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Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music
by Mark Corroto
The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...
Contemporary Jazz
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: In The Crease; Requiem; Elysium; Cheek To Cheek; Tain Mutiny; Ayanna; Countronious.
Branford Marsalis: Contemporary Jazz
by Mark Corroto
Although the penultimate release from Branford Marsalis was entitled Requiem, this outing for sure embodies a fitting tribute to Kenny Kirkland. The pianist died mid-recording of Branford’s last disc, shocking the young saxophonist and causing him to find a new rhythm section leader. Well actually Tain Watts is the center of any rhythm scene wherever he ...
Branford Marsalis: Contemporary Jazz
by Mark Corroto
Although the penultimate release from Branford Marsalis was entitled Requiem, this outing for sure embodies a fitting tribute to Kenny Kirkland. The pianist died mid-recording of Branford’s last disc, shocking the young saxophonist and causing him to find a new rhythm section leader. Well actually Tain Watts is the center of any rhythm scene wherever he ...
Requiem
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: 1. Doctone
2. Trieste
3. Thousand Autumns, A
4. Lykief
5. Bullworth
6. Elysium
7. Cassandra
8. 16th St. Baptist Church
Branford Marsalis: Requiem
by Ian Nicolson
For ten years or so, since Crazy People Music back in 1990, Branford Marsalis has steered well clear of the definitive in Jazz. He's played sax with Sting, Tina Turner, and Gangstarr, led Jay Leno's Tonight Show band, toured with Dizzy, made movies with Danny De Vito, recorded Blues-based albums starring B B King and Lightnin' ...
Branford Marsalis: Requiem
by Bob Margolis
Telepathy. Elasticity. Forward looking. Branford Marsalis's new release, “Requiem" makes us glad Steepy brought back the quartet form to his music and makes us even more profoundly sad about the tragic passing of pianist Kenny Kirkland. Although the original plan was to get used to the material, hone it on the road and come back to ...
Tenor Legacy
By Benny Golson
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Lester Leaps In (for Lester Young); Body and Soul (for Coleman Hawkins); St. Thomas
(for Sonny Rollins); Cry Me a
River (for Dexter Gordon); My Favorite Things (for John Coltrane); Whisper Not (for
Benny Golson); The Girl from
Ipanema (for Stan Getz); My Old Flame (for Zoot Sims); Lover Come Back to Me (for
Ben Webster); In Memory Of (for
Don Byas).
