Jaron Marshall

APPEARING: BROOKLYN MARATHON @ BABY’S ALL RIGHT

Saturday, January 14, 2023

JaRon Marshall - keys, Michael Longoria - drums, Clunis - bass, Brian Donohoe - saxophone

JaRon Marshall + the collective is a 4-piece instrumental group from Austin, Texas. It features JaRon Marshall (Black Pumas), Brian Donohoe (Progger, Snarky Puppy), Michael Longoria (Bob Schneider, Patty Griffin), Chris Loveland (Clunis). They recently recorded their debut album in Austin at Black Pumas producer Adrian Quesada’s Electric Deluxe Recorders. They are inspired by jazz-hop influencers such as Robert Glasper and Chris Dave, as well as the modern spiritualists Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings.

The group was formed in 2020, over the pandemic, when Marshall contacted Longoria to add some live drums to the EP “The Black Power Tape,” which was described in a feature for Okayplayer as “exploring the myriad of emotions that come with being Black in America, all against a backdrop of soothing, soulful music.” The full quartet made their recording debut on Marshall’s follow up EP, “The Prequel.” Once the world began to open back up, the group recorded with national Austin acts such as Adrian Quesada on his film scoring endeavors and BLK ODYSSY, under the production eye of Marshall.

In the late summer of 2022, Marshall decided to write an instrumental album that would be recorded and performed live by the quartet with the goal of representing the thriving Austin jazz scene on a worldwide scale. JaRon Marshall’s debut album will be released in the first half of 2023.