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Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist.

He began his professional career in the early 1980s playing with Art Blakey's big band, Clark Terry, and Blakey's Jazz Messengers. From 1982 to 1985 he played with his brother Wynton's group, then left to play in Sting's backup band. He also toured with Miles Davis in one of the latter's last bands. In 1986 he set up his own group. From 1992 to 1995 he was musical director of the Tonight Show Band. He then set up the Buckshot LeFonque project which intended to combine jazz with rhythm and blues, hip hop, and rock.

Creator of the record company Marsalis Music.

He is the oldest of the four Marsalis brothers, who are all jazz musicians, as was their father Ellis Marsalis. He is most prominently known in jazz as a tenor and soprano saxophonist.

Musicians' Village

After Hurricane Katrina, Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis came up with an initiative to help restore New Orleans's musical heritage. Habitat for Humanity and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis announced December 6, 2005, plans for a Musicians' Village in New Orleans. The Musicians' Village will include Habitat-constructed homes, with a Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, as the area's centerpiece. The Habitat-built homes will provide musicians of modest means the opportunity to buy decent, affordable housing.

Discography

Albums

2004 A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam - DVD
2004 Eternal
2003 Romare Bearden Revealed - CD Issued in Conjunction with The Art of Romare Bearden (american painter)
2002 Footsteps of our Fathers - Branford again revisits the works of past masters, interpreting the tunes from his own angle
2001 Creation - some classical music rearranged for saxophone and orchestra
2000 Contemporary Jazz - that's what it is. Grammy Winner in category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
1999 Requiem - recorded days before the death of and dedicated to pianist Kenny Kirkland, this album is undeniably one of The Branford Marsalis Quartet's greatest and most immediate works
1997 Music Evolution - the second Buckshot LeFonque project
1996 The Dark Keys
1996 Loved Ones - a duet with his father Ellis Marsalis (piano)
1994 Buckshot LeFonque
1993 Bloomington - live recording (magnificent atmosphere)
1992 I Heard You Twice The First Time - Branford's quartet pairs up with some Jazz and Blues greats (including B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Rip Tip Johnson) for a romp through the history of African-American music. Grammy Winner in category Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group
1991 The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - with guests Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) and Courtney Pine (tenor saxophone)
1990 Crazy People Music
1990 Mo' Better Blues - soundtrack to the movie
1989 Do The Right Thing - music composed and conducted by Bill Lee
1989 Trio Jeepy - an album of standards featuring Milt Hinton (bass) and Jeff Watts (drums)
1988 Random Abstract
1987 Renaissance - on "The Peacocks": Herbie Hancock – Piano, Buster Williams - Bass
1986 Royal Garden Blues
1986 Romances for Saxophone - some little pieces of classical evergreens
1984 Scenes In The City

Branford also appears as a sideman on:

2005 Occasion : Connick on Piano, Volume 2 - A duo album with Harry Connick, Jr.
2003 The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration - A showing for four brothers- Branford, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jason Marsalis
, Wynton Marsalis
, and their father, Ellis Marsalis
1994 Rob Wasserman: Trios With Bruce Hornsby on "White-Wheeled Limousine"
1994 JLW - Joe Louis Walker. On track 4 Inner City Man.
1991 Karma - Robin Eubanks. On track 7 The Yearning and track 10 Remember When
1990 You Won't Forget Me - Shirley Horn. Branford appears on the track "It Had to be You"
1990 Without a Net - Grateful Dead. Branford plays on "Eyes of the World" (live album)
1990 Black Codes (From the Underground) - Wynton Marsalis
1990 We Are In Love - Harry Connick, Jr.
1987 Nothing Like the Sun - Sting
1986 Bring on the Night - Sting (live album)
1985 Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting

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