Branford Marsalis

...... Diana Krall sells a zillion records in Canada; I enjoy Diana, but I don't think that's indicative of what jazz is. I saw Branford Marsalis in a double bill with Dave Holland (at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival this summer).

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...ever since junior high, she's been singing, singing, singing. In the 1990s, she came to New York to live her jazz dream. Branford Marsalis recalls his bandmates praising Acuna. Then pianist Joey Calderazzo brought her into the studio, and...

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...the New Orleans Centre For Creative Arts under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis Jr, father of renowned jazz musicians Wynton and Branford Marsalis. His appearance on an Australian talent show Hey Hey It's Saturday made the headlines recently.

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...Patitucci among others. Garzone has pioneered the triadic chromatic approach and students of his have included Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, Teadross Avery, Luciana Souza, Mark Turner, Donny McCaslin and Danilo Prez, to name a few. In...

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...with the likes of Cassandra Wilson, Jeff Parker, Boyz II Men, Bobby McFerrin, The Brand New Heavies, Robin Eubanks, Debbie Friedman, Branford Marsalis, and many others, adds great depth and his manic yet soulful organ sound to the tunes (dig...

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...the bluegrass record and on to this. Yeah. I've been making little stabs, brief forays into these areas for years…playing with Branford Marsalis, playing with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. We actually won the bluegrass Grammy in 1989 and [teed]...

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...from the film, New In Town Four years on, his commitment to restoring his hometown's musical heritage remains. Working with Branford Marsalis, he has overseen plans for a Musicians' Village housing 80 displaced families and is also...

In this article: Harry Connick Jr, Carla Bruni, New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis, Renee Zellweger, Wynton Marsalis, Clive Davis, and Elton John

...is there if you want to look for it, with appearances by the veteran saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his contemporary equivalent, Branford Marsalis. But this year, such performers are in a conspicuous minority on an outrageously wide-ranging...

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...for a lesson and a chat with the journeyman guitarist - who has played with everyone from the Boss to Neil Young to Branford Marsalis - about his desire to share what he knows. Q. You've been doing this for about a year, right? What...

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...- vocalists Dianne Reeves, Patti Austin, Lizz Wright and Simone paying homage to the high priestess of soul, Nina Simone; and Branford Marsalis and his quartet with their driving jazz mixed with romantic streaks. The Festival programme...

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