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The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling: Upward Spiral
by Dan Bilawsky
To one extent or another, jazz has always maintained a discriminatory dividing line between vocalists and instrumentalists. Instead of being viewed as equals--artists on par with all the rest, possessing the same good sense, skill, and stake in an artistic outcome--vocalists have often been unfairly stigmatized and interned in a separate category. But all of that has slowly been changing, due in no small part to a large and continually growing crop of vocalists who are consistently raising the bar. ...
Continue ReadingParis Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Azar Lawrence
by Patricia Myers
Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Azar Lawrence New Morning, Sunside jazz clubs Paris, France July 21-22, 2015 Back-to-back jazz nights featured dynamic saxophonists Branford Marsalis and Azar Lawrence performing in two of the top music clubs of Paris, both leading quartets. Marsalis was on the big stage in the 200-seat New Morning and Lawrence played in the more intimate Sunside jazz club. Both delivered with fire and ferocity, playing tenor and soprano saxophones ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis: A Love Supreme - Live in Amsterdam
by Angelo Leonardi
In occasione del cinquantenario della pubblicazione di A Love Supreme di John Coltrane, l'etichetta Okeh ripubblica il concerto del 30 marzo 2003 di Branford Marsalis alla BimHuis di Amsterdam. Quella performance uscì un decennio fa per la Marsalis Music in un'elegante confezione contenente il DVD video del concerto, interviste, contenuti speciali e un compact disc con la registrazione audio. La nuova edizione è identica a quella del 2004 contenente una lunga intervista del sassofonista e altre realizzate coi ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis: In My Solitude - Live at Grace Cathedral
by Angelo Leonardi
Il primo jazzman non pianista a incidere in piena solitudine fu il sassofonista Coleman Hawkins, con il celebre “Picasso" del 1947. Per molto tempo la solo performance è stata marginale nella musica afroamericana e solo negli anni settanta ha conosciuto ampia diffusione grazie a strumentisti come Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Bill Dixon o Albert Mangelsdorff. Oggi è caduta nuovamente in secondo piano e ci pensa Branford Marsalis a riproporla, operando una sintesi con il passato ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia at Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
by Patricia Myers
Branford Marsalis and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, Arizona October 19, 2014 Saxophonist Branford Marsalis demonstrated his consummate versatility during a concert with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia as part of that ensemble's 50th anniversary national concert tour, the jazz-pop star having segued into classical performances four years ago with the New York Philharmonic. “Marsalis: Well-Tempered" was the concert theme, using a term applied to the music-theory ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis Quartet at Max Fisher Music Center
by Steve Bryant
Branford Marsalis Quartet Max Fisher Music Center Detroit, MI October 11, 2013 The Branford Marsalis Quartet is arguably the best small unit working in jazz these days, as proven by the performance of the BMQ in Detroit. This concert was the opening event for the superb jazz series presented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The emcee for the concert just happened to be renowned trumpeter and (Marsalis home-boy) Terence Blanchard, who ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis: Four MFs Playin' Tunes
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono passati 23 anni da Mo' Better Blues, esordio discografico del quartetto di Branford Marsalis, anche se la presenza di Terence Blanchard nella colonna sonora del film di Spike Lee, assegna a Crazy People Music, di poco successivo, la palma di primo disco dove la formazione è protagonista assoluta. È un organico che ha visto pochissimi cambiamenti nel corso del tempo: il primo seguì la drammatica scomparsa di Kenny Kirkland, avvenuta poco dopo l'incisione del magistrale Requiem, pubblicato nel 1999. ...
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