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Article: Interview

A Fireside Chat with Branford Marsalis

by AAJ Staff
March 2, 2005

A Love Supreme is a psalm of hope, that audibly embodied the black struggle. A Love Supreme merits a universal reverence as a suite of such operatic breadth, it is rarely performed live. Branford Marsalis is not the first Marsalis to perform “A Love Supreme" on record. That distinction belongs to brother Wynton. Branford is blunt, ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Marsalis Music: A Love For Jazz Supreme

by Doug Collette
February 10, 2005

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 ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Branford Marsalis: Eternal & The Steep Anthology

by Russ Musto
February 9, 2005

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 ...

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Article: Interview

Branford Marsalis: It's All About the Band

by Russ Musto
January 12, 2005

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 ...

Album

Romare Bearden Revealed

By Branford Marsalis

Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: I

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The Steep Anthology

By Branford Marsalis

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.

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Eternal

By Branford Marsalis

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

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Article: Film Review

Branford Marsalis Quartet Performs Coltrane's A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam

by John Kelman
November 16, 2004

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 ...

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Article: Film Review

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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Article: Album Review

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 ...