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Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam

by Jim Santella
November 12, 2004

Branford Marsalis Quartet Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam Marsalis Music 2004 Branford Marsalis' extended performance of “A Love Supreme" provides his audience with 49 minutes of continuous improvisation. Memorable to all dedicated jazz listeners, John Coltrane's repeated theme occupies the quartet's focus throughout this heartfelt celebration. ...

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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Eternal

by John Kelman
September 23, 2004

When you hear that an artist is doing a ballad record, the first thing that comes to mind is “accessible product, commercial album for the masses." And, truth be told, some records seem to fit that description perfectly--Michael Brecker's Nearness of You: The Ballad Book , for example, sported an ace team of players but was ...

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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Eternal

by Jim Santella
September 21, 2004

Branford Marsalis is a deeply romantic artist. His isn't the kind of Pollyanna disposition, where everything seems rosy and bright no matter what others may think. Maybe Jay Leno's viewers had that misconception. No, this Marsalis is a deep thinker who respects his relationships with others enough to consider their intellect while baring his soul. This ...

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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Romare Bearden: Revealed

Read "Romare Bearden: Revealed" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
November 12, 2003

The Branford Marsalis Quartet's latest release pays homage to one of America's least known but most inventive artists: Romare Bearden. The artist's central medium was collage which fused paint, clippings, paper and other materials into powerful visual works that are now on display across the country in venues such as the Smithsonian, colleges, and prestigious galleries. ...

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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Romare Bearden Revealed

Read "Romare Bearden Revealed" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
October 8, 2003

Romare Bearden is a painter, and several of his works are featured in the CD booklet. The works reveal enough of the artist's concerns in themselves, and the music isn't a necessary complement to the works, nor yet is there anything unique about it that might readily associate it with Bearden's art. As ...

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Branford Marsalis Quartet: Footsteps of Our Fathers

Read "Footsteps of Our Fathers" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
September 9, 2002

A slightly different perspective on Branford's new stellar work. No introduction is needed for one of the strongest saxophonists of our time. Branford Marsalis has started his own recording company entitled Marsalis Music with the release of Footsteps of Our Fathers, with compositions selected by jazz greats Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and John Lewis ...