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Branford Marsalis grew up with the sounds of jazz music literally rising from the streets, wafting through the windows of the New Orleans home that would spawn a series of jazz...
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Jazz NewsJune 01, 2015The News & Observer
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Jazz NewsApril 28, 2015
This historic Marsalis Music CD/DVD, including a full performance by the Branford Marsalis Quartet at Amsterdam's Bimhuis plus bonus interviews and audio-only disc, will be re-relieased to...
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Jazz NewsApril 24, 2015
Branford Marsalis won the 2015 ECHO Jazz Award for Saxophone/Woodwinds International Instrumentalist of the Year for his performance on In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral.
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Jazz NewsDecember 19, 2014The Classical Voice
Atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill, Grace Cathedral has long welcomed pilgrims of fine music as well as worshipers from the Episcopal Diocese of California. From the recorded sound of it, the...
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Jazz NewsDecember 21, 2014Tribune Review
Everything about Branford Marsalis' “In My Solitude” is excellent — or better. From the tone and improvisation of his play to high-quality recording that makes metallic...
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Jazz NewsDecember 11, 2014Relix
In jazz, certain instruments lend themselves well to solo performance more than others: Most major pianists, at one time or another, play a solo concert and solo guitar is also plentiful in the...
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Jazz NewsNovember 20, 2014
Branford was recently in London, for the London Jazz Festival. The BBC covered it from all angles. BBC host, Jez Nelson, called Branford’s concert, one of the hottest shows of...
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Jazz NewsOctober 23, 2014The Evening Standard
★★★★ Three-time Grammy winner Marsalis has long explored the creative possibilities of the jazz quartet and duo setting; his warm, expressive saxophone playing has enhanced many a classical...
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Jazz NewsOctober 07, 2014Something Else! Reviews
Never one to shy away from a big moment, Branford Marsalis brought his saxophones — and nothing else — to one of jazz’s most iconic settings for what would become his first-ever...
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