Irvin Mayfield

Irvin Mayfield
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Styles: Post-Bop, New Orleans Jazz, Mainstream Jazz
Biography: Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield released half a dozen albums before he was 25 years old. His youth, as well as his willingness to contribute his time and knowledge in the spheres of both classical and jazz studies, make him a popular figure in educational music clinics in his home state of Louisiana. He frequently ...Read full biography
Strange Fruit
Released: 2005
Label: Basin Street Records
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The fuzzy black-and-white photo on the cover of the booklet says it all: a white woman, head down, standing beside a noose. In a sense, Irvin Mayfield has come up with an ambitious sequel to Wynton Marsalis' ...Read full review
Love Songs, Ballads and Standards
Released: 2008
Label: Basin Street
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New Orleans native Irvin Mayfield was devastated to learn that Hurricane Katrina had taken the life of his father in 2005. The sessions and live performances heard on this CD were also lost to the storm, ...Read full review
More Irvin Mayfield with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra albums: Main Albums (6)
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