JAZZ @ THE SANDBAR: Ashlin Parker
Wed, Apr 20
|The Sandbar @ The Cove at UNO
We welcome trumpeter Ashlin Parker back to UNO this season, where he is always a favorite instructor among students and performer among audiences at his alma mater. $10 Admission
Time & Location
Apr 20, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CDT
The Sandbar @ The Cove at UNO, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70122, USA
About The Event
A sought-after and versatile jazz trumpeter in New Orleans, Ashlin Parker plays with large and small ensembles nationally and internationally. His solos have been described at various times as being lyrical or fiery, with throaty growls or "brilliant vibrato," and with lightning staccato runs or "superb legato" phrasing.
Ashlin was a performing and recording member of the Ellis Marsalis Quintet from 2014 until Mr. Marsalis' death in 2020. He plays regularly with Trumpet Mafia, Dumpstaphunk, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Bill Summers and Jazsalsa, and Pat Casey and the New Sound. He has been a member a wide variety of other jazz ensembles, such as Jesse McBride’s The Next Generation Big Band, Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Brass Band , Khris Royal and Dark Matter, Vivaz!, Matt Lemmler’s New Orleans Jazz Revival Band, the Roland Guerin Ensemble, Grayson Brockamp and the New Orleans Wildlife Band, the NOLA Players, and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe.
He has been recording with various artists every year since 2009, resulting…