Branford Marsalis has faced the question a few times along his career: which music is harder to play, jazz or classical?

You'd think the answer would be jazz, where notes aren't...

Although the symphonic heavy-hitter in the opening concert of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-2017 classical season last weekend at Miller Symphony Hall was undoubtedly Beethoven...

The 2016-17 season-opening Allentown Symphony Orchestra classical music concerts will be long-remembered for a Lehigh Valley world premiere by a well-known musician, band leader and composer.

When Branford Marsalis performed Villa Lobos’ Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra for his first time back in 2008, you’d think it would have been a cakewalk for the multiple Grammy-...

Ahead of his Hong Kong debut, Branford Marsalis coaches some young city musicians. His biggest tip for them: ‘People react to sound. Sound can create emotion. Technique is just execution...

Jazz saxophonist’s Hong Kong debut, in a concert of classical music, was well received, his playing by turns romantic, reflective and warm but with few outlets for his virtuosity

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Renowned New Orleans jazz saxophonist to make his debut in the city playing classical music with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Playing French and Russian classical music with a...

Branford is wrapping up a US tour with his quartet (just a few shows left!), but at the end of the month he will be traveling overseas to perform classically in Hong Kong for the first time. He...

Branford recently talked with Dacia Clay, the host of Houston Public Radio’s program, Classical Classroom.  The program is entitled: Branford Marsalis Gives Classical Music Jazz Hands....

The true charm of the new Branford Marsalis album In My Solitude isn't its meshing of jazz and classical genres, although the tightrope walk the celebrated saxophonist takes between...