Derrick Shezbie

Trumpeter Derrick Shezbie was still an adolescent in-may 1994, when Quincy Jones’ Warner Bros. subsidiary, Qwest Information, released his debut, Spodie’s Back again. To say this created a mix within the jazz globe will be an understatement. THE BRAND NEW Orleans-based trumpeter got currently performed or documented with Allen Toussaint, Dizzy Gillespie as well as the Rebirth Brass Music group. Shezbie honed his chops by playing on road corners, so when shortly as he was outdated enough to become sneaking into them, on membership levels in New Orleans. He began on drums but turned to trumpet before he was in his teenagers. As he says within the biography accompany his debut, “I was created with New Orleans music in my own bloodstream.” The youthful Shezbie was recruited with the even more seasoned musicians within the Rebirth Brass Music group, and it had been while using them that he begun to develop a pursuing of his very own. His debut was made by Delfeayo Marsalis, and jointly, the pair constructed several musicians to display his blues-based, soul-filled trumpet playing chops in the very best light. Guests on Spodie’s Back again consist of saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Tag Turner and pianist Kenny Kirkland. He’s also supported on his debut from the rhythm portion of Greg Williams and Martin Butler, in addition to pianist Victor “Crimson” Atkins. Anticipate even more great things out of this youthful, versatile, blues-based trumpet participant. He’s been in comparison to Louis Armstrong, and he shows up well on his method into developing into an Armstrong for another century.