Jamal Carmen McRae 1993 Jon Hendricks Milt Hinton Joe Williams 1992 Betty Carter Dorothy Donegan Harry "Sweets" Edison 1991 Danny Barker Wilbur "Buck"Clayton Andy Kirk Clark Terry 1990 George Russell Cecil Taylor Gerald Wilson 1989 Barry Harris Hank Jones Sarah Vaughan 1988 Art Blakey Lionel Hampton Billy Taylor 1987 Cleo Brown Melba Liston Jay McShann 1986 Benny Carter Dexter Gordon Teddy Wilson 1985 Gil Evans Ella Fitzgerald Jonathan "Jo" Jones 1984 Ornette Coleman Miles Davis Max Roach 1983 William "Count" Basie Kenny Clarke Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins 1982 Roy Eldridge John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Sun Ra Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Liebman and Keepnews, of course. Mandel - why not? But Marsalises? What do they even NEED at this point? Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Howard Mandel won? Don't tell Chris - Quote
Christiern Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Yes, that is a long list and it contains many people who are truly worthy, but when one considers that large number of great artists who created and fostered this music over the years, is it not way too early for the Lincoln Center game players to be scraping the bottom of the barrel? Quote
Dan Gould Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Does anyone know if Ellis Marsalis has any big health problems? Because it occurs to me that this might be an effort to honor him while he's alive, and part of that is what his progeny has accomplished. So maybe this started as an Ellis Marsalis thing and became a Marsalis family thing? Because there's just no possible reason to honor Delfeayo or Jason (we can at least argue Wynton and Branford). Quote
JSngry Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Howard Mandel won? Don't tell Chris - Howie Mandel. Quote
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