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Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb: Stickadiboom
by Woodrow Wilkins
With so many jazz artists revisiting standards, it is refreshing when an album like The Steve Haines Quintet's Stickadiboom comes out, featuring all-original music.Bassist Haines directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has recorded with some major names in jazz, including Branford Marsalis, Peter ...
Seattle Times: For Branford Marsalis, It's All About the Group
from The Seattle Times: Branford Marsalis is one of the biggest names in jazz, a midcareer master who’s maintained an enviable level of visibility for nearly three decades. But the sardonic tenor and soprano saxophonist isn’t much impressed by personal accolades. As a musician, he’s devoted to a group concept that puts a premium on free-flowing ...
Branford Marsalis at Jazz Alley: March 19-22
ROOM IN ALL SHOWS! Listen to KPLU 88.5 FM Thursday, March 19th at noon, for a live duet performance and interview! The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents three-time Grammy winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis for four nights touring in support of his new release Metamorphosen. Band members joining Mr. Marsalis are Joey Calderazzo (piano), ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet Metamorphosen
Metamorphosen (Marsalis Music/Decca) The Branford Marsalis Quartet has been together in its current form for a decade, long enough to develop a common intuition and a strong collective voice: the elusive goal of any band in the ever-mutating postbop mainstream. Taking its lead from Mr. Marsalis, a saxophonist of obstinate candor, the band has become both ...
Odean Pope: A Singular Voice in the Choir
by Elliott Simon
Grounded in the Baptist spirituals of his youth followed by a musical upbringing in Philadelphia with the likes of John Coltrane and organist Jimmy Smith as mentors, tenor saxophonist Odean Pope is the bridge between hard bop and free. His contributions to jazz are of major historical significance and through his over ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet Album and Tour
WORLD RENOWNED BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET RELEASES METAMORPHOSEN ON MARSALIS MUSIC MARCH 17TH ** US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED BELOW** (New York, NY—January 22, 2009) After releasing the “dynamic” and “passionate” (Jazz Times) Braggtown in 2006, the multiple Grammy-nominated Branford Marsalis Quartet toured worldwide for two years before returning to ...
Frisell/Carter/Motian; Winter Jazzfest; Gato Barbieri/Poncho Sanchez; George Coleman; Monty Alexander; Lee Konitz
by Martin Longley
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul MotianThe Blue NoteJanuary 9, 2009It's just over a year since these masters of minimalism were last in residence at The Blue Note. This return shows that they've further refined their rapport, which was already bordering on the telepathic. In this very particular combination, each member ...
Marsalis Bringing Classical Brazilian Jazz to Pac
Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis will bring his mesmerizing musical program, “Marsalis Brasilianos,” to the Cohan Center stage of the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly on Thursday. Presented by Cal Poly Arts, “Marsalis Brasilianos” features Marsalis in a unique collaboration with the Philarmonia Brasileira, under conductor Gil Jardim. The project celebrates the music of ...
Branford Marsalis Pays Tribute to Heitor Villa-Lobos
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will be joined onstage by conductor Gil Jardim and Philarmonia Brasileira for a special performance, featuring the work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well as French composer Darius Milhaud. The performance will take place on Friday, October 3, at 8 p.m. and tickets are still available. A giant of jazz who, in ...
Stanford Lively Arts Launches 2008-09 Season with Branford Marsalis and "Marsalis Brasilianos"
Stanford Lively Arts opens its 2008-09 season on Sunday, October 5 with “Marsalis Brasilianos," a vibrant musical dialogue across the Americas featuring saxophone virtuoso Branford Marsalis with members of the Philarmonia Brasileira, led by Gil Jardim. The performance takes place at 2:30 p.m., at Memorial Auditorium, and will be followed by a Brazilian-themed gala celebration including ...
