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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Braggtown
The leader's "Jack Baker is a swirling theme built from a repeated riff, while Calderazzo's poignant ballad "Hope builds slowly in intensity in an extended workout, with Marsalis switching to soprano sax. Marsalis also utilizes the smaller horn in his bittersweet "Fate, a mournful work that suggests someone attempting to pick up the pieces after the breakup of a long relationship. Watts contributed the thunderous "Blakzilla, a performance reminiscent of the energy of Coltrane's classic quartet, while Revis brought the equally furious "Black Elf Speaks.
One surprise inclusion among all these originals is Baroque composer Henry Purcell's "O Solitude, a 17th Century work treated with reverence that includes a resonant tenor sax solo and Calderazzo's elegant, spacious piano.
Track Listing
Jack Baker; Hope; Fate; Blakzilla; O Solitude; Sir Roderick, the Aloof; Black Elk Speaks.
Personnel
Branford Marsalis
saxophoneBranford Marsalis: saxophones; Joey Calderazzo: piano; Eric Revis: bass; Jeff "Tain" Watts: drums.
Album information
Title: Braggtown | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Marsalis Music
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