Sunday, August 26, Branford will be celebrating his birthday with Dead & Company at LOCKN’ Festival. He will help close the festival, joining the band for their second set, after their...
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Jazz NewsMay 02, 2018Rolling Stone
Branford Marsalis, who first performed with the Grateful Dead in the Nineties, will rejoin surviving members of the group at the 2018 Lock'n Fest.
A Grateful Dead late-career highlight...
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Jazz NewsApril 30, 2018
Branford performs Monday, April 30 in St. Petersburg, Russia as part of International Jazz Day's All-Star Global Concert. The concert, to be held at the famed Mariinsky Theatre and will be...
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All NewsFebruary 02, 2018New Orleans Magazine
"Growing up there makes a huge difference in how you hear and see the world" - BM
Branford recently spoke to New Orleans Magazine to discuss his connections to the city and...
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Jazz NewsFebruary 16, 2017KCRW/ Rhythm Planet
I was lucky to attend one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen last Saturday night at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance at Royce Hall...The mind-blowing concert this past...
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Jazz NewsFebruary 16, 2017
Congratulations to Branford and the Branford Marsalis Quartet for their 2017 ECHO Jazz Awards nominations! The Quartet has been nominated in the category of International Ensemble of the Year and...
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Jazz NewsDecember 06, 2016
Congratulations to the Branford Marsalis Quartet with...
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Classical NewsOctober 28, 2016The Advocate
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...
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Classical NewsOctober 28, 2016The Morning Call
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...
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Classical NewsOctober 14, 2016Bethlehem Press
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.
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