Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalisis an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth26 August 1960
CityBreaux Bridge, LA
CountryUnited States of America
difficult people playing point stepped
Now that we've actually stepped it up to the point where we're playing really sophisticated music, it's very difficult for people to follow.
play albums jazz
I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
rip cat player
The way to learn the language is to rip off other players. As Benny Golson told me, "We all start off sounding like other cats. And gradually, a lick here or there,we start to sound like ourselves. But it takes a long time to do so..." That'swhat he told me, and it worked for me.
player jazz unfortunate
It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.
average play giving
The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.
love miles myriad
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.
incestuous
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
based conceptual criteria people signing sort standards trying
If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so.
certain music pacing preferred rushed
There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.
artists might money people records selling suspect
I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.
music jazz starting
Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
dad taken house
My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.
voice homework findings
Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.
We all played bad before we played good.