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Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet Live Studio Session

The Marsalis family is The First Family Of Jazz with father Ellis and sons Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason. Jason, the youngest brother, has been making great music for years as a jazz drummer.  

Recently, though, he broadened his percussion palette by mastering the vibraphone. We were pleased to host the newly-minted Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet in the KPLU Performance Studio. The band played three original compositions. In between songs, Jason and KPLU’s Abe Beeson talked about Jason’s love for the vibes and the new projects the band is working on.  

Set List:

  1. 18th Letter of Silence
  2. The Man with Two Left Feet
  3. The 21st Century Trad Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwE3W12Osoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utk_OKKh2ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de5jBgoQD4U

You can also find our Studio Sessions available as a video podcast in iTunes.

Abe grew up in Western Washington, a 3rd generation Seattle/Tacoma kid. It was as a student at Pacific Lutheran University that Abe landed his first job at KNKX, editing and producing audio for news stories. It was a Christmas Day shift no one else wanted that gave Abe his first on-air experience which led to overnights, then Saturday afternoons, and started hosting Evening Jazz in 1998.