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
Branford Marsalis quotes about
player jazz unfortunate
It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.
successful people listening
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.
thinking doors care
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.
voice homework findings
Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.
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.
song couple stupid
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.
fun people okay
If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.
music jazz starting
Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
song tin-pan-alley records
There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.
listening band musician
One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.
song brain sometimes
You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.
incestuous
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
love miles myriad
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.