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
culture tonight shows
I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.
music song jobs
My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.
justice world sentences
There is not a sentence in the world that could respectfully do justice to the life and music of Jerry Garcia.
numbers america land
You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.
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I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.
We all played bad before we played good.
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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.
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We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.
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Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
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There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.