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...
Continue ReadingBranford 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...
Continue ReadingAlthough 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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.
... Continue ReadingWhen 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-...
Continue ReadingThe Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis has mastered most tricks of the sax-player’s trade – traditional song-playing lyricism, an advanced post-Coltrane technique (lately coupled with a classical one), and...
Continue ReadingHow did one of the best and most important jazz bands around—saxophonist Branford Marsalis, pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner—come to unite with...
Continue ReadingUpward Spiral - New Album from the Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling
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Branford recently performed three solo concerts in the UK – Bath, London and Norwich. Here are some reviews, as well as a number of radio interviews from his visit to the BBC.
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