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| 1. | Guess Who's Back?
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| 2. | Offbeat Personality
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| 3. | Ballet Class
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| 4. | Discipline Returns Once Again
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| 5. | Characters
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| 6. | Blues for the 29%ers (Down to 19)
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| 7. | Discipline Vacations in Asia
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| 8. | Midnight Sun
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| 9. | Seven Come Eleven
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| 10. | Discipline Mellows Out
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| 11. | Durango Kid
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| 12. | Western Vacation Ranch
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| 13. | Discipline Spotted Baby and Zutty at Studio 54
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Jazz
Jason Marsalis - Drum Engineering, Producer, Vibraphone
Austin Croom Johnson - Piano
Darren Hoffman - Producer
Dave Potter - Drums
Diana Thornton - Design
Jeff Strout - Photography
Will Goble - Bass
Jason Marsalis returns after an eight-year absence with his leading debut on the vibraphone, called "the furthest-reaching and most compelling album of his career" by DownBeat.
It's been eight years, but Jason Marsalis has a new record out. Called Music Update, it is indeed an update on what he has been up to since his last release, Music in Motion. One thing that has not changed is his love for drums. Translation: the opening track is "Guess Who's Back?"--and the answer is "Discipline!"
Includes brand new "Discipline" tracks, the drum-overdubbed solos found on Marsalis' previous CDs. "Discipline Vacations in Asia" is influenced by Japanese taiko drumming, while "Discipline Mellows Out" showcases the more romantic aspect the instrument. And finally, "Discipline Spotted Baby and Zutty at Studio 54" imagines a traditional New Orleans drummer getting down at the famous late '70s New York nightclub. Musically, it combines New Orleans traditional and second-line drumming with, of all things, disco!br * Marsalis is supported by a group of musicians he met at a residency at Florida State University: Austin Johnson on piano, Will Goble on bass, and David Potter on drums.
"Music Update explodes from its first track, a short but intense drum number marked by a second-line beat-driven call to attention ... the disc survives repeated plays, and at just under an hour, its biggest drawback is that it's over too soon." -- DownBeat
"The youngest musical Marsalis brother's 'update' consists of his debut recording on vibes after nearly two decades of working and recording as a drummer. But Marsalis hedges his bet a bit, dangling five solo drum kit tracks around the eight quartet tracks on which he's playing vibes with a formidable trio of young musicians he met at a residency at Florida State University." -- JazzTimes
Throughout much of Jason Marsalis' career, the word "drummer" has appeared in front of his name. But Marsalis doesn't play the drums at all on Music Update, his third album as a leader; this 2009 release finds him playing the vibes exclusively. Some people familiar with Marsalis from his two previous albums (Year of the Drummer and Music in Motion) might not even know that he plays the vibes, but in fact, he has been making them a high priority since the early 2000s -- and as a vibist, Marsalis has an attractive sound that is somewhere between Milt Jackson and Lionel Hampton. Marsalis even pays tribute to Hampton on "Midnight Sun" (his most famous song) and Charlie Christian's "Seven Come Eleven," although most of the songs on this 54-minute CD are original compositions. Music Update is essentially hard bop with elements of swing, and there are hints of New Orleans music (including Crescent City blues and Crescent City gospel) on Marsalis originals such as "Western Vacation Ranch," "Ballet Class," "Characters," and "Blues for the 29%ers (Down to 19)." The interesting thing is that even though Marsalis -- who forms an acoustic quartet with pianist Austin Johnson, bassist Will Goble, and drummer David Potter -- plays the vibes exclusively on Music Update, his drummer bias still comes through. Marsalis features Potter prominently, especially on "Guess Who's Back?," "Discipline Vacations in Asia" (which combines jazz drumming with Japanese taiko drumming), and the funky "Discipline Spotted Baby and Zutty at Studio 54." Music Update is certainly a pleasant surprise; back in the 1990s, who would have thought that Wynton, Branford, and Delfeayo's younger brother would end up playing nothing but vibes on one of his albums? But Marsalis has clearly mastered the vibes, and his third album is excellent. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Jason Marsalis
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 04, 1977
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop
It could be said that Jason Marsalis was born to a family of innovators. It could also be said he was born into the first family of jazz. His father, Ellis Marsalis, is a renowned pianist, jazz educator, and patriarch of a musical dynasty that includes four independently minded sons: eldest Branford Marsalis, a saxophonist who no one ever called a conformist; visionary trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Wynton Marsalis; Delfeayo Marsalis, going his own way on the trombone; and youngest brother, Jason Marsalis, extending the horizons on the drums.
It is some indicator of that genetic maverick spirit that Jason Marsalis left the wildly successful Los Hombres Calientes at the height of its popularity to explore other musical avenues with the Marcus Roberts Trio. The multi-award-winning Los Hombres Calientes, of which Marsalis was a founding member, along with trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and percussionist Bill Summers, brought the young drummer a degree of exposure that even his famous name could not guarantee. Only talent could do that.
Jason Marsalis started on toy drums at three, moved to violin, then back to drums for good at 12. In 1991, at age 14, he made his first appearance on the Heart of Gold CD with his father. The drummer appeared on two more Ellis Marsalis CDs: Whistle Stop (1993) and Twelve's It (1998). The youngest Marsalis continued to develop his skills on CDs with artists including Roland Guerin, Harold Battiste, and Marlon Jordan, as well as working with the local Brazilian dance group Casa Samba.
In 1998, Marsalis, taking a cue from other drummers he saw putting out their own work, cut his first CD, The Year of the Drummer, which received accolades for its thoughtful, straight-ahead jazz approach. The same year, opportunity knocked when Mayfield called to say he was interested in forming a Latin fusion group. Marsalis suggested the trumpeter check it out with Bill Summers, the former percussionist in Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and a longtime student of Afro-Cuban rhythms. The three musicians formed Los Hombres Calientes in 1998. The group's hot dance music was an instant sensation. In what Marsalis felt was a precipitous move, the group immediately put out a CD to coincide with their appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Despite Marsalis' misgivings, the CD won numerous awards. Marsalis was more satisfied with the group's second release, Los Hombres Calientes, Vol. 2, which appeared in 1999. Marsalis left the group in 2001 to pursue his affiliation with pianist Marcus Roberts. Marsalis also formed his own quintet, comprised of John Ellis, tenor saxophone; Derek Douget, alto and soprano saxophones; Jonathan Lefcoski, piano; and Peter Harris on bass. Marsalis produced a CD, Music in Motion, in 2000, which features all-original material by the drummer. Marsalis draws on his New Orleans roots on the cut "Seven-Ay Pocky Way," while exploring world rhythms from Africa to Brazil in pursuit of his artistic role as "keeper of the groove." In 2009, Marsalis moved from sitting behind the drums and to standing behind the vibraphone for the studio release Music Update.
--- Rose of Sharon Witmer, All Music Guide |
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