MICHAEL DAUGHERTY / JOHN WILLIAMS / NED ROREM / CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
American Spectrum Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone) Branford Marsalis Quartet / North Carolina Symphony / Grant Llewellyn (conductor) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "A terrific calling-card from an orchestra only now perhaps truly earning the reputation it deserves." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2009) |
Branford Marsalis & J Calderazzo
Songs of Mirth & Melancholy [ CD ] |
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Braggtown [ Universal Music / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] Available on import from Europe, this release from the Marsalis Quartet is being called "the best jazz disc of 2006!". |
Branford Marsalis Quartet
The Secret Between The Shadow & The Soul [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul finds the celebrated Branford Marsalis Quartet at a new peak, addressing a kaleidoscope of moods with inspiration and group commitment. It is sophisticated, adventurous and anything but defensive, and it... |
The Branford Marsalis Quartet
Footsteps of Our Fathers [ Marsalis Music / CD - released 9/Oct/2002 ] Brilliantly re-interpreting classic compositions by John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins |
GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev, (G.): Saxophone Concerto / Bass Drum Concerto Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Joby Burgess (timpani) Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexey Bogorad [ Signum / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] In his new Saxophone Concerto, Gabriel Prokofiev explores a side of classical music usually seen as forbidden by modern contemporary composers: melody. This aspect was incorporated at the request of the soloist, Branford Marsalis, allowing Prokofiev... |
DEBUSSY / FAURE / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / RAVEL / SATIE / MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Branford Marsalis - Romances for Saxophone Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone) / English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton, with the Tallis Chamber Choir [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Sep/1986 ] "This record is a nice collection of expressive melodies played by a master of the saxophone...Particularly nice is Villa-Lobos' 'Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5', Marsalis' confidence with this one really shows." JazzMusicArchives |
SALLY BEAMISH
The Singing James Crabb (accordion) Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone) Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] The works on this disc of music by Sally Beamish were composed between 2003 and 2012. As a whole the programme highlights the inspiration she has found in Scotland, her adopted homeland. |
Wynton Marsalis with Branford Marsalis
Jump Start and Jazz [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Sep/1997 ] Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and musician Wynton Marsalis does it again . |