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Marsalis Music: A Love For Jazz Supreme
by Doug Collette
Born into a family with an estimable legacy in the annals of jazz, Branford Marsalis has always done that legacy proud and never more so than through his conception of Marsalis Music. Conceived, according to noted jazz critic Bob Blumenthal (who works hand in hand on various projects under the MM aegis), as a homage to ...
Branford Marsalis: Eternal & The Steep Anthology
by Russ Musto
Taken together these two CDs chronicle Branford Marsalis' 20-year recording career as a leader, documenting his ascent as one of the most recognized artists of his generation. There is much excellent music on both discs, but because they are so fundamentally different in temperament it is very likely that many fans who are totally enthralled with ...
Branford Marsalis: It's All About the Band
by Russ Musto
Branford Marsalis is one of this music's most recognizable figures. The eldest brother of jazz's first family, he's been an honored constituent of the community since first joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1980. As a member of the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, saxophonist with Sting and director of the Tonight Show band he has been at ...
The Steep Anthology
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Doctone; Maria; Royal Garden Blues; Evidence; Cain & Abel; Spartacus; No Backstage Pass; Sidney in Da Haus; The Dark Keys; Three Little Words.
Eternal
Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1.The Ruby and the Pearl
2. Reika's Loss
3. Gloomy Sunday
4. The Lonely Swan
5. "Dinner for One Please, James
6. Muldoon
7. Eternal
Branford Marsalis Quartet Performs Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam
by John Kelman
Branford Marsalis Quartet Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam Marsalis Music 2004 It takes a lot of gumption to tackle a classic like John Coltrane's A Love Supreme , and saxophonist Branford Marsalis has chosen to do it not once, but twice; first on the '02 ...
Coltrane's A Love Supreme: Live in Amsterdam
by Jim Santella
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. ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Eternal
by John Kelman
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 ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Eternal
by Jim Santella
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 ...
