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Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Azar Lawrence

by Patricia Myers
August 25, 2015

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 ...

Album Review

Branford Marsalis: A Love Supreme - Live in Amsterdam

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by Angelo Leonardi
June 23, 2015

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 ...

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Branford Marsalis: In My Solitude - Live at Grace Cathedral

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by Angelo Leonardi
April 20, 2015

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 ...

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Branford Marsalis and Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia at Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts

by Patricia Myers
December 11, 2014

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 ...

Live Review

Branford Marsalis Quartet at Max Fisher Music Center

by Steve Bryant
October 27, 2013

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 ...

Album Review

Branford Marsalis: Four MFs Playin' Tunes

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 6, 2013

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. ...

Interview

Branford Marsalis: Confident MF Playin’ Tunes

by R.J. DeLuke
December 10, 2012

Musicians evolve, and so do bands, if they're allowed to stay together long enough to develop their musical relationships--that certain chemistry. Such is the case with Branford Marsalis, the outstanding saxophonist who has been through so much in his storied career. It's also the case with his band, which he has kept together, with few personnel changes, for more than a decade. They are a tight unit that continues to ripen. That band, and its saxophonist, are going ...