Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis

Irvin Mayfield is a cornerstone of the Basin Street roster as a solo artist and member of the inactive Los Hombres Calientes. His considerable trumpet skills are exceeded by his indefatigable ambitions as the founder of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the city's cultural ambassador, the chairman of the New Orleans library system's board of directors and his positions at multiple institutions of higher learning. Ellis Marsalis is the patriarch of the first family of azz