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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Continue ReadingBranford 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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Continue ReadingBranford 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....
Continue ReadingAtop 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...
Continue ReadingEverything 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...
Continue ReadingIn 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...
Continue ReadingBranford 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...
Continue Reading★★★★ 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingWhen most people think of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis, the first thing that comes to mind is jazz — and rightly so.
After all, he shares his...
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